Ken Ham asks, “Coal, is it a flood deposit?
” KEN HAM ON EDUCATION! — Coal — is it a Flood deposit? (October 12, 2001) Ken Ham: Question: Remember being taught that coal formed slowly in swamps over millions of years? How can we say that coal is the result of Noah’s Flood just thousands of years ago? Answer: The theory that coal formed in swamps over millions of years just doesn’t fit with the evidence. Peat swamps that we observe today are totally different in composition and texture from coal deposits. In these swamps we find mainly roots and a texture like mashed potatoes. However, coal deposits have trees, bark and other material giving it a totally different texture. In my homeland of Australia, many of the coal deposits consist largely of pine trees that don’t grow in swamps. Some of these trees are enormous – many feet in diameter. And these trees are in coal deposits that are hundreds of feet thick. The only explanation that fits what we observe in coal deposits is that enormous quantities of plant material, including
