Many people, including some Christians do not believe that the Great Flood had taken place, and have cited a lack of geological evidence for a global flood [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html][http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/other_papers/rapid_post_flood_speciation.shtml]. What is ignored in this statement is the fact that approximately 75% of the earth's land area is sedimentary rock (water-laid), as well as evidence from the fossil record showing animals which have died violently, as in a cataclysm, and buried so rapidly that normal biological agents could not completely dispose of the carcasses, as is done under normal observation. | Many people, including some Christians do not believe that the Great Flood had taken place, and have cited a lack of geological evidence for a global flood [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html][http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/other_papers/rapid_post_flood_speciation.shtml]. What is ignored in this statement is the fact that approximately 75% of the earth's land area is sedimentary rock (water-laid), as well as evidence from the fossil record showing animals which have died violently, as in a cataclysm, and buried so rapidly that normal biological agents could not completely dispose of the carcasses, as is done under normal observation. |