Why I am a Creationist - Dr. Steve Austin, Geologist (Conf Lecture)

Filmed at the 2017 IGH Conference, you can get this lecture and over 70 more at: isgenesishisto... Dr. Austin is a field research geologist who has done research on six of the seven continents of the world. His research has taken him by helicopter into the crater on Mount St. Helens, by bush plane onto glaciers in Alaska, by raft through the Grand Canyon, on horseback into the high Sierra, by elevator into the world’s deepest coal mines, by SCUBA onto the Great Barrier Reef, by rail into Korean backcountry, by foot onto barren plateaus of southern Argentina, and by four-wheel drive into remote desert areas of Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Austin received his PhD from Pennsylvania State University in sedimentary geology.
If you’ve not seen the documentary yet, here are ways to watch Is Genesis History featuring Andrew Snelling and 12 other scientists and scholars: isgenesishisto...

[@smitty121981]

the irony of this guy quoting "do not be misled by the error" is astounding

[@richierobinson833]

right

[@peterprints]

Is it though?

[@smitty121981]

@@peterprints truly

[@MendTheWorld]

It is the quintessence of hubris. "All those other people are misled by the error.... but not me!" 😁

[@Betleyman7853]

As Reverend Spooner might have said "butter ollocks"

[@gerrymcerlean8432]

You ask, 'Why am I a creationist?'. I think I know. It's because you're not a very good geologist and the only place you could get a job was at a Baptist college.

[@danielhensley2597]

Geologist my ass!

[@waywardgeologist2520]

One needs to be aware of confirmation bia and cherry picking of data. There can be catastrophic events in the uniformitarian theory that does not disproven the theory. As for coal production, it doesn't happen quick and takes a very long time for the material to develop, over a geologic time frame. I just have one question for the professor, "what's your opinion on lead uranium age dating of zircons?".

[@galaxyrider9599]

It does happen quick under certain conditions.

[@abelsr5445]

How can you possibly believe that the Earth is 6,000 years old and also be teaching sedimentology which tells us that the Earth is much, much, MUCH older?

[@richierobinson833]

bible

[@dhritirajhaldar2243]

Coz the Bible says so

[@fountbrooks2997]

As he said , he was one of the scientists who researched Mt. St. Helen's. You probably haven't heard that this event in 1980 proved how wildly inaccurate radio carbon dating truly is. The basalt that was formed from that eruption tested under that method came back as millions of years old...clearly wrong. There has been numerous other tests, even with animals that are still living and it shows them to be thousands and sometimes 10s of thousands of years old...again clearly wrong. The Bible is the truth, the burden is on you to either read it and understand you've been lied to, or continue believing the lie. If your so certain your correct, you should have no problem reading it and publishing every lie you find. God Bless

[@AWalkOnDirt]

All that is needed to debunk any creationists is a very basic scientific background. This stuff just didn’t stand against the slightest push. Here is my advice. When a creationists says something then research. You will likely find the creationist isn’t forthright....he or she is deliberately twisting.

[@Steelmage99]

That is my experience as well. A creationist or apologist will ALWAYS lie or twists the facts, especially when it comes to representing their opponents positions.

[@Joh2n]

I accept what I perceive as a challenge If I don't know something I will say so. I can research any topic, Everything I have researched has matched up with the Bible. Peace

[@Steelmage99]

@@Joh2n "Everything I have researched has matched up with the Bible." So you haven't researched a lot then.

[@sbkarajan]

@@Steelmage99 Nope, it's more of the mainstream science that is lying and twisting facts. For example, did you think twice about the composition of the sun? If it is hydrogen and helium, how come it emits blackbody radiation? Why is it so dense, heavier than the liquid water? How come, if the core temperature and pressure is exceeding those of hydrogen bomb, it did not implode away right after it "ignited"? Same density argument goes to the "gas" giant jupiter and saturn, they are not made of gas for sure. READ man, READ!!! LOL!!!

[@davidgardner863]

@@kimbanton4398 , It’s not just evolutionists that deny creationism, but almost every field of science. Can you find a reason to debunk them all?

[@hmry7615]

This man has the joy of the Lord 💗

[@blackkman1324]

HE'S WRONG AS HELL, AND KILL ME NOW BORING!!!!

[@budgarner3522]

Thanks so much for the video Dr. Steve. We share some interesting history. I got interested in rocks as a pre-K again as a 3rd grader, became interested in Velikovsky's catastrophism and halfway through my math degree added a BS in a Geology & Geophysics. Evolution was not part of the degree program. I did do a stratigraphy assignment on plate tectonics in the mid 70s and discovered how Wegner was shunned. That stuck with me. The more I looked at geologic formations the more convinced I was that uniformitarianism had to give way to catastrophism to explain the rock records. After graduation, I joined an oil & gas exploration company; they had us continue reading technical and trade magazines. I'd observe that depleted fields all over the globe were filling back up from the North Sea to the Gulf of Mexico. And that there were not enough dinos to die to produce production and what was not left in the ground. And with the gas giant planets having so much methane with no dinosaurs to produce it, there had to be other sources.Combined with a love for Christ and willingness to let him unpack the geologic record, it became obvious that many hydrocarbons were part of God's creation with Walt Brown suggesting it was part of the shock absorbing system of the earth. Did a carbonate school with one of the world's top experts to find that 20 ft of carbonate sands that supposedly took thousands of years to produce, could be dated by the Pepsi Cola bottle tops found in the layers. While in that career, found a lot of O & G, but was best at saving companies millions on bad deals. The Lord was very good to direct my paths in geophysics, too. Keep doing great work brother.

[@fishersofmen4727]

This is the REAL Stone COLD Steven Austin lool, the fact he is a geologist just makes that so much better. Life is so funny.

[@anonymike8280]

Hey, you're right. Geology is the only "soft" science where you can break a chisel. That's stone cold. (Seriously folks, academic scientists use the jocular terms "soft" and "hard" to describe sciences which are qualitative and quantitative respectively. Geology is a qualitative science.)

[@reporter2078]

I thank God for raising up you and all the other creationist scientists for such a time as this.

[@abelsr5445]

The term "Creationist scientist" is a complete oxymoron.

[@smitty121981]

2 Thessalonians 2:11 "For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie" describes y'all precisely

[@richierobinson833]

thanks SATAN

[@blackkman1324]

WHICH GOD?

[@nxh2897]

@@smitty121981 you are literally believing in a lie when you say the earth is only 6k years old. your argument literally goes against you. in fact, the oldest cave painting found is 64,000 years old and was likely made by a neanderthal. there is literally evidence of HUMAN activity long before just 6000 years ago.

[@pmtoner9852]

After reading the title I was expecting this was a video of a motorcycle wreck where the driver wasn't wearing a helmet

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

Just the aftermath after some dude goes full on an hero? 🤣

[@jimmypage2931]

Science cannot accurately predict tomorrow's weather. Let alone draw conclusions on the origin of everything. I will just believe the one who was there.!

[@divyeshparab9471]

No one can predict the wind but scientist do predict the weather a lot by identifying the patterns that's why you have the *weather* app on your phone

[@davidm1187]

so now you're ignoring the existence of the weather channel and satellites we have in space to look at weather patterns. Ok caveman, and the moon is made of cheese

[@jimmypage2931]

Troll often?

[@xcheifx1]

@@divyeshparab9471 right and the weather around me is like 30 percent accurate most of the time.

[@smitty121981]

well this Steve Austin joker most definitely was NOT there.

[@codythornley8889]

Awesome!

[@blackkman1324]

ARE YOU NUTS?

[@waywardgeologist2520]

"The Earth is formed in the water and out of the water," what? That makes no geologic sense.

[@waywardgeologist2520]

Elenhith I don't expect much, but I do expect people to be a bit of a skepic about claims, but people will use his claims for their own confirmation bias.

[@114wildfire]

That verse might imply that there is water in space which is the firmament

[@lynsyd1238]

The water picked up and moved all the sediment... it flowed everywhere and made various formations.

[@kennethr2906]

Yes it does make sense... "Deep time" cannot be proven nor disproven by secular geologists. It is nothing more than a hypothesis. The sedimentary layers could have indeed been made by the flood... along with many floods

[@billperez1141]

TY Dr. Austin. I very much enjoy hearing and reading about your work. ALL to The Glory of God. You quote Peter and we see that these very word's are coming to pass today. It is very clear that the world "hates" creation, global flood, and mock HIS soon return. If it were possible the very souls of those swept away by The Flood of Noah's Day would tell the world, "you better pay attention to Scripture (The Word of God) and the evidence around the world as to what destroyed us".

[@Steelmage99]

Every single generation of the last 2000 years has had members that claimed that the Second Coming was right around the corner and was going to be here "Real Soon". They were all wrong. Obviously and demonstrably so. Yet Christians keep making these "predictions".....and other Christians keep believing them. Despite any such predictions flying in the face of what the Bible has to say about the Second Coming, and despite EVERYBODY making such predictions having been wrong, some Christians simply cannot keep their arrogance and feelings of self importance in check. The creator of the universe not only listens to them and cares about them, but he simply has to come back to save THEM in their particular tiny minute window of existence. Not before.....not after....but right now.....for ME. The arrogance is staggering.

[@user-vn8so9rf3d]

But for YEC to be taken seriously, suggest ALL the pieces of evidence God also placed within his creation must be analysed and included in the YE timeline. This will include the asteroid impact craters that have been found and analysed.. Include and explain Theia, Vredefort, Chicxulub and now also Deniliquin impact craters, and include impact winters decades long - Why aren't these written about in ancient writings?

[@TheFluffyDuck]

Disappointing to see a professor of geology as a creationist. I too have a PhD in geology. It’s either lying or a misunderstanding but for some reason creationists think geologists assume EVERY bed layer takes millions of years to form. It’s not true. We know some kind of sediments can be laid down very fast, like in a flood, or a turbidity current, eruption etc. that’s how you get polystrat trees etc. But some do take thousands of years for millimeters of progress. Silt layers at the bottom of oceans or lakes, karst formation, chalk layers etc. Notice it’s the grain size, you need lots of energy to deposit a boulder, but low energy to deposit a clay particle. All stokes settling law determined by experiment and observation.

[@catch22fishing65]

Honestly how can a geologist believe in a young Earth and the story of Noah. Geology totally throws both beliefs out as untrue.

[@catch22fishing65]

@@kimbanton4398 6,000 year's is nothing in the scope of the age of the universe. If Earth was only 6,000 years old it would still be a molten ball of magma. Those rock's tested from Mt. St. Helens was tested under false pretenses, with a requested test set up to skew the test on purpose. That's intellectual dishonesty at it's finest. The bible isn't an accurate account of anything especially the history of the Earth. So once again geology totally throws the flood of Noah out the water pardon the pun.

[@Paakku97]

@@kimbanton4398 why do you believe what you believe? 🤔

[@kimbanton4398]

@@Paakku97 Nvm, I don't believe that nonsense anymore. That was 9 months ago when I was still researching and trying to look for evidence of YEC. But as time passed by through analyzing both sides, I eventually found out that Noah's flood is rediculous and special creationism incompatible with the evidence from several independent fields of science. I'm now a theistic evolutionist. Thx for replying to my outdated and forgotten comment, so I could finally get rid of the misinformation I spread in the last year. Edit: Now I'm a hard atheist.

[@Paakku97]

@@kimbanton4398 thats cool that you have made sense of the issue. I wonder, what do you think would have been the best way to engage with the previous version of you and help them expand their thinking?

[@kimbanton4398]

@@Paakku97 I think that the only and best option is to motivate them to enter and engage in the creation-evolution controversy by themselves. As time goes by, they'll eventually realize that a literal interpretation of the early chapters from Genesis is wrong. But you should also tell them not to just read only creationst material, but also the articles by the contrary position: the scientific community. This'll lead them to an acceptance of science some day. Even if that'll be a hard and painful punch in their worldview just as it was with me. This is the only option. Everything else will only trigger denial and rejection in them. They must convince themselves, nobody else will really be able to do that.

[@betford2]

Can you also defend Joshua 10:13 that says the sun and moon stopped for an entire day?

[@greyideasthetheliopurodon4640]

If The next species after humans have paleontology as an occupation, they will point to this specimen as where it went wrong 😑

[@betford2]

😂😂😂

[@stvnhr]

God bless you brother. Thank you for your discipline regarding your work in the development of His gift, and thank God for your faithfulness. Grace and peace.

[@blackkman1324]

6K YEAR OLD EARTH ARE YOU NUTS????????

[@nxh2897]

@@blackkman1324 unfortunately these people have been brainwashed. i just saw a vid of a creationist telling young, impressionable minds that you should trust God over scientists and that dinosaurs lived at the same time humans and many other lies, all while the only 'evidence' for any of his claims being 'the bible said so'. these kids will grow up believing in a complete lie, over actual scientific proof.

[@jrlagoni]

He's "been on six major continents" and is still convinced there are minor ones, too! This guy is nonsensical and his credentials are obfuscated. There are literally millions of data points that show his conclusions to be wrong. Is that enough? Not for him, apparently.

[@thebestclassicalmusic]

I am a Creationist, as in God created everything--however, the earth and universe are old. I feel like you are attempting to highjack the term 'Creationist' and apply it only to young earth creationists. You should be specifying what creationist you are. If I called you an evolutionist... you would likely disagree even though you believe in microevolution. Please qualify your terms brother. I am so tired of hearing double-tongued language 'As a bible believer' etc. As in, if you disagree you are not a bible believer...

[@Joh2n]

Young earth, old universe. Theory of Relativity explains it. Peace.

[@thebestclassicalmusic]

@@Joh2n How does that work with Genesis or science?

[@JungleJargon]

Wow! This is very interesting! The verse that caught my attention as to what everyone does is: "Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment."

[@CullenGandyTenor]

Some would say that this man's work was "Stone Cold". "Give Me A Hell Yeah" "WHAT?!" "Let's try to make evidence fit into our preconceived conclusions so as to assuage our intellectual cognnitive dissonance."

[@peterprints]

Ditto.

[@smitty121981]

he's fighting against the rock, for sure

[@DavidHummel-cc4of]

This is an awesome channel. A little surprising that modern educators would 'tolerate' his Christ centered teaching... on the left coast no less. The 1st Heaven and earth age is what 2 Peter is referring to as 'the world that then was' this is not Noah's flood but an earlier flood brought about by Satan's pride and fall- between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, is better read 'and the earth became void and without form' - as God creates nothing uninhabitable.

[@Amulek293]

Can you give a specific example of evolution where one specie evolved into another including real fossil evidence

[@cosmos7501]

Ask it to chatGPT

[@Amulek293]

@@cosmos7501 the question was rhetorical. Of course they can’t . There should be hundreds of thousands of specie changing fossils evidenced and there are none . It’s all a lie , evolution and the big bang is all a lie to hide God . But it’s impossible to hide because of his Greatness

[@luish1498]

The latest intriguing example comes from James Van Leuven and John McCutcheon at the University of Montana. It involves a bacterium called Hodgkinia that split into two distinct species, while living in the cells of an insect.

[@captaingaza2389]

Yes they can Take the modern day horse (Equus) It’s ancestor Messohippus evolved into a later species called Merychippus Merychippus evolved into a later species called Pliochippus Pliochippus evolved into the modern day Equus This evolutionary lineage has a complete fossil set showing slow, fine, gradual change over millions of years In other words, it’s evolution from one species to another

[@betford2]

Species, not specie.

[@ji5055]

I have a high respect for you. Perhaps you've heard of Dr Chuck Missler. Genesis? I enjoyed your video thank you very much. The reason I asked you about Chuck Missler is your both equally enthusiastic into true things

[@davidbarnes5280]

I would appreciate more data concerning the theory of Pangia. I have heard all my life about continental drift, now in geology, I hear of tectonic drift. Are both of these terms independent of each other is it more proper to coin continental drift as tectonic drift, OR is there drift from both? from the surface (above water), the continents seem to fit together. Not so much below the surface though. If continental drift is replaced with tectonic movement, then Pangea becomes more of a myth and a wish, than reality. Genesis 10 is the go-to passage for the hopeful of a supercontinent, but the narrative does not give any leeway for this. The dispersion is all human.

[@Madrock7777]

The continents sit on what are called tectonic plates, these plates are always moving. Some are subtracting under others, meaning they are being pull/pushed under the others. They are large hunks of earth's crust. Every Earthquake, Volcano is caused by these plates moving. As time goes on and the plates push against each other pressure builds, plates don't really want to go under each other and their is friction. At a point the plates cannot be held back by the friction alone and the plates slip, when that happens the plates move much faster than they normally do, and everything on top of them moves, aka the continents . That slip causes the whole plate to vibrate, that causes earth quakes, and tsunamis. As the plates are rubbing against each other they also produce a lot of heat, this heat melts the rocks and turns them into magma, enough of that builds and a Volcano starts to build as all that magma slowly rises to the surface. Now as for the tectonic drift, and continental drift it kind of is the same thing. Since the continents sit on top of the tectonic plates. As those plates are pushed under others, or pushed back up they move the continents that sit on them, it's really the continents are just part of the tectonic plates that is sticking out of the water. The theory goes that those plates were at a point some time ago that all of the continents we have today were one, as the tectonic plates moved so did their continents.

[@sharondiehl3752]

It's spelled Pangea.

[@Pyr0Ben]

@@sharondiehl3752 Pangaea

[@MendTheWorld]

Would you TRULY appreciate more data? Here's an expert tip from a geologist.... There are these things out there called "books" and they are FULL of data. Seek and ye shall find. (BTW... "tectonic drift" isn't a thing.)

[@ucal48]

All those who try to refute your information, can’t, so they attack you as a person. Typical

[@chadsuratt2161]

Good video

[@Steelmage99]

Bad info.

[@jasminedavid2756]

Wonderful! 😊

[@BibleDendrochonologie5009]

Hi, i would like to have contact with Steve. I've got question, i will like to have feedback from my research.

[@mercy237]

Thank you so much Dr. Steven Austin. In Europe, one of our best friend is a Dr. in physics. He is able to explain shortly and scientifically that the theory of evolution is a big lie. Our earth is not very old, only a few thousands of years. The book of Genesis describes the creation of the world. GBU.

[@rickstandard2477]

"one of our best friend is a Dr. in physics. He is able to explain shortly and scientifically that the theory of evolution is a big lie. " BWAHAHAHAHAHA If that were the case he would be world famous and receive the Nobel Prize. Stop lying.....

[@sharondiehl3752]

Evolution is biological fact, dear. We have the fossil record and shared DNA among closely related species. The buybull is just a book, written by power hungry men to control the fearful and superstitious.

[@galaxyrider9599]

No, evolution is not a fact, it's a theory.

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

@@galaxyrider9599 You would do well to consult a scientific glossary. Theory isn’t a synonym for guess. Theory is the highest status to be achieved in scientific circles. Like atomic _theory,_ gravitational _theory,_ germ _theory._

[@smitty121981]

@@galaxyrider9599 evolution is BOTH fact AND theory. It is a FACT that evolution happened. The THEORY describes an educated guess as to the mechanisms underlying that occurrence. Similarly, it is a fact that lightning exists. The theory is that lightning results from a differential in atmospheric ionic charges.

[@SuperStar-xr4lb]

CONCRETE PROOF OF GREAT BIBLICAL FLOOD-GO TO UTAHS LOWER HALF😀

[@blackkman1324]

YOU NEED TO STOP DRINKING THAT GODDAMN TRUMP VODKA!!!!

[@waywardgeologist2520]

He's a Neptunist, and it's a theory that has been disproven by evidence.

[@RestoredRandom]

So he's interpretation of claims in an old book are better than scientific findings? This guy is not a scientist.

[@daniloarq]

We live on a NEW, flat and stationary earth. Genesis DO NOT describes the creation of galaxies and infinite space, it only tell us about the creation of earth and heaven with it's lights, sun, moon, stars and wandering stars(planets). Simple as that.

[@Steelmage99]

"flat and stationary earth." Hahahahaah hahahahah.

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

Dude, the bible was written when people knew very little about the world around them. When people legit believed sea monsters were a travel hazard. When they believed in literal magic. Those are pretty good reasons to dismiss anything they have to say about anything science related.

[@WKGWOMANINTN]

Thank you for bringing in 2 Peter 3. It DOES seem to directly address the foolishness of uniformitarian theory. It highlights the importance of scientifically interpreting the earth's history with the inclusion of major catastrophe (ie. The Flood, verses 3-6). To miss this risks not being prepared for earth's future (verse 7).

[@smitty121981]

did you forget to read all the way through verse 8? Whooops there goes your 24 hour day nonsense

[@redspice55]

To quote Weird Al, "Can't watch this".

[@csadler]

Creationism != science. Creationism is a science stopper. "God dun it".

[@mackhodge7283]

How is creationism a science stopper? For all good science is merely a philosophy that is based on repeatable experiments that follow the scientific method. Anyone can practice science. It's a rather inclusive group if you consider how many people can comprehend the scientific method. The hardest part is interpreting the data because everyone has a presupposition about the world.

[@Steelmage99]

@@mackhodge7283 No, creationists have presuppositions about the world. Please, stop trying to project your intellectual short comings unto others.

[@mackhodge7283]

@@Steelmage99 Everyone has a presupposition about the world. If you wish for one to drop their presupposition, then perhaps you should drop your presupposition first. If not, then please procure an argument for legitimate hypocarsy .

[@brians7181]

Yeah, it really stopped the science of that Christian Louis Pasteur when he proved that life could not begin by spontaneous generation.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

First there was four people - Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. Cain then kills Abel which leaves three people alive on the earth. Are we correct so far? After God curses Cain for killing his brother, Cain wanders off to the land of Nod and meets, or has sex with his wife and builds a city. Still ok? Now remember that God or Moses is the narrator of this story and God cannot make a mistake and Moses is His Prophet so Moses can't make a mistake either. Now between the lines that say Cain kills Abel, and Cain wanders off to the land of Nod to meet his wife and have some sex, some pages must be missing - or God or Moses had a senior moment. In any case, I know why God/Moses named the city "Nod". Because that is what happens to some people that read this story. What is truly challenging to the cognitive process is the excuses that Christian apologists offer to keep it sacred, such as "there are things to consider", or "its allegorical in nature",or "the people in that story lived for hundreds of years". However, the truth is much simpler. Genesis is an example of what happens when human primates living in the Bronze Age tried to make sense of a complex process for which they were not prepared. Their only option was to make up a story, and the best story was written as sacred scripture and passed on to children as truth. Fortunately, in my case, Genesis is not truth

[@davidm66abc]

+James Richard Wiley -- The book of Genesis does not always list things in strict chronological order. It often highlights a main point of interest and later fills in the details. Genesis 5:4 says, The days of Adam after he father Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. The scripture doesn't say what year it was when Cain took a wife. The only available women were sisters or nieces. He must have chosen from one of those when the time was right. There's nothing in scripture that contradicts that. In fact when you understand the writing style of Biblical authors then Genesis makes sense. And it is absolutely the truth.

[@GORF_EMPIRE]

How many years were you on TV as a kid? Thought so.

[@Joh2n]

Wrong, wrong and................ Need to do some more Bible reading. What is your theory. God bless

[@jakobisahero]

Sooooooo,... you did not identify the fact that The Bible is not written by God but by (silly) old men that didn’t understand Earth’s position in the Solar System?

[@kingofheartsxyz]

I am a geologist and I am studying that the winter is coming and the night king is going to attack us.