The Answer to Global Warming: The Genesis Flood

The Answer to Global Warming: The Genesis Flood

Many people today are caught up in the media hype about global warming. Where do you stand? What former Vice President Al Gore and other global warming crusaders fail to realize (or report) is that the trigger required for the kind of dire consequences they warn about is not man’s carbon exhausts or “footprints,” but a catastrophic agent.

Such a “Dooms Day” scenario needs a mechanism that generates an unbelievable amount of energy. Recognizing this, many secular scientists who resorted to meteorite impacts to explain the extinction of dinosaurs, now look to an Ice Age meteorite to account for the cataclysmic destruction of the giant mammoths, 18-foot tall sloths, glyptodonts (armadillo-like creatures 5 feet tall) and other megafauna. Such theories are highly speculative and, on the whole, terribly inconclusive. They fail to explain either the period of “global cooling,” or provide a mechanism for catastrophic global warming.

However, that mechanism or agent is easily found in the Genesis 7:11, which says, “on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth.” Most of the waters of Noah’s flood came from a tremendous reservoir of subterranean water. Colossal geological and hydrological activity was taking place during the first forty days of the Flood, causing the crust of the earth to fracture and an enormous amount of volcanic activity to occur. When Mt. Saint Helens exploded in 1980, in just eight hours it generated energy equivalent to 430 million tons of TNT, or 33,000 atomic bombs. It would be as if today’s 1500 active volcanoes all blew their tops at the same time! The amount of heat generated during this global flood was monumental, which, for the most part, was absorbed by the floodwaters. Now we have a cause that begins to explain the Ice Age, as well as a potential major global warming event.

A Plausible Cause for the Ice Age

The heat-energy that was absorbed by the ocean during the Flood produced another set of conditions that, according to creationist meteorologist and author Michael Oard, were a perfect cause for an Ice Age. Contrary to the numerous evolutionary theories (with no agreement) of how this phenomenon occurred, Oard’s Institute for Creation Research (ICR) publication, Ice Age Caused by the Genesis Flood, proposes a plausible solution to the mystery.He suggests that the stored heat in the ocean basins along with the cooling of the continents caused by the tremendous amounts of ash released by the staggering volcanic activity created ideal conditions for global cooling. According to Oard, due to a reverse greenhouse effect,the continental temperatures would have fallen as clouds of ash reflected the warmth of the suns rays away from the earth.

The gradual tapering off of volcanic activity would have created something similar to a “nuclear winter,” with peaks and valleys in temperature as the environment began to reach stability.Due to absorbed heat, the simultaneously increasing ocean temperatures would have accelerated evaporation, which turned to snow at higher latitudes, eventually forming glaciers.

Over approximately the next 500 years, the length and depth of the ice sheets would have grown massively, eventually stretching for thousands of miles with enough strength to carve out gigantic, U-shaped mountain valleys and basins in the earth. Rather than millions of years, this creationist model of the Ice Age shows that it all could have—plausibly—taken place over a period of not more than several hundred years after Noah’s flood.

Ice Age Weather

Weather patterns would have been drastically different during the Ice Age. According to Dr. Larry Vardiman, meteorologist and Director of Research for the Institute of Creation Research,the prevailing jet stream would have been at least ten degrees further south, creating lush green fields, trees and all sorts of vegetation where deserts exist today in places like North Africa. Earth-penetrating radar shows that in the past a network of large lakes and river channels existed beneath the sands of the Sahara. Geological evidence affirms there were monsoon rains and an abundance of vegetation and fresh water lakes there as well. Paleontologists have been pleasantly surprised to find fossil evidence of elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, buffaloes, etc. in this now inhospitable region. Man also previously occupied this area, as countless stone tools, pottery, pictographs, fishhooks, harpoons and other artifacts have been discovered, indicating that it was once a delightful place to live.

Along with increased evaporation from the warm ocean basins and the growing ice sheets, sea levels would have gradually decreased by up to 300 feet. The higher evaporation rates would also produce rainfall in the lower latitudes and plenty of water for animal and plant life. As ocean levels sank, natural passageways formed, enabling both man and beast to venture across Europe, Africa and Asia and to move into Alaska and the Americas by way of the Bering Land Bridge. Over the next 500 years, Oard theorizes that the oceans began to cool and reach equilibrium, triggering a “global warming” trend, during which the ice covering a third of the earth began to melt, oceans levels rose to where they are today and the earth became relatively dry again. For the next 200 years melting glaciers would have caused widespread flooding, and seasons would have been marked by definite temperature changes from cold winters to hot summers. In short, the Ice Age, which lasted approximately 700 years, was followed by a period of definitive global warming—as a result of natural processes.

Ice Age Civilizations and the Bible

I am convinced that all knowledge is bound up in the Word of God: “For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding,” Proverbs 2:6. While the secular world is perplexed, employing numerous, conflicting theories about the Ice Age, it is clear that the Genesis flood was the real agent. Indeed, several passages in Scripture refer to the post-Flood origin of snow and ice. A great example is Job 38:29-30, where God questions Job, asking: “From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?”

Creation Studies Institute (CSI) has taken close to 12,000 people over the years on Ice Age fossil trips down the Peace River in Florida. We have gained a great deal of first-hand experience on this period in history.
Along with our participants, CSI has excavated hundreds of thousands of marine and terrestrial animal bones that testify to a recent Ice Age, including the remains of three, giant Columbian mammoths. The “Fossil Floats” are open to the public, and are usually scheduled for the spring (visit our website at for exact dates). To make the impossible possible, evolution always needs to employ the “miracle worker” of long periods time. However, as the evidence mounts, even the Darwinists, who have believed in multiple ice ages dating back millions of years, now offer more recent dates for the end of the Ice Age to 10,000 BC.

In his book and DVD entitled, Ice Age Civilizations, James I. Nienhuis shares some truly fascinating evidence from mankind’s activities that corroborates a biblical timeline for the Ice Age ending around 1500 BC. Focusing on post-Deluge civilizations, the publication caught the attention of my former pastor and mentor, Dr. D. James Kennedy, who said of it: “A fascinating book on a subject which has been dealt with very little in our time.” Nienhuis complements the biblical Ice Age model by focusing on remnants left behind by man as he moved about during this unique time in history. Some of these included artifacts from numerous submerged cities (megalithic structures) found hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface along the coasts of Malta, Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Spain, India, China and Japan—Atlantis being one of them. Why are so many megalithic buildings found submerged along the coast? The answer has to do with the Ice Age.

As the warm oceans evaporated and produced snow at the higher latitudes, mankind migrated to southern latitudes where the climate was warmer and there was plenty of well-watered land. As the sea receded, much as today, man continually located close to the shoreline. For 500 years people followed the ocean, building great edifices and cities, until the glaciers in the north and south began to melt. As the oceans rose, these cities were buried under hundreds feet of water, where we find them today. Nienhuis’ underwater scenes of these megaliths in his DVD and accurate descriptions in his book make a compelling case for an Ice Age model consistent with the Genesis record.

More convincing proof relates to the building of the Pyramids, whose construction was accomplished with such precision, as many experts concur, it had to be based on precise astronomical observations. These people used the refined movement of the constellations on the horizon and the sun’s orientation to measure the wobble of the earth’s axis which is one degree off every 72 years. Nienhuis demonstrated in both the DVD and his book how they did this by applying basic mathematical principles that were available at the time. They were able to accurately calculate the radius and circumference of the earth. They developed a line of reference from the true North Pole and South Pole which today is called the ancient Prime Meridian in which the Giza Pyramid in Egypt is in perfect alignment. They used this ancient Prime Meridian to develop a sophisticated measuring system.

With an accurate picture of the size of the earth and with the oceans being 300 feet on average lower both navigation and mapping became a primary interest for these Ice Age Civilizations. Nienhuis points out that the ancient navigation maps show accuracies of east-west distances (longitudes). The chief measuring device used for building and navigation during the Ice Age was the Celtic Cross. This instrument, aimed at the stars with skill, gave an accurate perspective of longitude, east and west (one the most difficult dimensions to measure in navigation) and was used until the 1730’s when the John Harris in England invented the chronometer. Using the Celtic Cross it is believed that man could have easily traveled far and wide. Indicative of a definite relationship between megalithic structures in Central America and the Egyptian pyramids, ancient Mayan pottery also depicts the Celtic Cross. The Ice Age was a time where people where moving about, investigating the world and leaving fascinating artifacts behind. As Nienhuis demonstrates, these Ice Age civilizations clearly fit into a biblical timeframe of between 2000-1500 BC.

10 thoughts on “The Answer to Global Warming: The Genesis Flood

  1. There is no science at all, pseudo or real, in this nonsense. It is such a shame that otherwise intelligent rational people persist in these facile utterly ridiculous beliefs despite the overwhelming evidence for evolution which is no longer a theory but proven fact.

  2. I’m not exactly qualified to pass judgment on the above theory, however, for what its worth, it makes sense to me. Either way, Nienhuis’ Ice Age Civilizations was fascinating. I’d recommend it to anyone. I’ve heard of a few underwater cities before, but never knew there were so many, all apparently submerging at the same time of around 1500bc.

    Response to D. Hills comment:
    You need to chill out a bit. Relax – Unwind – Breath deeply – Roll your eyeballs around – Life isn’t always about you. Go take a pill. Here’s a little reading material while you swallow:

    A few quotes from intelligent, rational scientists (I can get lots more):

    “‘Science positively demands creation.’ ” Lord Kelvin, quoted in H. Enoch, Evolution or Creation, (1988), p. 94.

    “The particular truth is simply that we have no reliable evidence as to the evolutionary sequence . . One can find qualified, professional arguments for any group being the descendant of almost any other. “*J. Bonner, “Book Review,” American Scientist 49:1961, p. 240.

    “What good is half a jaw or half a wing? . . These tales, in the ‘Just-So Stories’ tradition of evolutionary natural history, do not prove anything . . concepts salvaged only by facile speculation do not appeal much to me.” *Stephen Jay Gould, “The Return of Hopeful Monsters,” Natural History, June/July, 1977

    “Present-day ultra-Darwinism, which is so sure of itself, impresses incompletely informed biologists, misleads them, and inspires fallacious interpretations . .
    “Through use and abuse of hidden postulates, of bolo, often ill-founded extrapolations, a pseudo-science has been seated. It is taking root in the very heart of biology and is leading astray many biochemists and biologists, who sincerely believe that the accuracy of fundamental concepts has been demonstrated, which is not the case.” *Pierre P. Grease, The Evolution of Living Organisms (1977), p. 202.

    “Evolution is baseless and quite incredible.” *Ambrose Flemming, president, British Association for Advancement of Science, in The Unleashing of Evolutionary Thought.

    “I personally hold the evolutionary position, but yet lament the fact that the majority of our Ph.D. graduates are frightfully ignorant of many of the serious problems of the evolution theory. These problems will not be solved unless we bring them to the attention of students. Most students assume evolution is proved, the missing link is found, and all we have left is a few rough edges to smooth out. Actually, quite the contrary is true; and many recent discoveries . . have forced us to re-evaluate our basic assumptions.” *Director of a large graduate biology department, quoted in Creation: The Cutting Edge (1982), p. 28.

    “Ultimately, the Darwinian theory of evolution is no more nor less than the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century.” *Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1985), p. 358.

    “We still do not know the mechanics of evolution in spite of the over-confident claims in some quarters, nor are we likely to make further progress in this by the classical methods of paleontology or biology.” *Errol White, Proceedings of the Lannean Society, London 177:8 (1988).

  3. It is interesting to hear statements from the mouths the indoctrinated, e.g. molecules to men is a fact and all else is pseudoscience. Why people will swallow such philosophical nonsense can only be traced back to the fact that science education today is nothing more than a fairytale for grown-ups that uses very scientific sounding titles for clearly unscientific hypotheses, e.g. the Hopeful Monster Theory is tweaked and repackaged as Punctuated Equilibrium and the ever popular and continuously debunked theory of Spontaneous Generation is renamed Abiogenesis.

    In any case, frogs do not turn into princes overnight and neither do single-celled organisms turn into every other form of life on planet earth in millions or even billions of years. Time is not the magic ingredient of evolutionary theory any more than natural selection can ever increase the genetic information of any living organism to the point of producing the generational changes that can change an organism from a lower or simpler state to a higher, more complex state.

    While I would gratefully accept a comparison of models, the overarching philosophy of naturalism by its foundational worldview excludes any other competing model. I remind those who so easily embrace the evolutionary worldview that it is based, not on the scientific method, but rather on the censorship of any scientific criticism of Darwinian Theory, exclusion of any line of reasoning that questions Darwinian evolution, e.g. Intelligent Design or outright deception, e.g. fanciful reconstructions of fossils that either do not even exist or presentations of findings that have been manipulated to look authentic when they are clearly not.

    If anyone would like to examine all the evidence and discard the “don’t confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up” point of view, I refer you to a very well written and flawlessly documented text Evolution: The Grand Experiment by Dr. Werner Gitt that can be found on the CSI website.

  4. Global warming is taking place today, but what is the cause? Is it man’s activities as some claim or the result of natural processes? If you consider the period of global warming from 950AD to about 1350AD, which is before the industrial age, it becomes apparent that global warming is cause by natural events and not man produced green house gases. How do evolutionary geologists account for this period of global warming, or the period of global cooling during the Little Ice Age of 1450AD to 1850AD for that matter?

    In my opinion, man’s contribution to global warming is insignificant compared to Nature’s. For those readers who believe otherwise, I would like to add the following observation. A fact overlooked by some “experts” is that the destruction of tropical rain forest in South America and Africa adds significantly to the accumulation of green house gases by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed during photosynthesis. Even if we reduce our carbon foot print, it will not help if we continue to destroy earth’s tropical rain forests.

  5. For a definitive treatment of the question as to whether man has impacted the climate I challenge you to watch this video and then come back and post a comment:

    Politicians are using bad science to generate fear in the masses of people about a supposed “Global Warming Crises” very reminiscent of Chicken Little crying “The sky is falling!” Quite remarkably, their “Global” solution fits in well with what the Bible says will be the condition of world government in the end times. Here is an interesting observation. Consider the following from Revelation 6:8:


    That word “pale” used here is actually the Greek word for green. Could it be that the new political movement of “Green” will be used by Satan to formulate his global government?

    Food for thought.

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