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Grand Canyon: ha!
I know I am preaching to the choir here, but there are very simple, easily understood refutations to the Grand Canyon being created by the rush of receding waters of the Flood.
1. The Colorado Plateau slopes north-to-south. A rush of water would go south into Arizona, since water runs down hill, not west to the Gulf of California.
2. A rush of water tends to cut straight canyons since momentum carries things in a straight line. The Grand Canyon, however, is sinuous like a normal river canyon.
3. The Grand Canyon has numerous side canyons that are just as deep as the main canyon. A rush of water cannot cut side canyons that are perpendicular to the direction of the water.
Just my 2 cents as a Grand Canyon backpacker.