Most scientists subscribe to the theory of Uniformity or Gradualism that sees internal mechanisms (plate tectonics, erosion) causing slow, gradual and uniform change in Earth's appearance. They believe that these gradual processes have operated over vast expanses of time--"billions and billions of years"-- to create the world we see about us today. This is the view taught in most educational institutions today. Catastrophists, on the other hand, see planetary catastrophes as the primary agent of change in the Earth. They believe that extra planetary bodies (asteroids, comets, etc.) have wrought sudden, dramatic change on the past, altering the Earth's appearance and destroying life in wholesale cataclysms. The time scale for such sweeping change is thus dramatically shortened in the Catastrophist view.

For too long, Christians have been forced to subscribe to the orthodox scientific view of the Gradualists because there was no reasonable alternative. Catastrophism offers a new, revealing alternative. It is a reasonable, 'scientific' foundation for interpretation of Earth's history and the Biblical record. Accounts from the Old Testament considered "extravagant" by modern scholars--Joshua's Long Day, the Exodus miracles, for example--find rational, logical explanations in Catastrophism. Moreover and perhaps more importantly, prophetic events recorded in Revelation find remarkably clear and meaningful explanation when considered in the light of Catastrophist principles.

If you want to better understand history and prophecy, you must investigate Catastrophism. Every Christian should understand this new interpretation of the Bible. It makes the scripture and prophecy more meaningful than you ever thought possible.