Ancient impact craters?

[TenDimensions]

I don't know the answer to this because I haven't seen it brought up before, but...

What do Creationists say about global extinction level impact craters? For example, like the one we think could have wiped out the dinosaurs: http://www.msnbc.com/news/881563.asp?0na=x2218181- and was just reconfirmed with new radar imagery.

My first question is: Is it accepted that this is evidence of an ancient crater at all? Don't forget to take into account the globally deposited layer found nearly all around the world that is suspected to be fallout from such an impact.

My second question (only worth addressing if the first question is answered in the affirmative): How do you explain human survival through something like this and also no major writings regarding what easily must have seemed like the absolute and total end of the world?

[Bubba]

They can't answer it. Which is why perhaps a non-literal interpretation of the first 11 chapters of Genesis is best.

Bubba:tongue:

[Goochdad]

Bubba is right, they can't answer it. Socrates typed some babble about the craters having occurred during the flood, but completely overlooked the fact that these craters are found at various levels in the geological column (which he thinks formed in a year or less, while the earth was covered in miles of water).

I doubt you'll get an answer. I've seen YEC'ers try to claim that the craters were formed on one of the 6 days of creation, but the silly guys also overlooked the GC layer business.

Yet another case where old-earth geology has a sound and simple explanation, and the YEC'ers are left bickering with each other about which ad hoc auxiliary hypothesis to trot out.