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Fossils in the Geologic Column
Mark Bergemann
In the last issue of the LSI Journal
Like much of evolution theory, the geologic column is a
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Most science
years without major issue. The truth is that assuming the geologic column
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“Extinct” Plants and Animals Found Living
Evolutionists interpret the geologic column as showing when vari-
if and when
Coelacanth
Wollemi Pine
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Wollemi
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Nature
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/wollemi-national-park
In the Gardens Blog, Kew
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If each layer
of the geologic column represents time (millions of years), then why did
dawn redwoods not form fossils for 20 million years, coelacanths not form
fossils for 65 million years, and trees similar to the Wollemi pine not form
fossils for 65 million years?
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It is not a mystery to cre-
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www.LutheranScience.org/NyePlutoCNN
Ham, cincinnati.com,
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“Discontinuous” Animal and Plant Groups
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Why Evolution is True,
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Fossil Fo-
rensics –Separating Fact from Fantasy in Paleontology. Bergman writes
in chapter 1,
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the story of Darwinism. …Many evolutionists acknowl-
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Jerry Bergman, Fossil Forensics –Separating Fact from Fantasy in Paleontology
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ciling with evolution.
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Evolutionists assume
from a common ancestor, a single-cell life-form. Similar-
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New Dinosaur Family Tree
This new
Nature
Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences
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New York Times,
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southern Pangea, rather than northern.
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www.LutheranScience.org/DinoTreeDISCOVER
www.LutheranScience.org/DinoTreeSA
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Live Science
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tree.
Even if such a family tree could be drawn, it would not mean
God used evolution to create. God reveals in Scripture the true his-
tory of how he created.
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Contested Bones,
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Nature, Science, Journal of Human Evolution, American
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Journal of Physical Anthropology, Proceedings of The
National Academy of Sciences, PLOS ONE
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through a series of ape-like ancestors. Most of the major
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versity within the human type (with many variants now
we are not seeing a fossil trail connecting these two very
forms.
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fossils (between ape and man), those fossils would still be either
fully human or fully ape (fully animal). We can be certain of that,
because God has revealed in Scripture that humans (our ancestors
Adam and Eve) and each kind of animal were created during a six-
day period, several thousand years ago.
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fossils through time: the great majority of species appear
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overall course of that evolution was quite clear. Similarly,
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He then makes
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other way. The missing nature of missing links is actually
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It truly is tortured logic to claim that whatever evidence
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cover: Young dawn redwood on grounds of the US Capitol.
Conclusion
Evolutionists claim the geologic column shows millions impose
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Mark Bergemann is a retired electrical engineer with a B.S. from UW-Milwaukee.
He serves as president of the Lutheran Science Institute, and as a Martin Luther
College adjunct instructor, teaching the online courses Creation Apologetics 101
and 102. He is a member of Good Shepherd’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in
West Allis, Wisconsin.
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