Wood petrified in spring Creationist’s rapid claims recognized
Secular research at a hot spring in Japan shows that wood can
turn into stone much faster than geologists previously thought.1
The belief that fossils and rocks petrify over millions of years
is a part of modern culture-like microwave ovens and jumbo jets.
We are constantly fed the idea through newspapers, magazines,
museums and text books. Like sticks of chalk in coloured water,
people have absorbed the notion that fossils are millions of
years old. |Images from ref. 1| |Silica filled wood tissue (C)
from wood samples (F) immersed for several years in steaming
lake (A). The mineral deposits resemble those in naturally
fallen wood (D) petrified at the lake’s edge (E). Opal deposits
are composed of tiny spheres of silica (B).| But the idea is
false. And wrong ideas have bad consequences—sometimes serious
ones. Creation magazine often surprises readers with real
examples of rocks and fossils that formed rapidly—surprises,
because they contradict pop