Grand Canyon National Park

The Grand Canyon had always been a part of my bucket list in my heart. The first time I saw the Grand Canyon, I was breathless. Watching this great feat of nature, it became obvious to see how great the Creator is and how little we are in comparison.

Since it is a world-famous attraction, many people go to the Grand Canyon every year, but very few people know the specifics of how it was created. To date, there are generally two views between the evolutionists and creationists. Evolutionary geologists believe that the Grand Canyon was created primarily by millions of years of weathering and the erosion of the Colorado River, while creationists believe it was created by the global Flood (Noah’s Flood). There is much scientific evidence of Noah’s Flood despite the conflict between science and religion. This is why it was such an interesting place for me.

By helicopter, I landed on the top of the Grand Canyon to save time. It was so hot that I began to sweat even without much movement. I was looking at 2 billion years of geological history. The river’s

course carved the canyon and exposed fossil records that date all the way back to the very first living organisms.

While most geologists attempt to explain the Grand Canyon’s origins by the erosion of the Colorado River over millions of years, there are still flaws to this specific process and it has still remains an unsolved mystery. For example, rapidly flowing water from high mountains can erode riverbeds and create deep valleys. However, a river that flows slowly on flat ground cannot dig the bottom rock no

matter how long it flows. Rocks, gravel, and sand are always piled up at the bottom of the river to prevent erosion. This is similar to the case of the Grand Canyon. So many rivers have flowed all over the world, but they have not been able to form deep valleys. In order to erode the rock below the riverbed, a flood must be strong enough to sweep away the rocks, gravel, and sand that have built up. This is one of the basic principles of geology.

Likewise, if the small Colorado River flowed over the flat Colorado Plateau at the slow pace as it is today, millions of years would not have been able to erode the riverbed of hard rock formations to create a vast valley like the Grand Canyon.

Some might have expected the Colorado River to flow very quickly in the past. However, from analyzing the surrounding conditions of the Colorado Plateau where the Grand Canyon is located, it is easy to see how limited it is. The slopes of the course along the Colorado River are so gentle that the flow could not have been very fast. This place is located in a desert climate where there is not much rain. Even if it rains a lot, there is no possibility of a lot of water flowing because of the flat surface.

In addition, it is possible to think of the case that the river becomes faster due to the increase of the slope of the river due to the crustal movements such as the premature movement of the earth, sedimentation and uplift. It is difficult, however, because rocks that are broken down by weathering and rolled down accumulate on the riverbed much faster.

In conclusion, the erosion of the Colorado River alone cannot create the Grand Canyon!

Floods must have occurred before the Grand Canyon could have been created. I had always known that the theory of the Flood of creationists was not absurd.