Review of Technical Journal Article - Essay Example

Full and courtesy 29 June Article Review: “Dinosaur Evidence for an Old Earth”In an article written by Greg Neyman, he explained why dinosaurs are perfect evidence to prove that the earth has existed for millions or even billions of years. This is one of the prime principles embodied in the Old-Earth Creationism belief, asserting that while they believe in the ideas of creation, they insist that the Earth is very old as contradictory to the standpoints of the Young-Earth Creationism belief, believing that the Earth was created by God within a six 24-hour day period some 10, 000 years ago, as stated in the book of Genesis.

Neyman disputed the claims of the Young-Earth Model that the Mesozoic Rock Layers were “late-flood rocks” (Neyman, “Dinosaur Evidence for an Old Earth”). This is the famous Flood during the time of Noah when it rained for forty days which, according to the Bible, had killed all creeping, walking, breathing, etc. living creatures. Neyman did not believe this by predicating that if this is true, it would leave this claim contradictory to the evidences recovered by geologist pointing towards the existence and even activities of Mesozoic creatures – creatures like dinosaurs – during and after the flood took place and even during the water-receding period.

According to him, says of the Young-Earth scientist that the distribution of fossils around the globe, as well as their varying formations in the sedimentary rock is caused by the strong cyclonic force that scattered chopped bodies of [Student’s Last Name] 2creatures at random locations around the globe contain insurmountable obstacles. He further expressed in his thesis statement that “the distribution of animals in the rock layers does not lend itself to an easy fit with the Flood model” (Neyman, “Dinosaur Evidence for an old Earth”).

On the whole, the article was prepared for those who bear the same belief with the Young-Earth Creationism believers who affirmed that The Flood did not leave a single creature alive. The article strongly suggests that, in contrary with the assertions of the Young-Earth Science, even after the water started to recede during which the flood was completed, there were traced of fossils, poops, bones and even track-ways of creeping and walking animals, thereby inferring that creatures, particularly dinosaurs, still existed or were still alive even after the flood.

The article was quite difficult to decipher considering that it was trying to interrelate two topics that essentially should not have been linked together by the writer. Both beliefs, the Old-Earth Creationism and the Young-Earth Creationism, are placing their grounds on very dissimilar points. One believes that the Earth has existed for billions of years, and the other believes that the Earth is young. In principle, consider relating mathematical equations; you cannot express one equation with another unless they have the same elements.

This was not observed by the writer; instead, he consolidated them to serve both beliefs in terms of validity that there was no life after The Flood. Also, the article did not focus on how the dinosaurs, particularly the recovery of their fossils, points toward it being an evidence that the Earth is old. It has instead focused on whether there was life after the flood or no. In general, the vocabulary words used are intelligible to the laymen. There were no excessive admissions of too technical terms except the common geological term “Mesozoic.

” In general, the article was plain and not compelling. Footnotes/References (as used by the author)1. Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe, Figure. 4.12. Rocks, Fossils and Dinosaurs. California: Petaluma, 2002. Reference1. Neyman, Greg. “Dinosaur Evidence for an Old Earth”. Old Earth Creation Science (2012): n. pag. Web. 29 June 2012.