Well done. That was a joy to read. Thanks also to @T_aquaticus. Thought folks might enjoy the testimony of our old friend Glenn Morton (RIP) on flood geology:
Edit: Sorry I keep having additional thoughts. haha. Be sure to scroll down in that thread to find this gem:
I know that to people who don’t see much geologic information it could appear to be inconclusive. I can assure you it isn’t. For one, try to explain the 157 times per day a year long flood requires for each couplet of shale and sand. That is 9 minutes for each layer of shale, burrowing and then sand deposition. Apart from the problems of souring these two different lithologies, shale doesn’t even settle out in 9 m. Shale is made up by extremely small particles. Have you ever stirred up the muddy bottom a lake and lost the ability to see anything in the muddy water? That is shale.
Furthermore, throughout what would be flood deposits, the fossiliferous rocks, we have animals behaving at every level like there is no flood going on.
Lots of cool pics too.