Controversies Of The Geological Columns

Evolutionists use the geological column as a means of supporting their theory of evolution. The geological column is the theory of a sequence of rocks extending through time from the oldest at the bottom to the youngest mud, dirt and sand deposited on the surface. In many locations around the world, fossils have been discovered that run through many layers of rock. These fossils are known as polystrate fossils. This occurs when a fossil is deposited quickly and through a very large event, such as a flood. This shows that one fossil from one time period can be in many different layers that are supposed to be from many different time periods. A fallacy of this theory is that there is no undisturbed column any where on earth, so to make this theory work we have make many assumptions. "It is a fallacy to believe that facts speak for themselves-they are always interpreted according to a framework" (refuting). What is the answer to fossils that occur in different rock layers? …show more content…
Paleontologists use animals to establish the geological ages of specific rock layers, but this is an ineffective method. When fossils are used to date rocks, they are known as index fossils, which have been chosen to represent that layer of rock. Based on superposition, the lower strata is older and creatures in a lower strata evolved first and creatures that evolved later are in the higher up strata. Scientists simply guess how long it took for one creature to evolve into another and date them