Answers in Genesis

The Bible uses global terms to describe the global flood.

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All human life is valuable.

God considers the unborn to be of equal value to any other human being.

The fossil record is the graveyard of the global flood.

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The Bible considers the unborn baby to be human and to have personality.

The pro-life position is that life begins at fertilization and that all human life is precious because all humans are made in the image of God.

Jesus took Genesis as literal history (Mark 10:6–9; Matthew 19:4–5; Luke 17:27).

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The global flood laid down fossils and rock layers all over the earth.

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If fossils are really the result of the global flood, why haven’t we found pre-flood humans in the fossil record? If there really were a global flood as described in Genesis, we would see billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth. And that is exactly what we do see. But among these rock layers, human fossils are few and far between, with all known specimens coming from post-flood rock layers. Where are all the fossils of pre-flood humans (as well as birds and mammals)? To answer this question, we must first understand the nature of the flood. The flood of Noah’s day was much more destructive than any 40-day rainstorm ever could be. Scripture says that the “fountains of the great deep” broke open (Genesis 7:11). In other words, earthquakes, volcanoes, and geysers of molten lava and scalding water were squeezed out of the earth’s crust in a violent, explosive upheaval. These fountains were not stopped until 150 days into the flood, so the earth’s surface was literally churning underneath the waters for about five months! The duration of the flood was extensive, and Noah and his family were aboard the ark for about a year. Relatively recent local floods, volcanoes, and earthquakes—though clearly devastating to life and land—are tiny in comparison to the worldwide catastrophe that destroyed “the world that then existed.” This violent catastrophe would have buried billions of creatures. Due to the marine nature of the judgment, we would expect marine fossils to dominate most of the fossil record. And that is precisely what we see. In the fossil record: - Approximately 95% of all fossils are shallow marine organisms, such as corals and shellfish. - 95% of the remaining 5% are algae, plants, and invertebrates, including insects. - The remaining 0.25% are vertebrates, mostly fish. - 99% of those 0.25% vertebrate fossil specimens consist of only one bone. - Most mammal fossils are likely from after the flood. Thus, the number of vertebrate fossils is actually relatively small compared to other types of creatures. As mentioned earlier, since the flood was a marine catastrophe, we would expect marine fossils to be dominant in the fossil record, and that is the case. As all of this geologic activity was going on, humans and land animals were swept away and eventually drowned or died. Humans, as well as most of the mammals and birds that died during the flood, were likely not quickly buried and fossilized. The drowned carcasses may have then “bloated and floated” and were either eaten by sea creatures, washed ashore later and consumed as carrion, or decomposed and composted naturally. We need to consider that amphibians and reptiles typically live closer to water, are slower moving, and are less perceptive of their environments than mammals and birds. This lack of mobility and marine or freshwater lifestyle would make them more likely to get buried by mudslides or washed into trenches and buried by sediment. Humans, mammals, and birds are much more likely to flee rising water and seek shelter on higher ground, in trees, or on top of structures, so they would not be caught up in landslides or mudslides as readily. Any animal not buried quickly either drowned or was killed by the destructive power of the water itself. Keep in mind that Genesis 8:3 and 8:5 mention several months of water continually receding off the earth. Anything or anyone buried in shallow, surficial deposits would have been battered by sediment-laden water and washed back out to sea by these receding waters. With all of these factors, it is much less likely for there to be pre-flood human, mammal, and bird fossils, but it is not altogether implausible that pre-flood human fossils could be found one day. However, to date, our stance is that we have seen no concrete evidence in any reputable literature of any fossils of pre-flood artifacts or humans. Furthermore, we need to remember that God specifically said in Genesis 6:7 and 17 that he would “blot out” man and destroy all air-breathing flesh: So the LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” (Genesis 6:7 ESV) And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. (Genesis 6:17 NKJV) In summary, the most likely answer to the question of why there are so few pre-flood human (as well as bird and mammal) fossils is that humans were swept away and their bodies destroyed during the flood before they could be buried, as well as because of the mechanisms of fossil preservation that favor preserving hard-shelled organisms over soft-bodied ones. —Troy Lacey and Avery Foley

Genesis 6–8 plainly describes a global flood.

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