# Christians: Why are scientists more likely to be non-believers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-why-are-scientists-more-likely-to-be-non-believers/662322 "2013-07-01T06:22:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 505
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-why-are-scientists-more-likely-to-be-non-believers/662322/505 "2013-07-16T20:33:42Z")
> [@reef\_shark](#): > > Just to start, how about sea-life fossils on the top of mountain ranges? Any fossils, for that matter, indicate rapid burial from floodlike conditions. No, it doesn’t. > [@Symbiosis does not develop over time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbiosis-does-not-develop-over-time/660054/41): > > The vast majority of fossils were not deposited in floods. Most fossils are marine, and were deposited in still waters, not in turbulent waters as in floods. Some fossils are found in sandstones deposited by wind in deserts, and not by water at all. A fossil could be formed that way and then be discovered at a higher elevation following tectonic activity. > [@](#): > > a giant meter impact would not leave billions of perfectly preserved fossils. I’m pretty sure nobody has ever claimed that would happen. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-why-are-scientists-more-likely-to-be-non-believers/662322)._