Julian Price

Mt St Helens 30 Years Later - Volcanic Eruption that Changed the Landscape and Questioned Evolution



Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2010

by Julian Price
http://www.uk-freelance-content-writer.co.uk/

It is exactly 30 years since the roof blew off Mount St Helens, killing 57 people in the deadliest volcanic eruption in American history. May 18 th 1980 was also the day that evolutionary scientists were left with a little egg on their faces.

Scientists had long held the belief that the kind of massive and catastrophic landscape transformation that happened in such a short time during the eruption of Mount St Helens was only possible over a period of millions of years.

This paved the way for Creation Science and its scientists to suggest that perhaps the earth isn't millions of years old after all and that a young earth (in terms of thousands of years) was perhaps not so implausible after all, thus fitting into some of the Biblical interpretations that the earth is only around 10,000 years old.

Creationists claim that if Mount St Helens eruption could completely alter vast areas of landscape in such a short space of time that the Biblical events of Noah's worldwide catastrophic flood (and all its likely volcanic activity) could indeed change the face of the planet in a short time also.

This debate still rages and still leaves evolutionists with a hole in their theory.
Julian has diplomas in freelance journalism (with distinction), copywriting and proofreading. He is also a creative writer and poet who writes both professionally and for pleasure. Julian has written articles for an internet marketing company and although this medium is often restricted by topic, his writing still maintains a unique and often humourous style, with many of his articles achieving good results on search engines. He has found the discipline involved with this kind of work to be a great writing exercise and believes it enhances and improves other areas of his writing. Julian is becoming an established freelance writer and many of his articles here at searchwarp are a showcase of the variety and quality of his work.

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» left by Connor Davidson
 1 year 358 days ago.
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Debate? What debate? What are you talking about millions for? The earth is 4.6 billion years old (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%). I agree that this particular feature could have been created suddenly - there is examples of catastrophic geology. However, look at radioactive dating, meteorites and evolution. I beg you to look at it.
 
 
Oh and please stop saying creation science (its creation pseudo-science at best) and calling them scientists. It's insulting to real science and scientists.
» left by Julian Price 1 year 357 days ago.
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Hi Connor, Thanks for the comment. I will return with a more in depth reply when I get a moment..snowed under at the moment. However, debate usually arises when there are differences of opinion and whether evolutionists like it or not there are millions of people who passionately believe that evolution isn't true(regardless of how right or wrong they may be), just as passionately as evolutionists believe that it is....debate is born! Thanks again, will add more when i can.
» left by Connor Davidson 1 year 356 days ago.
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I see where you are coming from. Debate in the context you are thinking of yes. I am thinking about debate in scientific terms - science is not a matter of opinion but facts. Yes there is a difference of opinion but not of fact. 
» left by Jack Smith from Reno, Nevada 1 year 358 days ago.
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Very informative, just a bit short on the info.
» left by Julian Price 1 year 357 days ago.
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Hi Jack, thanks for chipping in. This was only intended as a bit of newsflash but there is plenty of info out there to support both "theories" of evolution and creation.
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