Note: ”6,000 years, really?” was the heading for Greg Blinn”s Oct. 16 letter.
Greg Blinn”s Oct. 16 letter suggests that the earth is millions of years old and that the 6,000 year view is not credible. Apparently, he hasn”t considered the following:
The average height of our continents is about 2,000 feet. Studies show that there is a natural erosion of about 200 feet per million years, which means that after 10 million years the continents would have washed entirely into the ocean.
Another indication that the earth is not millions of years old is that all around the world there are many huge flat gaps in the geological column. For example, there are three major flat gaps in the Grand Canyon. In the 100 million year gap there should have been 10,000 feet of erosion but today”s canyon is only 5,000 feet deep.
Another factor that contradicts Greg Blinn”s long term scenario for earth”s history is that the world”s major mountains are rising at about four millimeters per year, which means that after 100 million years these mountains would be 250 miles high.
Also, if the long term view is correct then you would expect the earth to be covered with volcanic material 12 miles thick, based on the current rate of volcanic production.
In conclusion, things are happening too fast to make the long term scenario plausible.
As far as humans are concerned, evolutionists believe that humanity has existed for at least 200,000 years. But this doesn”t add up because humanity would have degenerated to the point of extinction a long time ago based on the number of genetic mutations that a newborn baby has that its parents did not have.
Could it be that the Genesis account of creation 6,000 years ago is right after all?
Bill Kettenhofen, Kelseyville
