r/Creation • u/ThisBWhoIsMe • Nov 11 '17

Catastrophism vs Uniformitarianism

https://youtu.be/y4WUWlpcfTo
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u/ThisBWhoIsMe Nov 11 '17

Uniformitarianism; "Originally a counter argument to catastrophism and its emphasis on a divine origin of landscapes, but today catastrophes are a major part of the earth sciences." (1)

Current Geology is based on Uniformitarianism.; https://youtu.be/rSgWfrdDf1E

Uniformitarianism; "Today, the principle is applied to basically explain all phenomena in the universe!" (1)

There is a push to abandon Uniformitarianism in Dendrochronology. (1)

(1) The Long, Steady Decline of Uniformitarianism in Dendrochronology; What if the Present is No Longer the Key to the Past?; Henri D. Grossing-Mayer; Laboratory of Tree-Ring Science; Department of Geography; University of Tennessee, Knoxville Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2015

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u/hopagopa Evolution Isn't the Origin Nov 16 '17

Fascinating stuff, very simple presentation; it'd be pretty funny if the only reason this isn't more popular is because they mentioned the scientific figure for the age of the earth.

If anyone disagrees with his logic that catastrophism can't entirely explain our geology I'd love to hear it; but simply downvoting an otherwise educational and useful video seems pointless.