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Host rejects evolution, promotes global Flood and creationist claims about fossils and geology
Summary
On the same broadcast, Steve Finley rejected evolutionary theory, described geological features as evidence of a worldwide flood about 4,400 years ago and argued that fossils, oil deposits and polystrate trees support that account.
Midway through the program Steve Finley "switched gears" from protest strategy and pastoral appeals to a sustained defense of creationism and a global flood narrative. He argued that commonly cited geological and paleontological evidence supports a worldwide Flood roughly 4,400 years ago and criticized evolutionary explanations.
Finley said features such as fossil graveyards, oil deposits, polystrate trees and sedimentary rock are better explained by rapid, global burial in a single flood event. "There was a rapid burial 4400 years ago, just like the Bible says," he said.
He described these elements as scientific corroboration for a literal reading of Scripture, and he urged listeners to study archaeology, history and culture to verify the Bible's accuracy. Finley also criticized evolutionary timescales as inadequate and framed agnosticism and atheism as willful ignorance, using Second Peter 3 to support his argument.
The program's treatment of geology and paleontology was presented as the host's interpretation and did not include citations to peer-reviewed geological literature or to mainstream scientific institutions. Finley asserted specific chronological claims (the flood at about 4,400 years ago) and causal links between large-scale fossil deposits and a single worldwide flood; these assertions were voiced as his interpretations of the evidence rather than as consensus science.
Finley tied his geological arguments back to theological claims, saying the combined evidence of "the word of God, his creation, and his son Jesus Christ" constitute three undeniable proofs of God's existence.
Statements in this article are attributed to Steve Finley as the on-air speaker and reflect his interpretation of geological and paleontological observations.
