Giant Flood, Giant Rocks, Giant Wonder 

On a recent trip to Northern Ireland, my family had the opportunity to visit one of her greatest natural wonders: Giant’s Causeway. And we were not alone! About half a million people annually visit this magnificent phenomena formed long ago. 

Throughout time, answers have been sought to answer how this area of near-perfect hexagon stone columns extending from Ireland’s north-eastern coast under the sea all the way to western Scotland formed. Lore from the past tells of a giant who wanted to face his rival in Scotland and built the causeway to be able to cross the ocean. Others say this same giant built it to see his Scottish sweetheart instead of a rival (even among the ancient Irish you had folks who wanted action thrillers and some who wanted romance!). 

Today, scientists also speculate about the cause of the Causeway, spinning it with the evolutionary narrative of being over 60 million years old. But what if instead, these rocks are quite young and bear striking testimony to Noah’s catastrophic Flood only about 4,500 years ago?

Science of Giant’s Causeway

Let’s consider the geological conditions needed to form a spectacle like Giant’s Causeway. These mostly hexagonal columns are basalt rock, which means they are the result of volcanic activity. Big activity! Estimated to be over 40,000 in number, these massive stepping stones represent about seven basalt flows in the past. Pictured below is The Organ, a feature that juts out of the cliffs looking down on the sea below. Despite towering many feet above ground, The Organ is thought to be only ONE volcanic layer. Something gigantic must have happened!

Genesis 7 tells us that during the initial stage of the Flood the fountains of the great deep were broken open, and creation scientists have long demonstrated that in a catastrophic, global flood volcanic activity would have occurred. But there is more. 

In order to cool these lava flows and provide the sedimentary rock and fossils, vast amounts of water had to also be present. Dr. Andrew Snelling, director of Research at Answers in Genesis-USA sums it up this way:

“Several lines of evidence indicate that Giant’s Causeway formed during multiple volcanic eruptions that occurred in rapid succession. After each eruption, the thick basalt started to congeal, cool, and harden, aided by being briefly covered with water, before the next lava flow covered it. The middle flows in the sequence are slightly different in content than the others, and these are the ones that consist of regular, well-developed columns, particularly in their lower parts.”

Something else we also find in the rock layers of Giant’s Causeway is fossils. In what is called the Interbasaltic bed, the vegetation represents well preserved fossils and does not fit with explanations that have been given by evolutionists. But again, the Flood model provides a striking solution for the remnants of aspens, cedars, sprue, pine, and hazel. The quickly rising flood waters would rip up the earth’s foliage and swirl them together until they were covered by rock layers.

Giant’s Causeway is just one testimony of evidence of a world that was destroyed by the Flood. May it serve as a reminder to us of a truthful Creator Who has given us a true account of history in His Word!