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‘pick the bones out of that one’
The
following intriguing article appeared in the Mail Online of
The article was headed –
after heavy rain carves vast trench in farm land.
This is part of what was reported –
‘On
Friday night (17th
July), it was a perfectly
ordinary, perfectly flat, cornfield. By Saturday morning, it was riven in two by a
vast trench up to 100ft across, 15ft deep and 200 yards long. The enormous gully - so big that
locals have called it 'the Grand Canyon of Durham' - is believed to
have been formed in a matter of minutes when millions of gallons of floodwater
from surrounding farmland suddenly tore through the soil towards the River
Wear. Simultaneously, the high waters of the Wear had broken the banks at
exactly the same point - and in an instant, a new tributary to the
river was formed. Luckily, no buildings were near enough to be affected. Now the floodwater has drained away and the
river has returned to its normal level, an almost empty canyon remains, with
just a trickle of water at the bottom. It is an extraordinary illustration of the
power of nature - and shows that enough water, flowing with enough
force, doesn't need decades to carve a path through the earth. There was speculation that the flood had
exposed the original course of the Wear, which was altered by monks in the 15th
or 16th century. But Durham University geomorphologist Jeff Warburton, 47
- who lives a couple of hundred yards from the new canyon -
said it was not the ancient river bed, simply a new gully formed by a vast
amount of water’.
The rest of the report also includeds several stunning photos of the trench carved as well
as a helpful location map.
Answers in Genesis have posted a short article in the wake of this event
and it can be accessed on http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2009/07/24/durhams-grand-canyon
I partiicularly like the closing portion of
this article that reads –
‘Ken Ham has related standing on
the edge of the Grand Canyon with an evolutionist who said, “A lot of time and
a little bit of water caused this.” He replied, “A little bit of time and a
great deal of water caused it.” Having seen the power of running water in
County Durham, it should not be a problem for anyone to believe that the
worldwide global Flood sent by God can explain so many of the geological
features that we see’.
In the
book ‘in six days: why 50 scientists choose to believe in creation’
we read this on page 295 –
‘There is impressive
evidence that the fossil deposits and rock strata were formed catastrophically.
There are also many indications that there were not millions of years, or even
thousands, between various rock units. The rock sequence in the
This particular article was written by Dr Andrew
Snelling who holds a B.S. (hons) with first class honours in geology from
the University of New South wales and a Ph.D in geology from the University of
Sydney. He is the author of a number of technical papers dealing with origins
issues and, in particular, radioactive dating problems.
In conclusion, perhaps you are a bit puzzled by the title
of this article where I have written ‘Well Mr Dawkins “pick the bones out
of that one”’. This actually takes me back to my unregenerate sporting
days that I mention in my personal testimony as found on http://www.takeheed.net/Take_Heed_2010/Profile/capt.htm
I mention there how a great deal of my life in those days was taken up with
sporting pursuits and one of the games mentioned is field hockey.
I initially played for the team on the right wing but
‘with maturity’ moved to play centre forward and, though I say it myself, I was
a goal-scorer/striker of some modest distinction. My ‘career’ probably spanned
just over 25 years and over that time I made many very sporting
friendly-rivalries – particularly with the goalkeepers of opposing teams. On
occasions when I scored what might perhaps have been termed a somewhat
‘spectacular’ goal, if I was on friendly-rivalry terms with the keeper I’d just
scored against I might have jokingly said to him as he picked the ball out of
the net – ‘pick the bones out of that one’.
The August 2009 Evangelical Times, on page 2,
and under a heading of
Athesist Camps’ reported as follows –
‘The Daily Telegraph reports that
Richard Dawkins [Author of ‘The God
Delusion’] has helped set up an
atheist summer camp where children will be taught rational scepticism and sing
John Lennon’s Imagine… The camp is for children aged 8-17 and will rival
traditional faith-based breaks run by Scouts and church groups. The children
will be given lessons in… evolutionary biology… All 24 places at the camp,
which runs from 27-31 July have been taken’.
With sovereign and impeccable timing, it’s as if the Holy
God of Creation is saying to Mr Dawkins, ‘With recent events in Durham I
have just scored a spectacular goal against your foolish, atheistic thinking on
origins – now – pick the bones out of that one’. How true are the words of 1st Corinthians
1:20 “Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?”.
Cecil Andrews – ‘Take Heed’ Ministries – 25th
July 2009