- Not a Cougar on Saints, Volume 4: A Review: “Chad, thanks for your review. I did a quick search for Mark E. Petersen, and it appears the story about him being purposely sent out to South America when President Kimball announced the revelation to the rest of the First Presidency and Q12 didn’t make the cut. It would be interesting to see Church writers handle in a faithful manner Elder Petersen’s continued antagonism to ending the ban and President Kimball outmaneuvering him.” Oct 29, 18:28
- on Advancing Technology And A Young Earth: “Kibs, It might be helpful to understand in the Colorado Basin those layers you see in the Grand Canyon are often tilted or compresses or eroded . . For instance, the area immediately north around Jacob’s Lake is an example . . Much of the Grand Staircase Escalante has older layers underlying the Cretaceous formations by Jurassic layers, sometimes highly deformed.” Oct 29, 15:50
- on Advancing Technology And A Young Earth: “Steve, Yeah, all evidence of a series of catastrophic events in my opinion. Everywhere in the world you go you can see evidence of a global flood and catastrophic events surrounding it. What no one can answer is what accounts for all the sedimentary layers were see in the GC all relatively laid in uniform layers stretching for hundreds, even thousands of miles with a depth of thousands of feet.” Oct 29, 14:34
- on Saints, Volume 4: A Review: “At the launch meeting, they did say that the primary audience was “the rising generation”.” Oct 29, 14:33
- on Advancing Technology And A Young Earth: “Kibs, The Big Lost Mountains are exactly that. The layers are flat in some places, particularly in the area near Howe. They were distorted by the uplift of the mountain ranges elsewhere. You can see horizontal material near the Montana border also.” Oct 29, 13:22
- on Saints, Volume 4: A Review: “I’m not at all surprised the September Six wasn’t mentioned. It may have sent shockwaves through the intellectual community, but I doubt the vast majority of the church even knew it happened. I live in Texas, and I didn’t even hear about it until years later.” Oct 29, 11:27
- on Advancing Technology And A Young Earth: “Steve, I am familiar with that area, I used to collect seashells and fossils from above there by Mackay with my father many years ago. The strata layers up there are all jagged and bent and you can see how they must have bent and folded after quick formation and upthrust before they hardened into solid rock layers. What I want to see shown though is the exposure of the strata we see in the Grand Canyon showing relatively uniform layers 4-6 thousand feet thick over thousands of square miles. At one time, all those sedimentary layers were formed beneath waters at the same time, otherwise they wouldn’t expect uniformity over such vast areas. What series of mountain ranges eroded over and over again to deposit that much material if it wasn’t a global type of catastrophe?” Oct 29, 11:11
- on Advancing Technology And A Young Earth: “CORRECTED If you are familiar with the Arco area . . That is Mississippian limestone, about 300+ million years old. North America was substantially submerged by the high oceans and the overall temperatures were very warm. Those shallow oceans supported substantial sea life .. crinoids, shelled creatures, horned coral, etc. Their structures had lots of calcium which was the basis of the rock layers. Once compressed it turned to limestone which forms the peaks of the Big Lost and surrounding mountains. We don’t have either the submerged shallow oceans on the continents today nor the temperatures. But, if you go to Pass Creek above Leslie you will see the relatively thin layers laid down from the ancient sea life. The rock type overall is very thick overall but the layers are relatively thin.” Oct 29, 10:43
- on Advancing Technology And A Young Earth: “Kibs, If you are familiar with the Arco area . . That is Mississippian limestone, about 300+ million years old. North America was substantially submerged by the high oceans and the temperatures were very warm. Those shallow oceans supported substantial sea life .. crinoids, shelled creatures, horned coral, etc. Their structures had lots of calcium which was the basis of the wrong layers. Once compressed it turned to limestone which forms the peaks of the Big Lost and surrounding mountains. We don’t have either the submerged shallow oceans on the continents today nor the temperatures. But, if you go to Pass Creek above Leslie you will see the relatively thin layers laid down form the sea life.” Oct 29, 10:40