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To: Greg or e who wrote (13828)2/21/2011 4:52:58 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 69300
 
Laying down of sediment is only part of the story. The channeled scablands are the result of mass removal of terrain perhaps twelve thousand years ago, by much less water than a planetwide flood would need. Covering the continents in thousands of feet of water, allowing that water to leave heaven-knows-where, all in a geologic eyeblink - it would leave massive scars. Landlocked arid basins like the Takla Makan desert should be colossal salt lakes... or salt pans.

"I wouldn't use it as a foil against inerrancy."
That's OK; I took the job. (grin)
Using the Biblical scholarly community's own definitions of inerrancy v. infallibility, the flood makes a compelling case imo. Inerrancy *requires* a global flood. The land, using the elements of geography and geology, excludes such an event. The only fallback I see is the weaker form: infallibility.