The Permian extinction: National Geographic comes close to the truth

“Evolutionists believe that a mass extinction, wiping out 90% of the planet’s species, occurred about 250 million years ago. The presence of 9 major extinctions has led to much speculation about the cause. Some suggested causes of the Permian extinction are major asteroid impacts, increased volcanism, and depleted oxygen in the oceans. The asteroid impact supposedly caused major dust clouds that led to the collapse of food chains and eventually acute global warming, which wiped out most species. The theory using ocean oxygen levels is unsupported by real evidence. There is a large amount of volcanic activity in Siberia at this point in the strata, and some argue the asteroid evidence is better explained by these volcanoes. The same sort of sunblocking chain reaction would result from massive volcanic activity.

Creationists explain the apparent mass extinctions as distinct events or zones within the year of the Flood. The idea of asteroid impacts as a trigger for the Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Model developed by Dr. John Baumgardner is an interesting idea. The idea of a lot of small catastrophes over millions of years can all be encapsulated into the 371- day Flood. The evidence for a global flood is misinterpreted by the uniformitarian geologists.” Evolution Exposed, Second Ed., The Permian extinction: National Geographic comes close to the truth, Silvestru.  http://creation.com/the-permian-extinction-national-geographic-comes-close-to-the-truth

Response to comment [from a Catholic]:  Quote:  "The flood was a year long, single event, and would have caused a single extinction event...[answersincreation.org/rebuttal/magazines]"

Don't large fossil graveyards suggest a major catastrophe?  Could a massive flood explain these deposits?

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "needed a laugh..."

How could large fossil graveyards be explained without a massive catastrophe? 

Response to comment [from other]:  "Creationism: Defeated by calculations on the back of a napkin."

The opposite of design is chaos. Chaos does not create design. Back to school "doc'".

"Thanks for the laugh with your extremely brooding philosophy on design vs. "chaos"."

* Cosmological argument:

• Everything that had a beginning has a cause.
• The universe had a beginning.
• Therefore, the universe had a cause.

Design argument:

• Every design has a designer.
• The universe—and life—has a highly complex design.
• Therefore, there is a Great Designer.

Moral argument

• Moral laws require a lawgiver
• Absolute moral laws exist.
• Therefore, there is an absolute Moral Lawgiver.

See:

Atheism & Agnosticism  http://vananne.com/culttoasters/Atheism%20and%20Agnosticism.PDF

The Permian extinction: National Geographic comes close to the truth