Catastrophism ardently believes that the earth has sustained innumerable catastrophes and upheavals during its eventful lifetime. The present earth structure has been the end result of numerous cataclysmic activities like deluges, earthquakes, volcanic explosions, etc. The earth has survived all these calamities and yet is surging forward. Evidence of the occurrences of such natural disasters is available.
However, uniformitarianism is another school of thought whose theories are directly opposite to that of catastrophism. This school of thought believes that earth’s processes are regular, natural, and ongoing and has been continuing since early times in much the same way as is happening today.
Their argument is that the happenings that are occurring in today’s world are what actually happened in earlier times, and there has been nothing unusual or disastrous in the earth’s movement over time.
However, most experts and researchers tend to agree with catastrophism since it is a more authenticated and documented version of the earth’s history and is substantiated with documentary historical proof. There is evidence to show that Noah’s great deluge, which almost wiped out the earth, actually occurred. All major catastrophes that have struck the earth have robust evidence that could substantiate their occurrences along with the history of time.
Thus, it is seen that the theory of catastrophism has won over the precept of uniformitarianism in the context of the evolution of the world.