So the continents are being constantly eroded away and replaced by volcanic activity, but also there's a neatly stacked fossil record documenting hundreds of millions of years, only a few metres under our feet?
As to antibiotic resistance the site has a search bar for those looking to acquaint themselves with the arguments actually used by creationists.
Top left, can't miss it.
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The link I sent has to do with a related creationist argument concerning the erosion of mountains, specifically. The first few meters, at least in most populated regions, is topsoil and compacted dirt. You don't start find fossils that shallow except in regions where erosion by wind or water has exposed previously laid down geological strata.
That link doesn't go anywhere. Btw, the people in the photos I posted are actual creationists. The arguments they are presenting originated from creationists. The fact that there are creationists who are less dumb than the average who recognize those particular arguments are invalid doesn't make them vanish, or mean that they are false flags or something. Creationists originated those arguments, creationists use those arguments.
Anyway, I think I can save us both some time.
Supposing there was a group of people traveling about your area, led by a charismatic speaker who claims that the world is ending soon. He promises he alone can save you, but only if you sell your belongings, devote the rest of your life to him, and cut off family members who try to stop you.
He also wants to change your name, advises you to leave your home/job if necessary to follow him, and says that if you don’t love him more than your own family, you’re not worthy of him. What sort of group is that?
Worked for me. I may have copied/pasted poorly as I'm on my phone.
http://creation.com/does-the-acquisition-of-antibiotic-and-pesticide-resistance-provide-evidence-for-evolution
I've fixed the original, thanks for that.
I am going to bet "literature review" means "review by creationists". That was not in fact the conclusion of the biologists who performed the study, nor any non-creationist scientists who reviewed their work.
This is false. Whoever wrote this is a liar. Which should come as no surprise given that when creationist arguments were actually dissected in court, during Kitzmiller vs. Dover, it was found that indeed they deliberately lied about many things (for example about the existence of less complete versions of the bacterial flagellum, and the prior wording of the textbook Pandas and People).
If creationist websites are your only source of information about evolution (so far you've only referenced creationist websites) and you deeply trust that they're being honest, it would go a long way towards explaining the difference between our views on this matter.
If the point of your post is that there are dumb creationists, saying dumb things, then I agree entirely.
If you want to use that observation to imply that creationism itself is flawed, then you're straw-manning.
As to erosion, I'm not sure you're grasping the scale of the discrepancy. At current, measured rates of erosion, every landmass on earth would have eroded completely, into the ocean at least 50 times over (given standard time frames for the age of the earth).
You can't shuffle the deck 50 times, then claim that the order of the cards is somehow representative of how they came out of the pack.
Further, that there is no form of creationism that is credible. It's ultimately still based on the same errors in reasoning.
I understand why you feel that way but I don't agree.
If there were no ongoing natural processes counteracting it maybe. This looks to have more complete answers to your questions about erosion, and is specifically about continents rather than just mountains.
...What?
I noticed you ignored my question from earlier. Or maybe you didn't see it? Here it is again:
Supposing there was a group of people traveling about your area, led by a charismatic speaker who claims that the world is ending soon. He promises he alone can save you, but only if you sell your belongings, devote the rest of your life to him, and cut off family members who try to stop you.
He also wants to change your name, advises you to leave your home/job if necessary to follow him, and says that if you don’t love him more than your own family, you’re not worthy of him. What sort of group is that?
I'm fine with the idea that plate tectonics, volcanic activity and other processes replace the land while erosion removes it.
I'm pointing out that this destroys the idea that the land under our feet is somehow representative of the distant past, in nice, neat layers.
It's like discerning the order in which you wore your clothes by the order in which they came out of the washing machine.
As to your question, it depends; is he right?