Below is the online edition of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood, by Dr. Walt Brown. Copyright © Center for Scientific Creation. All rights reserved.
The hydroplate theory, explained in Part II of this book, shows how a catastrophic, global flood rapidly produced 25 major features of the earth and solar system that conventional science has not explained. The theory also explains where all the flood water came from and where it went. Failure to understand the flood led to the mistaken belief that evolution happened over billions of years.
If you know any credible individuals who disagree with the hydroplate theory, but will not enter a written, publishable debate as explained on pages 552–554, here is their opportunity to show before a potentially large audience, that they have a scientific case. This is also your opportunity to see if their criticisms have merit. Critics—with your urging, if necessary—should send an email to
exchange@creationscience.com
(1) requesting a recorded telephone exchange with Dr. Walt Brown, followed with written exchanges as necessary, and (2) stating that they have read the hydroplate theory (Part II of In the Beginning and pertinent technical notes and cross references). Please include full name, address, phone and FAX numbers, present job, academic background, and date of birth. No particular academic credentials are required.
Walt Brown can participate in a 60-minute conference-call exchange once a month. This will be recorded by goconferencecall.com and will be available to anyone immediately afterward. The recording (in MP3 and WAV formats) and its transcription can be distributed, broadcast, or posted at any website by anyone if done in its entirety. Participants may also record the call.
If more than one person wishes to engage Dr. Brown in a given month, the one with the strongest scientific credentials will be selected. Participants will be notified at least one month before each conference call, and a mutually agreeable time for the call will be arranged. CSC will post a transcript and an audio version of each month’s oral/phone exchange at
www.creationscience.com/podcasts/csc_exchange_podcasts.rss
A neutral moderator, jointly selected by both participants, will be a debate instructor/coach from a randomly selected university or college in the United States. The conference call will begin with the moderator introducing both participants to the listening audience and summarizing the rules—namely, that all the hydroplate theory has been read, and that no religion (only science) will be discussed. The “no religion” rule would be violated in this dialogue by:
However, using scientific evidence to reach a conclusion that happens to correspond to a religious writing would not be a violation.
After introducing both participants, the moderator will ask the hydroplate critic two questions:
Then, Dr. Brown will respond and the discussion will focus on the critic’s topics and related issues. The moderator’s role is not to interview participants, but to enforce the rules and ensure that both sides have about the same speaking time and questioning opportunities. If necessary, the moderator will intervene or edit out statements about religion or unprofessional comments (repeated interruptions, insults, shouting, etc.).
If the moderator concludes that the hydroplate critic did not carefully read the theory, as previously claimed, the moderator will end or delete the exchange. Obviously, a critic’s credibility falls apart if it becomes clear that he has not read (or does not understand) what he is criticizing. Dr. Brown will not be expected to take his limited speaking time to explain relevant portions that the opponent has not read. However, Brown can raise issues and question the critic on portions of the theory related to his criticism.
Also, the breadth of the hydroplate theory—purportedly explaining the origin of mountains, volcanoes, coal, oil, the Grand Canyon, earthquakes, ocean basins, the ice age, the Ring of Fire, frozen mammoths, fossil sorting, layered strata, rapid continental drift, earth’s inner and outer core, magnetic field, meteorites, asteroids, earth’s radioactivity, comets, and dozens of other unexplained features—makes a thorough reading even more imperative. The events that formed each feature often relate to and support those that formed other features—and a global flood. Dr. Brown will be happy to read before the exchange the critic’s written objections to the hydroplate theory. If complex issues are raised, the exchange could be continued a following month with calculations and writings exchanged during the interim.
Part II of this book, pages 110–414 and associated cross references (including technical notes), explain the hydroplate theory. A 170-word summary of the theory is on page 50, and a one-chapter summary begins on page 113.
You may hear of an alleged flaw in the hydroplate theory. Be advised that almost all critics have not read the theory, choose to be anonymous, will not put their science to the test before Dr. Brown (as he will before them), or are scientifically uninformed. This may explain why no one, as of this writing, has accepted this balanced offer. If you press the critic to bring the alleged problem directly to Walt Brown and before a neutral moderator and a large listening audience, you will help prevent the spreading of misinformation, see the critic’s true confidence, and help us all get much closer to the truth.