I once had a big collection of fossils, I dug out of the coal seams, in WV. They included vegetation : Ferns, other flowers. Also trapped forest animals,such as snakes,chipmunks,lizards, frogs. I suppose this goes along with evolution process,as the decayed vegetation turned into coal over the ages. However, someone had to place the vegetation there to begin with, so we will not omit God, the almighty creator. I have always thought the two went hand in hand. Which reminds me of a story about the preacher & the sinner being partners in loading coal together. The coal was cut & blasted down ; along with the coal was lots of rock that had to be removed by the two. The sinner was swearing while removing the rock, and the preacher said: " Now, now; none of that; the Lord gave us this coal for a livlihood". The sinner looked over at him & said: " I know the Lord gave us the coal for a blessing, BUT, I believe He went to sleep, and the devil put this old rock in the coal" >grin> Shelby ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)
Shelby, when you were talking about God's hand in the creation of the coal. I once had an Historical Geology teacher whom I posed the question... Let's assume creation for a moment. If God created Adam and Eve, they obviously had an "appearance of age". They were not born as infants, they were adults. Why couldn't this same God create an earth with an appearance of age as well? His reply was... there is no argument for that question. Carbon dating has it's issues and it is NOT perfect. But I also believe that God is completely capable of creating a world with an appearance of age, and therefore some type of historical record even though the earth is not as old as some would like to have us believe. Laura -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WVLOGAN] Mining Stories ots I once had a big collection of fossils, I dug out of the coal seams, in WV. They included vegetation : Ferns, other flowers. Also trapped forest animals,such as snakes,chipmunks,lizards, frogs. I suppose this goes along with evolution process,as the decayed vegetation turned into coal over the ages. However, someone had to place the vegetation there to begin with, so we will not omit God, the almighty creator. I have always thought the two went hand in hand. Which reminds me of a story about the preacher & the sinner being partners in loading coal together. The coal was cut & blasted down ; along with the coal was lots of rock that had to be removed by the two. The sinner was swearing while removing the rock, and the preacher said: " Now, now; none of that; the Lord gave us this coal for a livlihood". The sinner looked over at him & said: " I know the Lord gave us the coal for a blessing, BUT, I believe He went to sleep, and the devil put this old rock in the coal" >grin> Shelby ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message