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Turning history on its head Massive evidence of a global flood What does it all mean? Dr James A Robertson PrEng End Time Issue Ministries December 2010
Caution – a special request ,[object Object]
Please focus on what you can agree with and park those things you cannot agree with for future consideration or discard them
I truly believe there is much of value in what follows and urge you to focus on what is valuable to you ,[object Object]
Information technology
Historical theories versus bridges
Engineers do NOT design bridges to stand up
Engineers design bridges NOT to fall down
What is NOT an engineering approach?
What is strategy? Thrive Die fast Tactics – Doing things right  Die slowly Survive Strategy – Doing the right things  Professor Malcolm McDonald
What is strategy? The right things done right The essence of why an organization exists and how it thrives The essence of why a theory exists and how it supports humanity to thrive
CredentialsAcademic and Engineering ,[object Object]
Top Biology student in South Africa National Youth Science Week -- 1971
BSc Engineering (Civil) Cum Laude -- 1976
Doctor of Philosophy Civil Engineering -- 1985
Anglo Alpha award for the Promotion     of Concrete for PhD ,[object Object]
Great Minds of the 21st Century
Who’s Who in the World five times
Other accolades,[object Object]
Reduce to the absurd or proof by contradiction
Fundamental logical, mathematical and legal principleReductio ad absurdum (Latin: "reduction to the absurd") is a form of argument in which a proposition is disproven by following its implications to a logical but absurd consequence.[1] A particular kind of reductio ad absurdum, in its strictest sense, is proof by contradiction (also called indirect proof) where an assumption is proven false because it leads to a contradiction In logic, proof by contradiction is a form of proof that establishes the truth or validity of a proposition by showing that the proposition being false would imply a contradiction. From Wikipedia
CredentialsEmployment ,[object Object]
International Mining and Geotechnical engineering consultancy, mine design, slope stability, developed Dragline Hazard  Management approach, mines throughout Southern Africa
Own management consultancy     – the strategic application         of Information Technology
CredentialsProfessional ,[object Object]
Member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Member of the Society for Professional Engineers
Registered as a Professional Engineer with the     Engineering Council of South Africa ,[object Object],     Professional Speakers Association of      Southern Africa
Engineering geotechnics and geology ,[object Object]
Fathers best friend a mining engineer
Down diverse types of mine
Geology at University with particular emphasis on the     Witwatersrand ,[object Object]
Consulting with regard to Mining Geotechnics at diverse mines around Southern Africa
Ongoing interest in Geology and Topography as I travel around
Also a study of ceramics,[object Object]
Rietspruit and Kriel Collieries Dragline Hazard management plans horizontally bedded sedimentary rocks
GecaminesKOV Open Pit in Democratic Republic of the Congo, contorted sedimentary rocks, Copper
Nchanga Open Pit in Zambia, contorted     sedimentary rocks, Copper ,[object Object]
General interest in Mining,[object Object]
Weak rock
Compressive strength tests
Shear strength tests
Heat of hydration tests
Permeability tests
Leaching tests
etc,[object Object]
Exponential characteristics ,[object Object]
Change follows an exponential trajectory
Bed load and sediment load in water follow an exponential trajectory
Your car follows an exponential trajectory when you change direction
   Extrapolation from the tail end of an exponential distribution, especially on the  basis of linear assumptions is highly  inadvisable versus

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01 Proof of Global Flood -- Introduction