In the provided clips Les does not name the Grand Canyon, but he teaches that everything now on the earth traces back to Noah's flood—which would make the canyon a flood product rather than a slowly deepening feature.
Les states, "everything that now is can only be traced back to the time of Noah's flood" (Clip 0), and he repeats that the planet's history goes back to the flood (Clip 5). This would place the Grand Canyon in the flood event, not in millions of years of gradual erosion. He also notes that geologists reject the flood because it conflicts with their long-age timescale (Clip 7).
Genesis 8:3 — This verse directly describes the floodwaters returning off the land—the event Les teaches shaped the earth's surface.
Genesis 7:11 — It describes the fountains of the great deep being broken up, which Les connects to volcanic activity during the flood.
The Bible describes the flood as a worldwide catastrophe that included both water from above and upheaval from below. Genesis 7:11 says, "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened." Then the waters began to recede: "And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated" (Genesis 8:3). Psalm 104:8 also pictures the waters going down by the valleys to the place God founded for them. Peter adds, "Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished" (2 Peter 3:6). Scripture never mentions the Grand Canyon by name, but it does describe a global flood and the movement of water across and off the land.
Les does not discuss the Grand Canyon directly in these clips, but he consistently teaches that today's land surface is not the result of millions of years of slow processes. He says "everything that now is can only be traced back to the time of Noah's flood" (Clip 0), and "the history of this planet ... goes back to Noah's flood" (Clip 5). For him, the present topography and resources belong to the flood era, not to millions of years of gradual transformation. Les connects the flood with violent volcanic and watery activity. He equates the breaking up of the fountains of the great deep with volcanoes (Clip 1), and he points to the worldwide layer of volcanic loess as evidence of the flood's upheaval (Clip 2). He also appeals to the destructive power of rampaging water, saying "there is nothing that water won't destroy" (Clip 5). This shows that water could reshape the earth's surface rapidly rather than over eons. If the Grand Canyon is part of "everything that now is," Les's teaching would put it in the flood event rather than in an ongoing erosion process. He never says this specifically in the provided clips, so no additional details should be added. But his flood geology explains why a canyon would not keep deepening: the waters that carved the land are not still flowing across the landscape.
No. In the transcript evidence provided, Les never names the Grand Canyon. Instead, he makes broad statements that put present landforms in the flood era: "everything that now is can only be traced back to the time of Noah's flood" (Clip 0) and "the history of this planet ... goes back to Noah's flood" (Clip 5). That is the framework he would apply to a feature like the Grand Canyon.
Les explains that the expression "the fountains of the great deep" being broken up refers to what we normally call volcanoes (Clip 1). He also says volcanic ash, or loess, is found everywhere on earth and could only have come from the time of Noah's flood with all of its volcanic action (Clip 2). For Les this means the planet's surface was disrupted and rearranged at that time.
Les points to modern "rampaging river floods" as evidence of water's destructive power. He says such water "can carry huge boulders," can "make mayhem of railroad tracks and trains," and that "there is nothing that water won't destroy" (Clip 5). This supports his view that the flood could transform the surface rapidly, rather than taking millions of years.
Les says geologists reject Noah's flood because it conflicts with their timescale. They will not accept a flood that happened only 5,000–6,000 years ago because it "blows it out of the water" regarding millions of years (Clip 7). He also notes that the expected fossil order is never actually found—the fossils are all mixed up (Clip 6).
Genesis 8:3 says the waters returned from off the earth continually and abated after 150 days. Psalm 104:8 describes waters going down by the valleys to the place God founded. The Bible does not describe the Grand Canyon, but it does describe a time when floodwaters moved across and off the land.
Everything Traces to the Flood
Les says all current landforms and resources, like the Middle Western farm area, trace back to Noah's flood rather than to glaciers or long ages. This truth applies to the Grand Canyon question even though he doesn't name the canyon.
Fountains of the Deep = Volcanic Eruption
Les equates the breaking up of the fountains of the great deep with volcanic activity, showing the flood came with dramatic geological upheaval.
Loess as Evidence of Volcanic Flood
Les uses the worldwide layer of loess (volcanic soil) to argue the whole planet was affected by volcanic action during Noah's flood.
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I do not do this to simply insert the geological ages of time, which I do not agree with. I do not agree with the evolutionary approach whatsoever. I am a creationist. I believe that in the beginning God spoke the word and everything was created as He wanted to create it.
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In fact, that's probably why the Dead Sea is so deep, and why it's so far below the sea level, is because at times the fault has literally dropped the surface of the earth in that area. And so the whole Jordan Valley, you know, is below sea level. In fact, I didn't know until we were there a few weeks ago that the Sea of Galilee is even below sea level.
Rapid Water Can Carve Land
Les appeals to rampaging floodwaters that move boulders and destroy infrastructure, showing that water—not millions of years—can reshape the surface quickly.
Fossil Order Is Mixed Up
Les says the evolutionary fossil sequence has never been found in order anywhere on earth; the fossils are mixed, which undermines the slow-age explanation.
Geologists Reject the Flood
Les says geologists reject Noah's flood because it contradicts millions of years, and textbooks ignore it entirely.
Genesis 7:11: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
This is the verse Les points to for the explosive, volcanic opening of the deep during the flood.
Genesis 8:3: And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
This is the only flood text that explicitly says the waters returned from off the land, explaining why floodwaters are not still cutting canyons today.
Psalm 104:8: They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
This verse pictures floodwaters running down into the basins God prepared, showing a rapid movement of water off the land.
2 Peter 3:6: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Peter cites the flood as evidence that God has acted catastrophically in the past, which supports Les's flood geology.
In the transcripts we have, he does not mention the Grand Canyon by name. He repeatedly teaches that "everything that now is can only be traced back to the time of Noah's flood" (Clip 0) and that the planet's history goes back to that flood (Clip 5). A canyon would fall under that same statement.
Les says the present earth is a product of Noah's flood, not millions of years of uniform erosion (Clips 0, 5). Scripture says the waters returned from off the earth and abated (Genesis 8:3), and Les emphasizes that the flood involved catastrophic water movement that is not happening today (Clip 5).
Les says geologists reject Noah's flood because accepting it would destroy the millions of years that their system requires. They refuse to believe a flood could have happened only 5,000–6,000 years ago, so textbook science never mentions it (Clip 7).
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