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Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point
I posed the question to the students in my Sunday School class, “Where in the history recorded for
us in the Bible can we place the ice age(s) that this world has experienced?”
Another geologic oddity is observed in the discovery of ocean fossils in mountainous regions of the
earth. How did the fossils of ocean dwelling creatures end up embedded in rock in mountains that
are thousands of feet above, or thousands of miles removed, from the nearest ocean?
Crinoid Fossil (a marine animal) Discovered in Indiana in the Heart of America
The Bible provides a continuous history of this planet from the creation of the first man. The Bible
also provides us with a very accurate understanding of how long it has been since Adam was created.
Numerous genealogies are listed, many of them giving the ages of individuals when sons were born
to them, that allow for a precise calculation of the length of time mankind has resided upon this
planet. From the creation of Adam to Christ a period of approximately 4,000 years elapsed. From
Christ to the present day, mankind has experienced another 2,000 years of history. It can be
