Let’s Get to the Bottom of It (The Grand Canyon)

Let’s Get to the Bottom of It (The Grand Canyon): "Creation vs. Evolution (one class period… approx. 45 minutes) Introduction: When you experience the Grand Canyon, whether through video, pictures, or actually hiking the trails, it is impossible not to think about how it got there. Carved through layers of limestone, sandstone, shale, schist, and granite, this great chasm stretches 227 miles through the Colorado Plateau. It descends over a mile into the earth and extends as much as 18 miles in width. The canyon holds within its walls mountains that are taller than anything east of the Mississippi River. Grand Canyon National Park encompasses both Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is also a place to discover and explore the wonders of God’s creation. When viewed from a biblical perspective, the canyon has “God” written all over it, from the splendor and grandeur of the canyon walls to the intelligent design of the Creator displayed in the creatures that inhabit this magical place. How was the Grand Canyon was formed? There are several answers to be considered for that question. One says it was over the evolutionary time scale of millions of years. A different view of the canyon would say it was formed according the a more biblical time scale and can’t possibily be more than a few thousand "

Let’s Get to the Bottom of It (The Grand Canyon): "scientists have computed that to provide a single protein molecule by chance combination would take 10^262 years. Take thins pieces of paper and write “1” and then zeros after them – you would fill up the entire known universe with paper before you could write that number. · Evolutionists would have us believe that things more complex than this happen all the time"

Friendly Atheist » 10262: "Wow. An amazing new fact I could only learn from a creationist! 10^262 cannot even be written! But, thanks to the *real-ultimate power* of the internets, we can actually see what this number looks like! (Warning, don’t print this webpage on your printer - it will use all the paper in the universe and still won’t be done printing!) 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000"