Similarities And Differences Between Uniformitarianism And Catastrophism

Introduction I will be discussing the similarities and differences between uniformitarianism and Catastrophism. The debate on these being going on for years. Why these two theories are very different from each other. Catastrophic believe that there was a great worldwide flood. Uniformitarians believe that the world started from the Big Bang Theory. How old is the Earth thousands of years old or billions of years old. Both theories have their own compelling arguments on how the Earth was formed and the age of the Earth. Old Earth Secular View Uniformitarianism is a theory that suggests that the Earths process of change came about in the same manner of past and present account of geologic change. (Encyclopedia Britannica) Hutton believed that the Earth geologic transformation can be seen in present time. Through …show more content…
to accurately date the earth and fossils. Some secular scientist believe that the Earth and universe from a process related to the Big Bang theory causing the Earth and the universe to form slowly over billions of years.

Uniformitarianism also date the Earth around 4.6 billion years old from the way sediments and layers of soil sediments have been layered. From the use of radioactive dating and the decay of daughter isotopes. Uniformitarianism rejects the scripture of God by the belief in the Big Bang Theory.

Catastrophism is events quickly and violently change the face of the Earth. Noah flood changed the face of the Earth burring sediments and fossils. Volcano eruption and violent earthquakes for thousands of years make global changes to the face of the Earth rapidly.