Participants: Rich Aguilera
Series Code: TCC
Program Code: TCC000001A
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00:11 Where did we come from?
00:15 The Bible says, "In the beginning God created." 00:21 Evolution teaches the opposite. 00:23 No one created, it all happened by itself. 00:27 Which one is the truth? 00:31 This is Headquarters, 00:35 Doc M. 00:39 Jacqui, 00:42 and Rich, 00:45 their job, investigate and discover the truth. 00:53 This is The Creation Case. 01:15 Another, 01:17 is it more? 01:21 Still more. 01:25 This is crazy. 01:26 The whole world is thinking about volcanoes. 01:34 A paper eruption. 01:37 Eruption, perfect word. 01:39 What do you mean, Doc M? 01:42 Look, we've got all of these emails just today. 01:46 And they're all asking the same thing. 01:48 You're kidding. 01:50 Here, look, look, look, look. 01:51 This one. 01:53 It's from Phil in Charlotte, North Carolina. 01:55 He says, "My name is Phil and I'm in fourth grade. 02:00 I have a question. 02:01 Last night I watched a show on TV 02:03 that talked about a volcano 02:05 that last erupted about 2 million years ago. 02:08 How do they know that? 02:10 I thought God created the world a few thousand years ago. 02:13 I'm a little confused. 02:15 Thank you, Phil." 02:18 You know, I think he has a point. 02:20 I think I saw that program too and they were throwing around, 02:24 millions of years for this, millions of years for that. 02:26 It was very confusing. 02:29 Well, let's get this off to Rich 02:32 as an assignment. 02:34 All right. 02:36 Where is Rich? 02:37 Well, I think that he said something about 02:41 deep forest exploration today. 02:45 Deep forest. 02:48 I think that means 02:49 he's sitting behind some rotten log, 02:51 waiting for something to move somewhere. 02:55 He could be waiting for hours. 02:57 Well, I'll get this over to him. 03:01 Do you have a creation question for Headquarters? 03:04 Send your questions to Doc, Jacqui, and Rich 03:07 by visiting our website at TheCreationCase.com. 03:28 Hey, I think I got a new message from HQ. 03:30 It might be a new assignment. 03:35 Hi, Rich, this is Jacqui at HQ. 03:38 Doc M has your next assignment and you better be careful 03:41 because it's explosive. 03:44 Yeah. 03:45 Today we need you to investigate volcanoes. 03:49 We know there are thousands of volcanoes 03:51 all over the planet, 03:52 but we need to know 03:54 if they provide any evidence for creation. 03:57 We look forward to getting your report. 03:59 Oh, and Rich, be careful out there. 04:05 We'll do our best to be careful on this end too. 04:07 I'm okay. 04:09 Hmm, volcanoes. 04:11 I better let them know I got the assignment. 04:14 Got message. 04:17 Volcanoes. 04:20 We'll be careful. 04:23 All right, we got our assignment. 04:25 You know what? 04:26 We should write that down in our journal. 04:33 Volcanoes. 04:39 You know what? We need to visit a volcano. 04:42 You know, there's a story in the Bible 04:43 that talks about underground energy. 04:46 We need to check out the evidence 04:47 to see if it matches up with what the Bible says. 04:52 You know, we need to visit Wyoming. 04:54 There's a lot of underground energy there. 04:56 Let's get back to the jeep. 05:01 Help us investigate today. 05:05 Download and print your own free Journal Study Guide 05:08 at TheCreationCase.com. 05:31 We made it. 05:33 We are in Yellowstone National Park. 05:35 We're in a volcano, a super volcano. 05:38 Do you know why they call it a super volcano? 05:45 They call it super because it's huge. 05:48 We're standing in the caldera of the volcano right now. 05:51 That's where the lava used to be. 05:53 This whole area is one big active volcano. 05:56 We know it's active 05:57 because there are over 10,000 geothermal features here. 06:01 Geothermal means different forms of heat 06:04 coming from underground. 06:08 We've come here to see some of that heat 06:10 reaching the surface. 06:11 Check this out. 06:14 One of the most common geothermal features 06:16 is the hot spring. 06:18 Something big is going on way down there, 06:20 because a lot of water is returning to the surface, 06:22 very hot, about 500 gallons per minute here. 06:27 I just need to be careful not to fall in. 06:30 One of the cool things about this hot spring 06:32 are the colors, look. 06:36 A lot of colorful bacteria like to grow in this warm water 06:39 that is rich in minerals. 06:41 It's so cool to see so much color in nature. 06:47 To really appreciate this place, 06:48 you got to see a picture from the sky. 06:50 Check this out. 06:53 Isn't that amazing? 06:54 You can even see the boardwalk on the lower right. 06:58 There's a lot of geothermal activity here 06:59 in Yellowstone Park. 07:01 Let's go, see some more. 07:09 Yellowstone is a huge park. 07:11 It was actually the first national park 07:13 in the United States. 07:17 These are called mud pots. 07:19 There's not much water coming to the surface here. 07:21 It's more steam and other gases 07:23 that mix with the clay and minerals. 07:25 Combined, 07:26 you get a constant display of mud splattering. 07:34 It's really funny to watch these little chunks of mud 07:36 just jumping around. 07:38 It almost looks like they're alive. 07:42 We've seen hot springs, and we've seen mud pots. 07:44 Now let's go see some fumaroles. 07:49 Fumaroles are like hot springs. 07:50 The only difference is that, there is no mud, 07:53 and no water makes it to the surface, 07:55 just steam. 08:02 Wow, these fumaroles just go pop, pop, pop all day long. 08:06 But to see some really amazing geothermal activity, 08:09 we need to see some geysers. 08:11 Come on. 08:25 Geysers are very rare. 08:27 There are only about 1000 in the world, 08:30 and half of them are right here in Yellowstone. 08:34 The most famous geyser in the world 08:36 is right here behind me. 08:37 Old Faithful, we're waiting for it to erupt. 08:42 They call it Old Faithful, 08:43 because it faithfully erupts about every hour or so, 24/7. 08:50 Since it's so predictable, 08:51 millions of people come to see it erupt 08:54 every year. 08:55 The eruption of water starts slowly 08:58 and can eventually shoot water over 150 feet high. 09:03 Over 8,000 gallons of water can be blown into the air 09:06 during the eruptions 09:08 that only last a couple of minutes. 09:11 Wow, that's amazing. 09:19 You know, Old Faithful reminds me of God. 09:22 He's always there for us. He will never leave us. 09:31 Wow, that was cool. 09:33 Actually that was hot. The water comes out boiling. 09:39 So how does all this geothermal energy work? 09:42 Well, water from the surface drains deep down below, 09:46 through cracks in the ground, about a mile down on average. 09:49 There, the water comes in contact 09:51 with hot volcanic rocks and it boils. 09:55 The pressure of the water boiling 09:56 makes it eventually come blasting back 09:58 up to the surface 10:00 as boiling hot water and steam. 10:06 There is no doubt, 10:07 there's incredible power under the surface. 10:11 So does the Bible say anything about underground energy? 10:14 Actually it does. 10:16 It says that during the flood, 10:17 all the water from under the ground erupted. 10:21 All of the geothermal features we've seen here today 10:24 are tiny examples of what the biblical flood 10:27 could have done to our planet. 10:31 Even though the Bible is not a science book, 10:34 I'm glad that we see things in nature 10:35 that show us the Bible is true. 10:38 I think I'm gonna write that down in my journal. 10:48 There is a lot of energy underground, 10:50 just like the Bible talks about in Genesis, 10:53 as it tells the account of the flood. 11:00 You know, it's been 4,000 years since the flood, 11:03 and the earth has never fully settled. 11:08 No one knows exactly when this super volcano 11:11 here in Yellowstone erupted, 11:13 and there are no records of anyone that saw it erupt. 11:16 There's only so much you can learn from a volcano 11:19 long after it erupted. 11:24 You know it would be helpful 11:25 to see a volcano that we know erupted recently? 11:28 I know exactly where there is one. 11:30 Mount St. Helens in Washington. Let's get back to the jeep. 11:42 Hi, everyone. It's Doc M here at HQ. 11:46 While Rich is out investigating volcanoes, 11:48 here at HQ, we're gonna be doing some research about 11:51 DNA and about our genes. 11:56 Have you ever heard someone say, 11:58 it's in your genes? 12:00 They weren't talking about your pants. 12:02 Genes are part of our DNA 12:04 that provide information about each one of us. 12:08 Information about our eye color, 12:10 our height, our blood type, 12:12 and thousands of other little details 12:14 that make you just you, 12:17 that is passed on to us from our parents. 12:20 Since every person has around 30,000 genes, 12:24 there are almost an endless variety of combinations, 12:27 like combinations this, combinations that, 12:30 that's why everyone looks a little different. 12:33 For example, Jacqui's eyes are hazel, 12:38 mine are brown. 12:41 Jacqui's hair and mine are different too. 12:45 Each one of us is unique. 12:47 Our gene combinations are totally different. 12:51 Generation after generation, our genes are passed down. 12:55 And each time, it's a new combination. 12:57 Surprise! 12:58 I love it. 13:00 That's important to remember 13:02 because we're not getting any new genes. 13:05 We're just copying, and shuffling, 13:08 and changing the same ones around. 13:13 They're like a set of dominoes. 13:15 Each one of these dominoes is different, right? 13:18 You've played dominoes. 13:19 No two are the same. 13:26 This is an eight and a one. 13:29 This is a five and a two, they're not the same. 13:36 This is a four and a five. 13:39 And this is a four and a four, 13:41 they're very close, but not the same. 13:44 Wow. 13:47 If there were 30,000 different dominoes in this box, 13:51 like genes, 13:53 there would be a massive amount of combinations possible. 13:55 Wow! 13:57 Those different combinations in our genes 13:59 are what make each one of us unique. 14:05 As generations pass, all we ever see is variety. 14:10 Different ones. 14:13 Never has there ever been 14:15 any evidence that we are adding new genes. 14:19 Just different combinations of the same 14:23 making variety. 14:26 This is why, yet again, 14:29 I believe God is my Creator. 14:36 Hey, everyone. It's me, Rich Aguilera. 14:38 I'd love to see you at one of our live events. 14:41 To see where I'll be speaking, 14:43 visit our website, TheCreationCase.com. 14:53 We're getting closer. 14:55 Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 for everybody to see. 14:59 Check it out. I got some pictures right here. 15:05 This was the first time 15:06 scientists got such a good close up look 15:09 at a catastrophic event. 15:15 Pretty destructive, 15:16 but nothing compared to the flood. 15:18 Imagine God commanding all the energy underground 15:21 to come bursting to the surface. 15:27 The eruption left a massive crater, 15:29 one mile wide. 15:31 Two hundred and fifty homes were destroyed, 15:34 along with 47 bridges 15:36 and 185 miles of roadway. 15:41 Wow, it sure made a mess. 15:44 This is Johnston Rich. 15:45 It's the best spot to see the side of the volcano 15:48 that blew out. 15:51 The blast traveled down the mountain 15:53 over 600 miles per hour 15:55 and was heard hundreds of miles away. 15:58 This was a pretty massive event. 16:03 Hey, check it out. See that gorge way down there? 16:06 Some people call it the little Grand Canyon. 16:11 Well, after the eruption here, water and mudflows 16:14 cut enormous canyons down the side of the mountain. 16:18 Some people think large canyons are slowly formed 16:21 over millions of years. 16:22 But this one formed in one day. 16:26 After the eruption, some areas here were buried 16:28 in almost 600 feet of dirt and mud. 16:33 Geologists, the scientists 16:34 who study earth's rocks and layers, 16:36 assumed that this was just a jumbled mess of dirt 16:39 that got buried, 16:40 but they were surprised 16:42 to find very finely sorted layers, 16:44 hundreds of brand new layers. 16:50 There's a place not too far from here 16:51 where we can check out those layers. 16:53 Come on. 17:03 Here's those layers I was talking about. 17:05 They were deposited here in 1980. 17:09 Here we can see layer after layer 17:12 deposited in one day. 17:14 It seems like the evidence tells us 17:16 that the types of geological features 17:18 we see all over the world can be formed quickly 17:22 under the right conditions, 17:23 conditions such as global flood. 17:27 There's one more thing we have to do 17:29 to really appreciate this place, 17:30 we need to climb to the rim. 17:36 I got all my gear in the jeep. 17:38 It takes a full day to climb to the rim. 17:40 So we're going to start first thing tomorrow morning. 17:49 The best way to check out a volcano 17:52 is to climb up to the rim and look down into the crater. 17:56 It's a long hike and I got all my gear. 17:58 Let's go. 18:01 On May 18, 1980, a 5.1 earthquake 18:05 triggered a massive landslide on the north face 18:08 of the mountain. 18:12 Imagine the whole side of that mountain exploding 18:15 and all the debris sliding down into the valley. 18:19 The interesting thing about this catastrophe 18:21 is that the whole world 18:23 got a front row seat to this event. 18:26 Everyone saw it happen 18:28 and everyone saw what happened after. 18:31 They were able to see how the event unfolded 18:34 and how it affected the landscape around it. 18:37 You know when scientists study things that happened 18:40 hundreds or thousands of years ago, 18:42 they have to make some assumptions about 18:44 what they think happened. 18:50 As we slowly continue up the mountain, 18:52 we soon encounter snow, and it starts getting steeper. 18:56 Walking poles will now come in very handy. 19:02 Since many people assume that 19:03 it takes millions of years to deposit layers, 19:06 they were quite surprised when they saw here 19:08 that hundreds were laid down in one day. 19:13 Because of Mount St. Helens, people all over now wondered 19:17 if the layers around the world 19:18 could all have been deposited quickly 19:20 at places like the Grand Canyon. 19:23 Of course, none of us were there 19:24 when the Grand Canyon formed. 19:26 But little clues like this cause many people to rethink 19:30 this idea of millions of years. 19:34 The climbing gets steeper each step of the way. 19:38 I have to be very careful. 19:40 One misstep would cause me to fall 19:42 and slide hundreds of feet down the mountain. 19:46 I definitely don't want that to happen. 19:49 The thing is, 19:50 it's actually easier to climb on the snow, 19:53 because where there's no snow, the ground is very loose, 19:57 and I would be slipping every step of the way. 20:00 I'm gonna have to put my snowshoes on soon. 20:04 As we climb higher and higher, 20:06 we get an awesome view of Mount Adams to the east. 20:10 Well, for the rest of the way to the top, 20:12 we're gonna need our snowshoes. 20:14 Let's get them on. 20:17 Snowshoes have these sharp teeth on the bottom 20:20 Great for traction in the snow. 20:25 Ready, let's go. 20:38 We're getting to such a high elevation now 20:41 that the clouds are now going by below me. 20:46 Hour after hour I marched on. 20:50 The best way to make it up 20:51 is to have a slow, steady hiking pace. 20:57 Eventually we'll make it to the top. 21:05 We've been hiking for hours. I need a break. 21:09 Actually I think I'm going to write in my journal. 21:23 Hundreds of layers can be deposited quickly. 21:29 Large canyons can be formed very quickly. 21:39 It's getting a lot colder as we go higher. 21:42 I'm sure glad I brought some extra layers to wear, 21:45 I'm also glad I brought a warmer hat, 21:48 but I'm sure gonna miss my regular hat. 21:53 Time to continue the climb. 21:56 As we go higher, I encounter crevasses now too. 22:00 Got to be careful not to fall into one of those. 22:04 Did you know the top 1300 feet of this mountain 22:08 was blown away when it erupted? 22:10 Wow! 22:12 I'm almost there a few more feet. 22:20 The view is incredible. 22:29 We are here at the rim of Mount St. Helens. 22:33 From here we can look down into the crater that was left 22:36 from the 1980 eruption. 22:42 In the middle of the crater, we can see the lava dome 22:45 where lava continues to form brand new rock. 22:51 Rock from the lava dome is recent. 22:53 There's no need to guess how old it is 22:55 because it's from the 1980 eruption. 22:57 Nevertheless, those new rocks down there 23:00 were tested with machines to see how old they were. 23:03 The results, 23:04 anywhere from 350,000 years old to 3 million years old. 23:10 Those dating machines are pretty neat, 23:12 but not too reliable yet. 23:14 At the Grand Canyon, some scientists tried to date 23:17 some of the rocks there, too, 23:19 and discovered that the machine said some of the rocks 23:21 at the top were older than the ones at the bottom. 23:25 That doesn't make sense. 23:27 But they're still trying to work on 23:28 perfecting those machines. 23:31 Don't believe everything people tell you, 23:34 when they tell you things are millions of years old. 23:37 You know, this is a pretty amazing view. 23:39 I think I'm going to sketch this view in my sketchbook. 23:45 You know, Mount St. Helens 23:46 is actually considered to be a small eruption. 23:50 Can you imagine what a large one would be like? 23:54 Wow. 23:58 Well, it's a long journey back. 24:00 We better get going. Come on. 25:17 Wow, what an intense day. 25:20 I'm still amazed at the view from the crater. 25:23 Climbing to the summit 25:25 was a lot harder than I thought it would be too. 25:27 But wow, it was incredible being up there. 25:31 We saw a lot of evidence of energy underground. 25:34 It was awesome that God used His power 25:37 to control that underground energy 25:39 and clean up the world. 25:41 Well, I need to finish up my report and send it to HQ. 25:45 Remember, if you want to read it, 25:47 just go to our website. 25:51 It's awesome that the Bible tells us 25:53 about historical events such as the flood, 25:56 and how nature provides little clues 25:58 about how it may have happened. 26:02 Today, we were able to see that the existence of volcanoes 26:07 point us to little clues that show us the Bible is true. 26:13 There is a lot of energy underground, 26:16 just like the Bible says. 26:18 Hundreds of layers can be deposited quickly. 26:23 Large canyons can be formed very quickly. 26:31 I find it amazing just how powerful God is. 26:35 Not only did He simply speak and the world was created, 26:40 He can also control things around us, 26:42 such as the energy underground, and volcanoes. 26:46 The Bible tells us how He also has control 26:49 over many other elements too, 26:51 such as water, and fire, or the sea. 26:55 Wow. 26:56 God is so powerful and is in total control. 27:00 I'm so glad I can trust Him for anything. 27:03 You can too. 27:05 If you're ever afraid, or sad, or unsure about anything, 27:09 tell God, talk to Him, 27:12 tell Him whatever you want. 27:14 Remember, He created you. 27:17 He's in total control, 27:19 He will always listen and will never let you down. 27:25 I hope you'll join me again for our next assignment. 27:28 Remember, God the creator loves what He creates, 27:32 especially you. 27:33 Goodnight. 27:46 Don't go yet, we've got bloopers. 27:55 True or false? Why am I laughing? 28:04 It takes him out of breath. 28:06 We need you to know... 28:12 We're buried in up to almost six. 28:14 Seems like there was a million prepositions in. 28:21 Also take one day to happen. |
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