Arguments for canopy theories do not stand up when examined closely, as almost all creation researchers I know now acknowledge. These theories also contain biblical and scientific problems, such as those associated with heat, pressure, sunlight, support, condensation nuclei, ultraviolet light, and the greenhouse effect. Also, canopy theories do not even begin to explain the flood’s global destruction and geological activity. [Page 111 lists 25 examples.]
Canopy theories have misled many, delaying understanding of the flood, geology, and, therefore, Earth’s true age. The flood water came from below, not above. Failure to understand this has caused many to doubt the historical accuracy of the flood account, and, therefore, the Bible itself. Without the flood to explain the fossils buried in the Earth’s sedimentary layers, the theory of organic evolution fills the vacuum—an explanation that also removes or minimizes need for the Creator.