# Government (Grand Canyon) vs. YECs – a legal fight **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 18, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-grand-canyon-vs-yecs-a-legal-fight/786967 "2017-05-18T23:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-grand-canyon-vs-yecs-a-legal-fight/786967/61 "2017-07-05T16:38:32Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I haven’t seen it mentioned yet in this thread. The government gave up and gave him a permit to collect rocks. He dropped the lawsuit. This was from a few posts back. > [@eschereal](#): > > Sad news on this story: looks like [the park service caved](http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/grand-canyon-allows-creationists-study-spurring-noah-believing-geologist-to-drop-lawsuit-9454239) and will allow Snelling to take rocks. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-grand-canyon-vs-yecs-a-legal-fight/786967/62 "2017-07-05T18:50:53Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > But creationism IS interpreting the Bible in the flesh! If you don’t think that creationism is about the physical world, then what is your definition of creationism? Kinda startled you should ask me such a question … the Book of Ecclesiastes touches upon this: “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.” (Ecc 1:14) … Snelling is a textbook example of being of vexed spirit … WHAT was created was Human Spirit … and that means I’m perfectly comfortable that this 6,000-year-old rock in my hand is solidified magma … it’s completely immaterial the Biblical teachings of feeding the hungry, housing the homeless and clothing the naked … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-grand-canyon-vs-yecs-a-legal-fight/786967.md?page=3)