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'All this is strongly suggestive of its having been formed by a flood that submerged it.
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'''Devils Tower''' is a monolith and popular tourist attraction in the state of [[Wyoming]], rising 1267 feet above the nearby Belle Fourche River, with its summit 5,112 feet above sea level.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/deto/</ref> It was declared America's first national monument by [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in 1906.
 
'''Devils Tower''' is a monolith and popular tourist attraction in the state of [[Wyoming]], rising 1267 feet above the nearby Belle Fourche River, with its summit 5,112 feet above sea level.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/deto/</ref> It was declared America's first national monument by [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in 1906.
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The top of '''Devils Tower''' is flat, which is strongly suggestive of having been formed by a flood that submerged it, despite its summit being over 5000 above sea level.  The walls are almost perfectly vertical; the top is about the size of a football field.
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The top of '''Devils Tower''' is large, flat, and filled with wildlife despite its summit being over 5000 above sea level.  The walls are almost perfectly vertical; the top is about the size of a football field.  Chipmunks, snakes and other wildlife live on the top, over 1200 feet above the ground, defying any evolutionary explanation of how or why they originated there.
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Chipmunks, snakes and other wildlife live on the top, over 1200 feet above the ground, defying any evolutionary explanation of how or why they originated there.
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'''''All this is strongly suggestive of its having been formed by a flood that submerged it'''''.
    
There are two implausible [[atheist]]ic theories about the origin of Devils Tower:
 
There are two implausible [[atheist]]ic theories about the origin of Devils Tower:
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*the other theory is that Devils Tower is the remains of a volcano, though no other evidence of volcanic activity has been found in the area.
 
*the other theory is that Devils Tower is the remains of a volcano, though no other evidence of volcanic activity has been found in the area.
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'''Both theories are baseless and absurd because there is no extrusive igneous activity in the area, and there is no evidence of volcanic activity in the area either'''.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/deto/sec3.htm</ref>
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'''''Both theories are baseless and absurd because there is no extrusive igneous activity in the area, and there is no evidence of volcanic activity in the area either'''''.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/deto/sec3.htm</ref>
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Intelligent design explains the rock well: it is a work of art worth seeing, and does not require fictitious, irrational "explanations" of the origin.
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[[Intelligent design]] explains the rock well: it is a work of art worth seeing, and does not require fictitious, irrational "explanations" of the origin.
    
The formation's official name contains no apostrophe due to a never-corrected clerical error.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/deto/naturescience/index.htm</ref>
 
The formation's official name contains no apostrophe due to a never-corrected clerical error.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/deto/naturescience/index.htm</ref>
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