Once upon a time, jellyfish, and trillions of other marine life creatures, were buried alive in layers of sediment. And it happened so fast their bodies didn’t even have time to decompose and smell bad. And thousands of years later (yes, thousands) you can dig ’em up and see what they looked like in almost perfect details. It’s so amazing it almost sounds like I just made up this story.
But there are too many other stories with similar perfect details.
I’ve shared a bunch of those stories over the years. They’re all part of what a lot of people (including me) call creation science. And what I like about creation science is how it isn’t based on assumptions. Typical science assumes everything came into existence by random chance. And so, all observations in the physical world have to line up with that bias.
But that’s not how real science works.
About 10 years ago, as I added daily rhymes for kids to my website, I talked about jellyfish. And I asked this question, “Have you ever seen a jellyfish washed up on a beach?”
Then, I added a little touch of real science you can easily observe in a beached jellyfish. I didn’t dive into some peer reviewed page of perfect details. I just added this info and a short rhyme.
> If so, you know it doesn’t take them very long to start to decay and smell bad. If fossilized jellyfish were buried over hundreds of millions, or even just millions of years, their bodies would have decayed or faded away. They wouldn’t have stayed intact for all that time. To think so requires a faith greater than Noah or Abraham or David…and most certainly you and me.
So gang…look at the bright side of life and become a Christian. There are some wonderful side effects. You’ll get to live forever. And you’ll get to live in Paradise. You’ll meet God face to face one day. You’ll understand things about fossils that a lot of educated fools don’t. And you’ll never have to wonder how fossilized jellyfish can be found all over the world.
Jellyfish
Poor jellyfish, go make a wish
And sadly close your eyes.
Because this day you’ll pass away
And quickly fossilize.
I know it’s bad, but don’t be sad.
One day you will be found,
A work of art, not torn apart,
Squeezed into solid ground.
Lots of mankind will surely find
Your fossils there quite odd.
But ology can help us see
The mighty hand of God.
© 2014
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