Participants: Rich Aguilera
Series Code: TCC
Program Code: TCC000007A
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00:10 Where did we come from?
00:13 The Bible says, "In the beginning God created." 00:20 Evolution teaches the opposite. 00:22 No one created, it all happened by itself. 00:26 Which one is the truth? 00:30 This is Headquarters, 00:34 Doc M, 00:38 Jacqui, 00:40 and Rich, 00:44 their job, investigate and discover the truth. 00:52 This is The Creation Case. 01:19 Hi, Jacqui. 01:21 Hi, Doc M, anything new? 01:23 Yes, I just got an exciting email 01:28 with a new assignment for Rich. 01:29 Really cool, what is he investigating? 01:32 Well, look at the email. 01:34 Dear creation team, yesterday in school 01:38 my teacher showed us a drawing of the geologic column. 01:40 Fascinating. 01:42 It shows all the layers of dirt and rock under the ground. 01:45 My teacher says each of those layers 01:46 were put their millions of years ago 01:50 and there are millions of years of time 01:51 that passed between the layers. 01:53 He even told us the names of layers. 01:57 Can that stuff be true? 02:00 Thank you, Christina. 02:03 She's from Ooltewah, Tennessee. 02:05 Wow! Super question. 02:07 It's a great question. 02:09 Can you get this to Rich? Sure. 02:10 Perfect. Perfect. 02:12 Before you do, I want to send him a joke. 02:16 Ah, he is going to love it. 02:18 You want to send him a joke? I'll be right back. 02:20 All right. 02:30 Looks like you pulled that out of the geologic column. 02:36 Look, look, look, look, 02:38 it's got Geo Jim's Journal of Geology Jokes. 02:42 Ha-ha, it is, this is a funny one. 02:47 What did the rock and the ruler say to each other? 02:54 I don't know. 02:56 You may rule, but I rock. 02:59 Ha-ha-ha. 03:04 That was tragic. 03:06 Really bad. 03:09 It's one of my favorites. 03:11 Send it to Rich. 03:13 He'll love it. 03:15 You sure you want to send it? Absolutely, he'll die. 03:19 Okay. 03:21 Where is he anyway? 03:24 Well, I got a message this morning. 03:26 Something about hanging around. 03:30 Hanging around? 03:33 I have no idea. 03:35 But why don't you see 03:36 if he can go hang around the geologic column. 03:38 And I am gonna go hang out at my desk. 03:43 Have you noticed, I haven't broken anything today. 03:48 Yet. 03:51 It's okay. 03:52 I was gonna throw that away anyway. 03:57 Do you have a creation question for Headquarters? 04:00 Send your questions to Doc, Jacqui, and Rich 04:03 by visiting our website at TheCreationCase.com. 04:22 Woo. 04:24 What a great day to just be hanging around. 04:27 Checking out nature and enjoying. 04:30 Oh-oh, 04:31 I think we got a message from HQ. 04:33 Must be our next assignment. 04:38 Well, I might as well check my message now, 04:41 just have to make sure I don't drop my phone. 04:49 Hi, Rich. Just hanging around today. 04:52 How did she know? 04:54 I have a next assignment for you. 04:56 We needed to investigate the geologic column. 04:58 There are lots of claims being made out there 05:00 about the layers of rock under our feet. 05:03 They say they were each put their millions of years ago. 05:07 That sure doesn't fit in with what the Bible says, 05:09 so please get to the bottom of this. 05:11 Bottom? Uh. 05:14 We look forward to getting your report. 05:17 Well, I better be careful putting my phone away. 05:20 Oh, something else. 05:23 Doc M also wanted you to read this joke. 05:33 Oh, that's great. 05:36 That was great. 05:41 By the way, 05:45 got message, 05:48 geologic column. 05:54 Hmm, geologic column? 05:57 Need to think about that one. 06:02 Actually, why don't I get down off this rock first? 06:14 All right, let's get this down in our journal, 06:20 geologic column. 06:25 All right, we need to go somewhere 06:26 where we can study the layers of the earth. 06:32 I know exactly where we can go. 06:34 We need to go to the Grand Canyon. 06:35 It's an incredible place. 06:37 So first of all, we need to get this gear off 06:39 and head back to the jeep. 06:44 Help us investigate today. 06:47 Download and print your own free journal study guide 06:50 at TheCreationCase.com. 07:15 I love coming to the Grand Canyon. 07:18 It's the best place to see the layers of the earth. 07:22 The water has washed away the edges of the Canyon, 07:24 revealing the layers and the different colors, 07:27 making them really easy to see. 07:29 Nice. 07:30 Here at the rim, 07:32 we are at about 7,000 feet above sea level. 07:34 And the bottom of the Canyon is about a mile down. 07:38 In order to get a good look at this canyon, 07:41 we need to climb down, 07:42 but first I think I'm gonna sketch this Canyon. 08:00 Amazing. 08:02 All right, come on. Let's head down. 08:13 The Grand Canyon is up to 70 miles across, 08:16 and about 270 miles long, and about a mile down. 08:22 This place really makes you feel small. 08:37 Under the ground, we can see layers. 08:41 These layers are called the geologic column. 08:45 This looks like rock. 08:47 But when these layers were put here originally, 08:49 they were actually soft like sand 08:51 and then afterwards they hardened. 09:02 Obviously, the bottom layers were deposited first 09:06 and then the next one up and so on. 09:07 The top layer is the most recent one. 09:10 Make sense? 09:11 The real question is 09:12 when and how did they get deposited here? 09:17 One of the differences 09:18 between God's more recent creation 09:20 and the millions of years ago evolution ideas 09:23 really comes down to the question of time. 09:28 Evolution teaches that these layers 09:30 were all placed here one at a time 09:32 over millions and millions of years. 09:36 The Bible teaches about a great flood 09:39 that turned the world upside down. 09:42 Could the layers have been deposited 09:44 as the waters rose and receded? 09:48 Two completely different stories, 09:50 but, of course, they both can't be true 09:53 because they're totally opposite. 09:55 So which one is true? 09:57 Let's investigate 09:58 and let the evidence speak for itself. 10:14 Wow, this is really great place to see all the layers here. 10:18 Geologists are the scientists 10:21 that study the layers of the earth. 10:24 They've even given names to each one of the layers 10:26 in the geologic column. 10:27 Of course, evolutionary scientists 10:30 have also given dates to each one of the layers 10:33 saying when they think they were deposited there. 10:36 If you look in textbooks, and on the internet, 10:38 you'll see pictures of the geologic column. 10:41 It looks kind of like this. 10:46 It teaches us that the geologic column 10:48 has 10 basic layers, 10:50 and that those layers can show us 10:52 the history of the planet. 10:54 Sometimes the geologic column drawings 10:56 even show the creatures that supposedly evolved 10:59 during that time. 11:06 Evolution teaches 11:08 that each layer of the geologic column 11:10 represents a different period of time. 11:13 They say it can show us, 11:15 how life evolved over millions of years. 11:19 They say it's all there, nice, neat and complete. 11:23 Sounds convincing, doesn't it? 11:32 We came into a nice shady spot. 11:35 Think I'll sit down, take a little break. 11:43 Evolution uses the geologic column 11:45 to show how small simple creatures live 11:48 at the very bottom. 11:49 But then over millions of years, 11:50 they evolved into larger, more complex animals. 11:53 The first detail we need to be aware of 11:56 is kind of alarming. 11:57 That geologic chart, I just showed you. 11:59 Well, the entire column only exists on paper. 12:04 We don't know of any place in the world 12:05 where we can go and observe all those layers. 12:09 In 80% of the world, 12:11 seven of those ten layers are missing. 12:15 In most places of the world, 12:17 only two or three of those ten layers 12:19 can be observed. 12:21 Some would say they're missing 12:22 because they think they eroded away. 12:24 But what it really seems to say 12:26 is that no one has a real complete 12:28 or reliable picture of our past. 12:33 Yes, there's always an explanation provided. 12:36 But it doesn't help 12:37 when there are so many problems with the idea 12:39 in the first place. 12:41 Wow! 12:49 One of the things that bothers me 12:50 is how perfectly smooth it is between layers. 12:53 If they were really 10 million years 12:55 between each one of these layers, 12:57 wouldn't there at least be some hills or something. 13:00 Wouldn't we also see some evidence 13:02 such as top soil or roots or animals burrowing. 13:06 It really looks as if they were never top layers 13:08 for very long. 13:11 This looks much more like layers 13:12 that were put down quickly one on top of the other, 13:15 just like we would see after a global flood. 13:19 Think I'm gonna write this down in my journal. 13:25 Smooth lines between layers shows us that 13:28 layers could have been deposited quickly with water. 13:34 Like I said, evolution tells you one thing, 13:37 but the physical evidence seems to tell us 13:40 something else. 13:42 I believe in the Bible that our planet 13:44 was ravaged by a flood. 13:52 Hi, everyone, it's Doc M here at HQ. 13:55 Part of learning about creation 13:57 is as also understanding what evolution teaches. 14:00 I often find problems 14:02 with the thinking behind evolution. 14:04 Take these three examples. 14:06 I have some pictures. 14:10 Evolution teaches that one life evolved 14:13 from simple to more complex. 14:16 This is the way it has to be for the idea to work. 14:20 Evolution would start with simple little forms 14:24 and over billions of years evolve 14:25 into something highly complex like us. 14:32 Number two, evolution also teaches 14:35 that things evolved 14:36 from smaller to larger forms of life. 14:39 Small like worms 14:43 into large like whales. 14:48 For evolution, 14:50 this has to be the way things work. 14:51 You can't start off with a giant creature 14:53 appearing out of nowhere. 14:55 You start off with small things supposedly that evolved 14:58 into bigger things. 15:01 Number three, evolution teaches that life evolved 15:04 from low diversity to higher diversity. 15:08 In other words, less varieties of creatures in the past 15:12 and more varieties now, 15:17 like insects. 15:20 Less kinds are first 15:22 and then more kinds of insects later. 15:24 It's a logical approach, if you believe in evolution. 15:29 The problem is that nature seems to disagree. 15:35 Okay, number one, simple to more complex. 15:40 This is a trilobite right here, like I mentioned. 15:45 We now know that trilobites 15:47 were actually extremely complex little creatures 15:50 with antennas and multiple limbs 15:52 and hundreds of lenses for their eyes and more. 15:57 These are very complex. 16:04 Two, things evolved from small to big. 16:08 Well, in the past, fossil evidence suggests that 16:11 everything was actually bigger not smaller 16:14 larger animals and enormous turtles, 16:19 bigger sharks, huge reptiles and so on. 16:23 Now, look how big sharks used to be. 16:28 This is a shark tooth. 16:30 Wo-hoo, scared? 16:32 Look at this, even more scary, 16:35 a claw from a very large reptile. 16:39 Whoa, that's big. 16:44 Things are actually smaller now, 16:47 not larger. 16:48 Okay, number three, 16:50 less variety to more variety. 16:54 Of all the animals and creatures in the world 16:55 we know have existed, only 1% are alive today. 17:00 Wow, what happened to the other 99%? 17:03 They've all become extinct. 17:07 There was way more variety of life in the past 17:09 than there is now. 17:11 That's three big strikes for evolution. 17:15 So again, 17:19 I believe God is my Creator. 17:26 Hey, everyone, it's me, Rich Aguilera. 17:29 I'd love to see you at one of our live events. 17:31 To see where I'll be speaking, visit our website, 17:34 TheCreationCase.com. 17:41 One of my favorite parts of any assignment 17:44 is going off road in the jeep. 17:46 There's so much more we can see 17:48 when we get off the roads. 17:50 I just hope I don't get stuck in this loose sand. 18:00 Let's follow this dry riverbed for a little while. 18:11 Clearly we can see a lot of layers here, 18:14 just like at the Grand Canyon. 18:16 We usually find small marine animals 18:18 towards the bottom layers 18:19 and larger land animals towards the top layers. 18:22 The Bible says that a worldwide flood 18:25 destroyed all the animals of the earth. 18:27 You know, there's a slot canyon just up ahead, 18:30 another great place to see the layers of the earth. 18:32 Come on. 18:57 We finally made it to the slot canyon. 19:00 Let's go in. Come on. 19:12 Wow! 19:13 What an amazing place to see the layers of the earth. 19:26 A slot canyon, like this one 19:27 is formed by water rushing through rock, 19:30 especially soft rock like limestone or sandstone. 19:38 If a global flood did happen 19:40 who would we expect to see buried first. 19:43 I would expect the smallest marine creatures 19:45 would be buried first, 19:46 because they can't get away to safety. 19:50 You're not gonna find a bear down there, 19:52 not because they hadn't evolved yet, 19:54 just because the bear would be able to get away 19:56 to higher ground. 19:58 This is exactly what we see in the geologic column, 20:01 the small marine animals are buried at the bottom. 20:06 In the flood, 20:07 what would you expect to be buried next? 20:09 I would expect to see larger marine creatures. 20:14 Then who would be buried next? 20:16 Probably larger animals and birds. 20:20 A realistic interpretation of this order could be 20:23 that a global flood deposited them that way. 20:28 Do you know what the Bible says in Genesis about the flood? 20:33 Genesis 7:24 says, 20:35 "The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days." 20:41 The waters rose higher and higher and higher 20:45 for a hundred and fifty days. 20:47 That's five months. 20:52 It's amazing how many little clues we find in nature 20:55 that show us that the earth was once covered with water. 21:07 You know what? 21:09 I just thought of another great place 21:10 to go see some evidence. 21:11 We should go there now. 21:13 Well, let's finish exploring here first. 21:44 This is Kings Canyon. 21:46 What an amazing looking place 21:47 and we're really close to where we're going. 21:49 Come on. 21:56 A lot of the places we've been to so far, 21:58 we've been seeing smooth flat line 22:00 between the layers. 22:01 But it's not like that everywhere 22:03 you're going to see coming up. 22:08 Evolution teaches that the earth's layers 22:11 were put down millions of years apart. 22:17 They teach that each layer of dirt and sand 22:19 was put down soft at first, then eventually turn to stone. 22:23 Then another layer of sand was put down, turn to stone, 22:27 and then the next layer and so on. 22:30 Thousands of layers over millions of years. 22:34 They teach that the layers accumulated slowly, 22:37 a little at a time. 22:38 But that doesn't really reflect what we see in nature. 22:42 Because we see tons of fossils that had to be buried quickly 22:45 in order to be preserved. 22:48 Once again, the theory of evolution 22:50 and the things we see in nature 22:52 don't seem to go together very well. 23:07 Now check out the layers here. 23:10 Noticed anything different? 23:23 See how all those layers are wavy, 23:26 those are called folded layers. 23:29 Man, I wish I can get up a little bit closer. 23:32 Maybe I'll climb on the jeep. 23:44 If you'll notice, the rock layers here are solid. 23:48 This is an important clue. 23:49 The rock layers here 23:51 seem to be telling another story. 23:53 This whole part of the mountain was folded. 23:56 That means it was squeezed together 23:58 and we see this all over the world. 24:04 I wonder if any pieces of this cool rock 24:06 fell on the ground around here somewhere. 24:08 I'm gonna look around. 24:12 You know, folded rock layers shows us 24:15 that at some point in our history, 24:18 great forces were in action on the crust of our earth. 24:22 I mean, in order to move continents around 24:25 and make them collide, 24:26 something big had to cause that. 24:31 Some of the folding also happens 24:33 when rocks and sediment are superheated 24:36 and they deformed 24:37 like the folder rocks in this place. 24:42 A Bible flood would sure provide us 24:44 with a powerful engine to help explain 24:47 how our earth was severely impacted. 24:52 You know, 24:53 think I'm gonna write this in my journal. 25:03 Folded layers remind us of the great forces in play 25:07 during the flood. 25:15 I'm so glad that little clues in nature 25:18 provide us with evidence of the past. 25:29 You know, I've been to the Grand Canyon 25:30 several times and I never get tired of seeing 25:34 how beautiful it is there. 25:36 It's great that such a wonderful place 25:38 can also provide all sorts of evidence 25:40 about the layers of the earth and how they are deposited. 25:44 Well, I need to finish up my report 25:46 and send it to HQ. 25:48 Remember, if you want to read it, 25:50 just go to our website. 25:53 The geologic columns shows us 25:55 the layers of the earth under our feet, 25:58 but the way people interpret the layers can vary. 26:03 The millions of years interpretation 26:05 of the geologic column has its share of problems. 26:10 Smooth lines between layers 26:12 shows us that the layers 26:14 could have been deposited quickly with water. 26:18 Folded layers remind us of the great forces in play 26:22 during the flood. 26:25 It's very possible that the geologic column 26:28 preserve the order in which things were buried 26:31 during the flood. 26:36 Layers remind me about something the Bible says, 26:40 "The layers of a person that follows God." 26:44 Galatians 5 says, 26:45 "The most important layer of a Christian is love." 26:50 But there's more layers a Christian should have too. 26:53 One of them is joy. 26:55 God wants you to be a joyful person, 26:58 not mean and grumpy. 27:00 Another layer is peace, and goodness, and kindness. 27:04 God also wants you to be faithful and gentle 27:09 and have self control. 27:11 That's when you can say no to things that are bad for you. 27:15 In the Bible, all these layers of a Christian 27:18 are called "Fruits of the Spirit." 27:21 The more we have these layers in our life, 27:23 the more we can be like God. 27:27 I hope you'll join me again for our next assignment. 27:30 Remember, God the Creator loves what He creates, 27:34 especially you. 27:36 Good night. 27:48 Wait, hold on. 27:49 We have bloopers. 27:54 Of the earth. 27:56 Come on. 28:00 Falling on a bit too. 28:01 It's... 28:03 Couldn't start. 28:04 In most places of the world kind of trip. 28:07 Hi, Jacqui. 28:11 Seems to say something else. 28:14 In a global flood which, what, where? 28:18 Sure about that. 28:22 It was never cracked. |
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