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Jokul's right. But see what I mean, such obvious catastrophes with blasting power and speed to tumble and round huge huge boulders is just squeezed into the narrow mind-set of Uniformitarianism. (Thus it is turned into a slow dribbling flow that would not have rounded such huge boulders! Actual evidence is thrown out when it comes to protecting "Slow and gradual over millennia.")

Geologists can't think outside the box (for the most part) because of this logic-altering theory, thus the geologic community never learned their lesson after this flood was finally proven. You might already know but it took 40 years! of wrestling with the geologic community before the Missoula Floodwaters were accepted as fact ... but truthfully those stubborn geologist that rejected Bretz never changed their minds .... they simply died off and a new generation was ready to accept it. Yet this new generation is still talk not to question doctrines of Uniformitarianism.

So I'm afraid Science is being crippled by doctrine.

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I’ve been studying this Ice Age catastrophe for about 6 years now with the purpose of making an adventure/documentary film following a group of young people exploring the evidence for the floodwaters. In my efforts to find a new angle on the subject I was astonished to find how the scientific community at the time of the flood’s discovery by Bretz and still today would not and will not apply the real catastrophic significance this event presents.

The fact that that much water catastrophically blasted apart the Pacific Northwest and carved very dramatic geology in a short amount of time - through catastrophe - should make geologist reconsider at greater lengths the implications of this defiance of “the Present is the Key to the Past” (meaning geology is only formed by slow processes over long ages).  The geology that looks like it was formed “over millions of years” (according to this Uniformitarian/Gradualist theory) was instead carved rapidly by catastrophe (carved by the Missoula Floodwaters). No matter how Uniformitarian geologists want to stand by “millions of years of slow erosion” the actually of these mega floodwaters catastrophically blasts apart their “slow and gradual” theory – and any honest geologist should step outside the box, like Bretz, and look into it.

The truth is, though Catastrophes appear to be more acceptable since this controversial discovery broke through mainstream geologic intolerance for ‘catastrophe,’ “Geologic Catastrophe” is now imprisoned within the confines of Uniformitarianism. “Catastrophes only happen once every few millions of years.” But why don’t we ask the question, “Have Catastrophes had more of an impact on Geology than Slow processes?” Let’s follow Bretz’ vindicated example, and think outside the box. Why can’t this generation rewrite the book  about Principles of Geology, now with Floodwater catastrophes (and Mt St Helens as well) having taught us a lot more about past geologic processes?

Thanks for reading my post :-)

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