As to the Jan. 2 Herald article, "Engineer sees proof of global flood in geologic formation." I won't address the veracity or lack of scientific reasoning behind Greg Morgan's conclusions, as I'm no geologist. But I will speak about the Tri-City Herald's motive for presenting this as evidence of anything global or divine. Passing this research off as Earth-shattering science is negligent at best and journalism at its worst.

Honest science works from the evidence to prove or disprove theories and follows that evidence through continued research, publication and expert re-examination. Creationists interpret the data to support existing ideas. Their modus operandi never changes nor does the Herald's. Why the article was published somewhere other than the Faith & Values page on Saturday or anywhere other than the opinion page is beyond me.

I'll just conclude the Herald missed its chance to bash nonbelievers through the holidays and had to get their seasonal dig in sometime.

At least my story is believable based on the best existing evidence. Yet, while I have no proof as to the actual truth of my claim I'll leave it up to someone else to prove me wrong.

John Lawhead, Kennewick