Sure they did. They went looking for evidence to support their assumptions and found it. "Predicting" a find of marsupial life at the poles could be just as valid with a gloabal deulge in mind as a billion-year history that was unobserved and unrecorded. I am given to believe the polar regions are a result of the global flood and were not present as such prior to the flood. That is to say the overall climate on this planet was more mild, and consequently allowed for longer life spans. You are given to believe yourself and those who are likeminded to yourself. That's okay. I won't press the legislature to keep your belief out of school.
That is a barefaced, shameful lie, and I don't care what the mods think about it. The early geologists were devout Christians looking for evidence of the flood. You are a disgrace to your religion and should stop before you convince everyone that Christians are ignorant, lying scum.
"Sure they did. They went looking for evidence to support their assumptions and found it."
They were, to a man, creationists.
Huh? They were creationists, and they were very surprised to not find evidence of the global flood.
"Predicting" a find of marsupial life at the poles could be just as valid with a gloabal deulge in mind as a billion-year history that was unobserved and unrecorded.
How so? Specifically what in YEC would lead to a prediction of marsupial fossils in antarctica?
I am given to believe the polar regions are a result of the global flood and were not present as such prior to the flood.
You can be given to believe any moonbat thing you like. The polar regions receive a fraction of the solar energy that the equatorial regions get, hence they are extremely cold. The continent known as antarctica wasn't always at the poles, hence it harbours fossil forms consistent with its past positions. Those forms are remarkably similar to the fossils on the continents it used to adjoin. Hence the prediction, which came *before* the fossils were found. Predictions are what science is about. Its lifeblood and affirmation of the truth of theory. YEC has never made any successful predictions (they tried for a while, in the 60's and 70's, but embarrassingly none of the predictions of YEC that ran counter to mainstream theory ever came true).
That is to say the overall climate on this planet was more mild, and consequently allowed for longer life spans.
How exactly does a mild climate allow for longer lifespans? Be specific, and provide evidence with reference to the survival prospects of modern adult humans in mild climates and harsh climates. Bear in mind in your answer that the long lifespans described in the Bible appear to have persisted for a while *after* the flood.
You are given to believe yourself and those who are likeminded to yourself. That's okay. I won't press the legislature to keep your belief out of school.
Well, I won't press to have your ideas excluded from bible class, or comparative religion studies. But I will press to keep the data and logic-free nonsense that is YEC out of science class.