A geologist attempting to prove that the great flood described in the Bible really happened has been granted permission to collect rock samples from the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
“The Grand Canyon is the gold standard for geologists,” Andrew Snelling, who believes in the literal interpretation of the Bible, told The Australian.
“It’s important because it’s the largest and deepest canyon in the world … The walls are stacked like pancakes: shale, sandstone, limestone, mud. There are more rock layers exposed there than anywhere else.”
In 2014, Snelling — director of research at Answers in Genesis, a Kentucky-based group of Christian scientists — asked the Department of the Interior to let him remove 50 to 60 “fist-sized” rock samples. full story