we have the same evidence , stu. it is the presupossitions and worldviews of the researcher that tends to influence how that evidence is interpreted. from the creationist pov ,what we would expect to see in a major catastrophic event like that described in genesis, is millions of dead things buried in thick layers of waterborne sediment, and that is what we find.
what is your evidence that it was not laid down within a year ?
or what distinquishes a flood event from slow and gradual in the evolutionary timeline interpretation ?, if that can be explained to a non geologist .
"..account for the zoning of fossils..." I have already said that order of burial accounts for it. however unexpected finds have also been unearthed that did not fit the slow and gradual
timeline........so what do they do.....they change the timeline ! problem solved !. multicellular ? well, did not someone do a link to such in the pre cam ? perfect example. was that not thought far too early before ?
and as I said before....if they find a pre cam bunny or whatever else we are challenged with, the evolutionary faith will find a way to account for it, I predict.
return question.
if the strata were laid down over immense ages, how do you account for polystrate fossils. ie how did a tree not rot , if it had to wait for aeon long geologic ages to be buried ?.
I expect there is an evolutionary out, but I am curious as to what it is.