Fossils and Great Flood

FOSSILS AND THE FLOOD

For fossils to form, organisms usually have to be buried in mud, sand, or clay soon after they die. Hmm I wonder what could have happened to bury everything at once, maybe a great flood or something?

One of the first Bible accounts we learn as kids is of the Great Flood. But is it true? Is it really possible that rain fell from the sky for 40 days and nights (Gen. 7:12) and that water sprang out of the earth (Gen. 7:11) so that it covered the entire globe?

Let's answer those questions with logic first and then evidence. The first sentence you read in the Bible, Genesis 1:1, says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." If we believe the first verse in the Bible, doesn't it then stand to reason that God could make it rain and open the springs of the earth for 40 days and nights? Absolutely! Since He made the world, He can control the world. Then there are the  numerous cultures of the world that for generations have passed down stories of a flood similar to those of the Genesis account. They include cultures from India, China, Mexico, Peru, Russia and East Africa, among others. Isn't it far more logical to believe that these accounts are rooted in an initial true event from long ago, such as the Genesis flood, than to think that somehow all these groups dreamed up a good story on their own?

Logic, then, seems to favor the Genesis flood account, but what about science?

There is evidence that most, if not all, of the world's mountains have been underwater in the past, as sedimentary deposits and fossils have been found at or near the peak of many mountains. That alone strongly suggests not just a localized flood, as some try to rationalize from the Genesis account, but a true worldwide flood.

In addition, the vast array of rifts and fractures throughout the ocean floor suggests that a massive shift in the earth's crust may very well have occurred. That would enable the water coming out of the earth, not just the sky, as is described here, "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened" (Genesis 7:11 ESV).

Back to fossils, so when it rains what is there? A lot of mud. Could all of the rain trigger massive mudslides? Would the animals not be killed and covered soon after they die? I am not a geologist or paleontologist so I can't be sure if this is right, but that is my logic.