Question of the Week: Did mercury poisoning create a toxic Flood?

 

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In this issue . . . Q&A: Did mercury poisoning create a toxid Flood? Special Notice: Apologetics for the Family! Video On Demand: Four Power Questions to Ask an Evolutionist, Part 1 News to Note Quick Look Ken's Blog Museum News Answers ... with Ken Ham After Eden Network with Us! Job Opportunities at Answers in Genesis Q: Did mercury poisoning create a toxic Flood? A: Today we are hearing more and more about mercury pollution. Mercury could contaminate the water we drink, the air we breathe, or, most commonly, the fish we eat. In the last six decades alone it has proven to be directly responsible for thousands of deaths worldwide and has caused untold illness. Mercury's danger has led some skeptics to argue that the global Flood described in Genesis would have released so much mercury into the environment that life would be impossible. God created mercury for man's benefit and designed natural processes to regulate its concentration and form in the environment. To understand these processes, let's look at how mercury levels remained relatively safe even in the greatest disaster in history, the Genesis Flood. Continue reading to find out how God provided for the preservation of life during the Flood of Noah's day. This question is answered, along with many others like it, in our latest edition of Answers Magazine. You can subscribe online to enjoy quarterly issues of this fast-growing, creation-based worldview magazine, published by Answers in Genesis. Apologetics for the Family! Our Defending the Faith 2010 conference is coming in July, but there are only a few days left to get the special "early bird" discount. Enjoy great biblical teaching from some of the nation's leading apologists, including Ken Ham, Dr. Voddie Baucham, Dr. Herb Samworth, and many others—with additional sessions specifically for women and teens. 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News to Note Quick Look Our X-men kin: Neanderthals, move over—there may have been another "human lineage" walking on earth in recent history, known only from an individual called "X-woman" (elsewhere reported as "Woman X") Read more. A dinosaur's best friend: While the well-known tale is that one kind of catastrophe drove the dinosaurs extinct, new research suggests another kind of catastrophe may have given them a leg up. Read more. Also: Obituary: Seitaad ruessi Darwin the impostor? The angry creationist mob And Don't Miss . . . Prayer Requests View the current prayer requests to keep track of and pray for current ministry needs. Thank you! Answers ... with Ken Ham radio program Museums—can we really trust them? The Ice Age—do creationists believe in it? Children's books—what's missing? Horseshoe crabs—primitive and advanced? Dead whales—they do tell tales! After Eden Network with Us! 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