How Old is the Grand Canyon?

I've never been to the Grand Canyon, but I've seen pictures. In fact, I've seen several good documentaries on the canyon. If you've seen the pictures or read the background, you know that it was carved over millions of years by the Colorado River. Apparently there is another story that is told, one that can be found in a book sold in the gift shop that offers a "biblical" view point. So, instead of millions of years, it was formed as a result of Noah's Flood.

The park superintendent wanted to remove it and allow rangers to answer questions about the canyon's age, but despite park service requirements to make use of the best scientific data, Bush appointees overruled sound science and required this to be sold instead == for more on this see this web site: http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801

Such actions further the agenda, not of the Christian faith, but of people like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, who can use this as evidence that Christianity and religion in general stands contrary to reason. There is no reason why we can't believe in God and affirm the scientific theory (which isn't a hypothesis) of evolution. It's not "just" a theory, it is the only available scientific theory.

For another side to all of this, be sure to check out the Clergy Letter Project and it's celebration of Evolution Sunday!

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