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The '''geologic system''' is a conceptual arrangement of rock formations around the world meshed together into a single, unbroken record of earthEarth's past.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref> It is also known as the '''geologic column''' or '''geologic timescale'''.

Development of the The geologic system was begun in the late 18th century, and the original divisions were Primary, Secondary, supports a [[TertiaryYoung Earth]], and multiple distortions are used by [[Quaternaryatheist]].Later, dates were assigned ic scientists to the divisions according to [[uniformatarianism (science)|uniformitarian]] beliefs about the age of the Earth, obscure and the sections were further divided and subdivided.The system is now divided into [[eon (geology)|eons]], [[era (geology)|eras]], [[period (geology)|periods]], and [[epoch (geology)|series or epochs]]deny that.

Some [[Young earth creationism|young earth creationary]] geologists use the nomenclature of the system whilst not accepting the uniformitarian dates attached to the system which places the age of the earth as being billions of years old.<ref>"Creationists use the same naming system, although do not accept the uniformitarian belief that the geologic column represents eons of time", Batten, Don, quoted in Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2280 More nonsense from Professor Plimer]</ref><ref>Morris, 1973.</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&IDDevelopment =54</ref><ref>http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm</ref> Other young earth creationists assert that geological column does not exist and cite secular scientists who state the argumentation advocating the geological column involves circular reasoning. <ref>http://www.trueorigin.org/geocolumn.asp</ref><ref>http://iwhome.com/spiritualquest/tracts/dp-geol-.htm</ref> Young earth creationist scientists use a geological system that more heavily relies on [[Catastrophism|catastrophism]] and reject the uniformitarian assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates. In addition, [[Young earth creationism|young earth creationist]] scientists point out that catastophism is increasing being accepted in the field of geology. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/origins/12061.htm</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=print&ID=84</ref> These scientists believe that the earth is young and has multiple lines of evidence from the field of geology showing that the earth is young. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/geology.asp</ref><ref>http://www.creationism.org/topbar/geology.htm</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/gr11.htm</ref><ref>http://www.nwcreation.net/geologylinks.html</ref><ref>http://globalflood.org/</ref> In addition, creationists also assert that old earth uniformitarian geology has numerous [[Anomoly|anomolies]]. For example, creationists cite the work of [[William R. Corliss]] who catalogued numerous anomalies in the old earth uniformatarian geology [[paradigm]]. <ref>http://www.science-frontiers.com/sourcebk.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.net/articles/184</ref> Corliss wrote regarding [[Paraconformity|paraconformities]]/unconformaties the following:

<blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">"Potentially more important to geological thinking are those unconformities that signal large chunks Development of geological history are missing, even though the strata on either side of system was begun in the unconformity are perfectly parallel late 18th century, and show no evidence of erosion. Did millions of years fly by with no discernible effect? A possible though controversial inference is that our geological clocks and stratigraphic concepts need working on." William R. Corlissthe original divisions were Primary, Unknown Earth (Glen ArmSecondary, Maryland: The Sourcebook Project[[Tertiary]], 1980), pand Quaternary. 219. <ref>http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plaisted/ce/flood.html</ref></blockquote> The secular science journal Later, dates were assigned to the divisions according to [[New Scientistuniformitarianism (science)|uniformitarian]] wrote regarding Corliss's work beliefs about the following: "All I can say to Corliss is carry on cataloging." <ref>http://www.science-frontiers.com/sourcebk.htm</ref> Young earth creationist scientists assert that paraconformaties pose a serious challenge to age of the old earth uniformitarian geology paradigmEarth, and the sections were further divided and subdivided. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/2003-FSC-open/Roth-RecentCreation.htm</ref><ref>http://www.seeking-god.co.uk/id188.htm</ref> All young earth creationist scientists assert that there The system is an abundance of scientific arguments in addition to geology showing the earth and universe are both approximately 6now divided into eons,000 years in age.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/young.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/article/1842/</ref> In additioneras, periods, these scientists have a number of arguments against the position of an extremely old age for the earth and the universe.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dating.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/modulesseries or epochs.php?name=Read&cat=1&itemid=22</ref>

{{QuoteBoxquoteBox|The naming of the eras, in particular, now reflects evolutionary beliefs ([[Paleozoic|Palaeozoic]] / [[Mesozoic]] / [[Cenozoic|Cainozoic]]), but the period names ([[Ordovician]], [[Silurian]], [[Cambrian]], [[Cretaceous]], etc.) still generally do not. Thus, the naming of the geologic systems is not tied to the assigned ages and assignment of an ore body to a particular geologic system does not necessarily define its [[absolute age]].<ref>Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2280 More nonsense from Professor Plimer]</ref>}} == Problems == Some [[Young Earth creationism|young Earth creationary]] geologists use the nomenclature of the system whilst not accepting the uniformitarian dates attached to the system which places the age of the Earth as being billions of years old.<ref>"Creationists use the same naming system, although do not accept the uniformitarian belief that the geologic column represents eons of time", Batten, Don, quoted in Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2280 More nonsense from Professor Plimer]</ref><ref>Morris, 1973; Geologic Time Scale - The Misconceptions</ref>Other young Earth creationists assert that geological column does not exist and cite secular scientists who state the argumentation advocating the geological column involves circular reasoning.<ref>Woodmorappe, 1999</ref><ref>Northside Church of Christ</ref>Young Earth creationist scientists use a geological system that more heavily relies on [[catastrophism]] and reject the uniformitarian assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates. In addition, [[Young Earth creationist]] scientists point out that [[catastrophism]] is increasingly being accepted in the field of geology.<ref>Roth, 1985; Morris, 1976</ref>These scientists believe that the Earth is young and has multiple lines of evidence from the field of geology showing that the Earth is young.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/geology.asp</ref><ref>http://www.creationism.org/topbar/geology.htm</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/gr11.htm</ref><ref>http://www.nwcreation.net/geologylinks.html</ref><ref>http://globalflood.org/</ref> [[Image:Roth-01.gif|right|thumb|400px|The arrows point to paraconformities at the [[Grand Canyon]].]][[William R. Corliss]] wrote the following about [[paraconformity|paraconformities]]:{{cquote|"Potentially more important to geological thinking are those [[unconformity|unconformities]] that signal large chunks of geological history are missing, even though the strata on either side of the unconformity are perfectly parallel and show no evidence of erosion. Did millions of years fly by with no discernible effect? A possible though controversial inference is that our geological clocks and stratigraphic concepts need working on." William R. Corliss, Unknown Earth (Glen Arm, Maryland: The Sourcebook Project, 1980), p. 219.<ref>http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plaisted/ce/flood.html</ref>}} Trees have also been found going through multiple strata. [[Ariel R. Roth]] wrote:{{cquote|Paraconformities challenge the geologic timescale. The lack of evidence of time at the surface of the underlying layers of a paraconformity, especially the lack of erosion, suggest that the long ages never occurred.<ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref>}} Young Earth creationists assert that paraconformities pose a serious challenge to the old Earth uniformitarian geology [[paradigm]].<ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/2003-FSC-open/Roth-RecentCreation.htm</ref><ref>http://www.seeking-god.co.uk/id188.htm</ref>

(NB[[Image: The following table is not completeGeologic time scale.){jpg| class="wikitable"!Era!Period!Epoch left|-300px| rowspan="7" thumb|[[CainozoicA typical geologic time chart in use by mainstream science]]| rowspan="4" |[[Neogene]]|Holocene|-|Pleistocene|-|Pliocene|-|Miocene|-|rowspan="3"|[[Paleogene]]|Oligocene|-|Eocene|-|Paleocene|-|rowspan="8"|[[Mesozoic]]|rowspan="2"|[[Cretaceous]]|Late|-|Early|-|rowspan="3"|[[Jurassic]]|Late|-|Middle|-|Early|-|rowspan="3"|[[Triassic]]|Late|-|Middle|-|Early|-|rowspan="6"|[[Palaeozoic]]|[[Permian]]|-|[[Carboniferous]]|-|[[Devonian]]|-|[[Silurian]]|-|[[Ordovician]]|-|[[Cambrian]]|}

* Anon., [http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm Geologic Time Scale - The Misconceptions] (AllAboutCreation.org).* Anon., [http://iwhome.com/spiritualquest/tracts/dp-geol-.htm Geologic column] (Northside Church of Christ)* Morris, Henry, [httphttps://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=54 Geology and the Flood] ''Impact'' (6), August 1973.* Woodmorappe, JohnMorris, Henry [httphttps://www.trueoriginicr.org/geocolumn.asp The Geologic Column: Does It Exist?article/84/ Up with Catastrophism!] ''Impact'' (TrueOrigins.org38), August 1976.

* Roth, Ariel A., [http://www.allaboutcreationgrisda.org/geologic-time-scaleorigins/12061.htm Geologic Time Scale - The MisconceptionsMexico Earthquake — Some Afterthoughts] , Origins 12(AllAboutCreation2):61-63 (1985).* Woodmorappe, John, [http://www.trueorigin.org/geocolumn.asp The Geologic Column: Does It Exist?] ''Journal of Creation'' 13(2):77-82, 1999. == See also ==*[[Arguments for a recent creation]]

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