Participants: Rich Aguilera
Series Code: TCC
Program Code: TCC000008A
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00:11 Where did we come from?
00:14 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, 00:41 and Rich, 00:45 their job, investigate and discover the truth. 00:52 This is The Creation Case. 01:18 Hello, Headquarters, this is Jacqui. 01:21 Hi, Jacqui. It's Doc. 01:23 Doc M, are you okay? Why aren't you here yet? 01:26 My car ran out of gas. 01:28 Oh, no! That's okay. 01:30 Fortunately, I have my bike with me, 01:32 and I'm riding to get some more gas. 01:34 Oh, sure, that's a sight to see. 01:36 Well, it's still gonna take me a while to get there, 01:38 but now I'm convinced 01:40 exactly what our next assignment will be. 01:42 Really? What's that? 01:44 Fossil fuels. 01:46 Ah! Didn't you say yesterday, 01:48 you got a letter asking about fossil fuels? 01:50 Yes. 01:52 I was trying to figure out, 01:53 if I should send Rich on this one. 01:54 But now that I ran out of fossil fuel myself, 01:57 I am convinced. 01:59 Okay. 02:01 That letter is on my desk, if you wanna read it. 02:04 Okay. 02:05 I'll be there as soon as I can. 02:07 Okay, bye. 02:13 Yep, here it is. 02:14 It's from Leo in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 02:18 Dear, Doc M, this week in science class, 02:20 my teacher was talking about fossil fuels, 02:22 and how the oil and gas in our cars 02:25 comes from dead organic stuff 02:26 that died millions of years ago. 02:29 I know I'm not supposed to believe 02:30 this stuff happened millions of years ago. 02:32 So what do I believe? 02:34 Do you know how and when fossil fuels were really made? 02:37 Thank you, Leo. 02:39 Great question, Leo. 02:41 Let's get this over to Rich. 02:44 Which reminds me, 02:45 I got the weirdest text from him today, 02:48 something about flying over a forest. 02:53 Rich always sends us the weirdest messages. 02:55 It could be anything. 02:58 Back to my desk. 03:04 Unbelievable. 03:07 Do you have a creation question for Headquarters? 03:10 Send your questions to Doc, Jacqui, and Rich 03:12 by visiting our website at TheCreationCase.com. 03:40 I think, we got a message from HQ. 03:43 I better check on the other side. 04:06 Hi, Rich. 04:07 I hope you're well flying over a forest, 04:10 whatever that means. 04:12 Anyway, we have an assignment ready. 04:15 We need you to investigate fossil fuels. 04:19 We use it to fuel our cars, in our homes, 04:22 it's a very important part of our world, 04:24 especially today since Doc M ran out of gas. 04:28 Many scientists and teachers say, 04:31 they take millions of years to form. 04:33 We need you to investigate the evidence. 04:35 We look forward to report. 04:37 Bye. 04:39 I wonder, why she thought 04:40 flying over the forest was funny. 04:42 Well, we have our new assignment, 04:44 fossil fuels. 04:46 I better let them know, I got the message. 04:49 Got message, 04:53 fossil fuels. 04:57 I hope 04:58 Doc M 05:00 found some gas. 05:05 It's no fun running out of gas. 05:07 To remind her how much we rely on fossil fuels. 05:10 I need to get this in our journal. 05:16 Fossil fuels. 05:21 Fossil fuels, let me think. 05:24 Fossil fuels can be coal, or natural gas, or oil 05:27 and it all comes out from under the ground. 05:29 So we really need to get to a place 05:31 where we can see them, taking it out of the ground. 05:35 You know, we really need to go to an oilfield, 05:37 that's one of the places where we take oil 05:39 out of the ground. 05:40 And I pass on a few days ago, let's go check it out. 05:49 Help us investigate today. 05:53 Download and print your own free journal study guide 05:56 at TheCreationCase.com. 06:08 Wow! 06:10 Doing all these assignments 06:11 and running around all over the country, 06:12 makes my jeep run out of fossil fuel all the time. 06:15 You know, a lot of things are made from oil. 06:17 Natural gas, gasoline, 06:19 even some plastics are made of oil. 06:22 Sometimes we just don't realize how much stuff we use every day 06:26 is made from oil. 06:37 We're almost there. Let's get going. 06:50 We are outside of Bakersfield, California, 06:53 and we're overlooking this huge oilfield. 06:55 Check this out. 06:59 Wow! 07:00 There are hundreds of pump jacks 07:02 in this one oilfield. 07:07 Each one of those pump jacks out there 07:10 is pumping up oil from deep beneath the surface. 07:14 Here the oil is from 500 feet deep 07:17 to over a mile deep beneath the surface. 07:24 Oil is also called petroleum. 07:27 And it's one of the most important fossil fuels we have, 07:29 because we have so many uses for it. 07:32 So have you ever wondered, what is oil made of? 07:35 And what in the world it's doing way down there? 07:38 These are all very important questions. 07:42 Let's see, if we can get a little closer. 07:48 Each one of these pump jacks are pumping up oil. 07:51 Some of these can pump 07:53 up to 10 gallons in each stroke. 08:01 This is a much closer look. 08:03 So oil is made of basically... 08:05 Dead organisms such as marine algae. 08:09 The common name 08:11 for all that dead stuff is biomass, 08:13 stuff that used to be alive. 08:15 Most scientists agree 08:16 that the weight of all that dirt on top, 08:18 plus heat would convert all that biomass into oil. 08:23 The part not everybody agrees on 08:25 is how long did it take to convert it into oil. 08:29 Some people believe 08:31 it takes millions of years to form one. 08:33 But now in laboratories, they're experimenting with ways 08:35 to form oil in only a few hours. 08:39 So really, the big question is, 08:41 how did all those dead plants and animals, 08:43 the biomass get so far down there? 08:47 Evolution teaches that plants and animals died, 08:50 sank and got buried at the bottom of the ocean 08:53 and accumulated there for millions of years. 08:56 Then all of a sudden it stopped accumulating, 08:59 and thousands of feet of dirt and sediment came 09:02 and covered it up. 09:03 Then heat and pressure converted the biomass into oil, 09:08 over the next few million years. 09:10 So what does the Bible say? 09:12 It doesn't talk about oil specifically, 09:14 but it does talk about a flood 09:15 that would have the same effects, 09:17 all that evolution stuff just described. 09:19 A flood would bury tons of biomass 09:22 and then covered up with sediment. 09:25 It's basically the same story. 09:28 The only part missing is that part 09:30 about the millions of years. 09:34 You know, we can't forget that petroleum is also found 09:37 under the ocean floor. 09:38 The Pacific Ocean is not too far from here. 09:40 We need to go check it out. Come on. 10:27 We've come to this beach here in California 10:29 because from here we can see an oil platform 10:32 right in the ocean. 10:39 Actually, it's one of the closest platforms 10:41 from dry land in the United States. 10:44 Just like the ones on land, 10:46 these drill down below the ocean floor 10:48 to a pocket of oil, where they pump out the oil. 10:52 As I was saying, back at the jeep, 10:54 the Bible doesn't really talk about petroleum, 10:56 but it does get some pretty good clues 10:58 about how all that got down there 10:59 during the flood. 11:01 The Bible says, 11:02 "Water burst from under the ground 11:04 and it rained for 40 days." 11:08 It also tells us 11:09 that the planet was covered with water, 11:10 until after when it finally drained down below again. 11:15 It's a process that took over a year. 11:19 If that really happened, what would we expect to see? 11:26 I would expect 11:27 that trillions and trillions of plants and animals 11:30 would have died. 11:32 Would they simply disappear? 11:34 No, I don't think so. 11:36 I think they would probably 11:38 float on the surface for a while 11:39 and eventually sink to the bottom of the ocean. 11:43 I would expect that the water would be extremely muddy. 11:46 After all, the whole earth just got tore up. 11:50 I would expect to see a massive amount of biomass, 11:54 living stuff that would sink 11:56 and be buried between the layers. 11:58 We know for a fact 12:00 that there is a lot of heat under the ground. 12:02 So I would expect 12:03 that that heat would help decompose all that biomass 12:06 and convert it into oil. 12:11 Lastly, if there were a global flood, 12:14 as the Bible teaches, 12:15 I would expect to see all those things everywhere. 12:22 So what does the physical evidence 12:24 on this planet show us? 12:27 It shows us exactly all those things, 12:30 we would expect to see in a global flood. 12:34 The evidence is overwhelming. 12:36 I think, I'm gonna write that down in my journal. 12:47 Buried biomass is powerful evidence 12:50 of a global flood. 12:54 One of the other fossil fuels 12:55 that we see on this planet is coal. 12:58 Why don't we go investigate some coal now. 13:01 For that, we're gonna have to travel to a coal mine. 13:04 Let's get back to the jeep and go find one. 13:14 Hi, everyone, Doc M here at HQ. 13:17 Well, Rich is working on fossil fuels today. 13:20 I wanna talk to you about something else. 13:23 As we investigate and learn about creation, 13:26 it's important to understand why we do this? 13:29 Makes it exciting. 13:31 It's because we believe in a special book, 13:35 the Bible. 13:37 This book tells us the history of our world 13:39 and teaches us about God, our Creator 13:42 who has promised to return one day 13:43 to take us to heaven. 13:45 Wow! 13:46 For a lot of people the big question is simply, 13:50 are the things in this book true? 13:53 I've a couple of pictures for you. 13:56 You may have heard of the story of Jericho, 13:59 the walls falling down. 14:01 Did it happen? 14:05 Archeologists have found the city, 14:07 just like the Bible said. 14:09 Here's the picture. 14:11 Ah! This is exciting. 14:13 You can also visit a wall in Jerusalem, 14:15 built by King Herod. 14:16 He was the king when Jesus was born. 14:20 You can even go to Bethlehem, the Jordon River, 14:25 the Sea of Galilee and the Mount of Olives. 14:28 You can visit it all. 14:30 Historians have discovered 14:31 that the Bible is the single most accurate 14:33 source document in all of history. 14:37 The places, the people, the dates, the events, 14:41 they're accurate. 14:42 You know, 14:44 the Bible is more than just accurate about history. 14:47 Let me give you an example. 14:50 There's George Washington. 14:53 Back when George Washington was alive, the doctors thought, 14:55 they could cure you 14:57 by removing blood out of your body. 15:00 When George Washington got sick, 15:02 doctors tried to help him by removing 80% of his blood. 15:09 You know what happened? 15:11 He died shortly after. 15:14 Of course, today we know 15:16 that blood is the life of the body. 15:19 But Wow! 15:20 Years ago, God had already told this to Moses. 15:24 It's crazy! 15:26 It's in Leviticus Chapter 17. Let's go there. 15:30 Leviticus 17:11, 15:34 "For the life of any creature is in its blood." 15:40 Whether it's dates, or places, or people, or events, 15:43 or even knowledge on how our body works, 15:46 the Bible is accurate in every sense of the word. 15:50 Oh, it's super exciting. 15:53 It convinces me again that God is my Creator. 16:01 Hey, everyone, it's me, Rich Aguilera. 16:04 I'd love to see you at one of our live events. 16:06 To see, where I'll be speaking, visit our website 16:09 TheCreationCase.com. 16:20 One of the largest coal mines in the United States 16:22 is right here in Wyoming. 16:25 Like oil, coal comes from biomass. 16:28 Coal is a solid, oil is a liquid, 16:31 while the other fossil fuel, 16:32 natural gas is, of course, a gas. 16:38 Just as with oil, evolution claims 16:40 that coal takes millions of years to form. 16:43 We need to go into one of these coal mines and investigate. 16:48 Scientists say, coal is biomass that has been compressed 16:52 by the weight of rock layers on top. 16:55 So if a seam of coal is 100 feet thick, 16:58 probably hundreds of feet of organic biomass 17:02 had to get buried there in the first place. 17:06 Science offers two explanations for how coal is formed. 17:11 Secular scientists say, 17:12 hundreds of feet deep of organic biomass 17:15 was somehow deposited here over millions of years. 17:18 No one is sure how or why, 17:20 just sat there for millions of years. 17:22 Then hundreds of feet of dirt came and covered it up. 17:26 The Bible teaches that a global flood 17:29 probably ripped up the trees and plants, 17:31 and buried them in the ground 17:32 while the water receded. 17:40 Wow! What a big truck! 17:44 As we explore this evolution option, 17:46 we discovered that there are a lot of problems with it. 17:49 For example, 17:51 it's common to find well preserved leaves 17:52 and insects in coal. 17:54 How could that be, 17:56 if this was a pile of decomposing biomass 17:58 for millions of years? 18:00 It wouldn't be possible. 18:01 Leaves and insects decompose quickly. 18:04 No, 18:05 the evidence shows rapid burial, 18:07 as told in the Bible. 18:10 Another problem is the size of some of these coal seams. 18:13 They could be hundreds of square miles in size 18:16 and hundreds of feet thick. 18:20 Where could so much biomass come from? 18:23 It would seem that only a huge event 18:25 could cause a huge coal seam to form. 18:28 And there are tons of coal seams 18:30 all over the world. 18:32 Did you know that scientists can now make coal in a lab 18:36 with only a few materials in a month? 18:38 It doesn't take millions of years to form coal. 18:41 It simply requires the right conditions, 18:43 the kinds of conditions you would expect to see 18:46 in a global flood, as the Bible describes. 18:50 Wow! 18:52 This is a great spot to see the entire mine. 18:55 I think, I'm going to write some of this down 18:57 in my journal. 19:05 A global flood is the best explanation 19:09 for the formation of fossil fuels. 19:16 Wow! That's a lot of coal. 19:19 Actually, you know what? I think, I'm gonna sketch this. 19:22 Since we depend on coal, 19:24 places such as this coal mine here 19:26 work 24 hours a day, 19:29 removing the coal from the ground, 19:31 and then they ship it out on trains. 19:34 Enormous trucks and machines slowly remove the coal. 19:38 When they're done, 19:39 they usually fill these big holes back up 19:41 with dirt again and plant stuff on top. 19:43 So it doesn't look like anything ever happened here. 19:47 It's fascinating 19:48 watching these huge machines work. 19:52 The Bible describes the flood in pretty good detail. 19:55 It talks about the springs 19:57 of the great deep bursting forth 19:58 and 40 days of heavy rain. 20:00 It says, the waters rose 20:02 and completely covered every piece of land. 20:05 It says, every living thing that moved on land, 20:09 died and was buried. 20:11 The Bible describes the huge catastrophic event. 20:15 What we see on our planet today, 20:16 is what we expect to see after a global flood. 20:30 Well, I found today's assignment 20:32 very fascinating. 20:34 It's incredible just how much biomass 20:36 is buried under the surface of the earth. 20:39 Clearly, only a massive catastrophic event 20:42 could have buried so much of it 20:43 all over the world and so neatly. 20:47 Well, I need to finish up my report 20:48 and send it off to HQ. 20:50 Remember, if you want to read it, 20:51 just go to our website. 20:58 I never realized 21:00 just how much stuff is buried under our feet. 21:05 It matches the biblical account so perfectly. 21:10 The evidence is quite overwhelming. 21:12 Tons of coal and millions of pump jacks 21:16 and oil platforms all over our planet, 21:19 pumping up oil and also natural gas, 21:22 and to think it's all made from living stuff 21:26 that got buried underground. 21:33 Most people on our planet rely on fossil fuels 21:36 to stay warm or to get around. 21:39 Cars need gasoline, 21:40 otherwise they probably are not going to get very far. 21:44 Different kinds of fuel are necessary 21:46 for different things. 21:47 Even our bodies need fuel. 21:49 Good food and water help us to have the energy we need 21:53 for each day. 21:54 Without food and water, we will die. 21:58 Did you know that our relationship with God 22:00 needs fuel too? 22:02 Sure. 22:03 I'm talking about prayer or singing, serving others, 22:07 and being giving or like worshiping God, 22:10 and appreciating the nature that He made. 22:13 If we don't do these things, 22:15 our relationship with God won't exist. 22:19 I hope you make the time every day 22:21 to fuel your relationship with God. 22:25 I hope you'll join us for our next assignment 22:28 and remember, 22:29 God the Creator loves what He creates, 22:32 especially you. 22:34 Goodnight. 22:47 Wait, we got bloopers 22:49 Will see this... 22:51 To this beach herein, beach here. 22:54 We got... 22:59 Forms all around over... 23:05 The Bible, what does the Bible say? 23:07 Having Doc run over... 23:10 One of the other fossil... 23:12 I know... 23:13 Man! 23:15 To the ocean to warn of the... |
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