Re: Traces of the Flood In the fossil record

From: Douglas Berry (penguin_boy_at_mindOBVIOUSspring.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:24:30 GMT

Great Lord "news" <acorso@moon.odn.ne.jp>, braving the raging storm,
scaled the mighty crag called alt.atheism on Sun, 13 Jun 2004 23:06:10
+0900 and screamed this to the uncaring Gods.

> if I come across to brash I apologize
> first off you are assuming that the earth has always appeared the same
>today as it did yesterday... has the same mountains valleys plateaus that we
>see today...this is the first mistake secondly you are not considering that
>there is a whole lot of water out there in the oceans rivers lakes streams
>brooks springs ponds pools air ice ect. ect....in the bible the first
>mention of mountains and valleys is post
>flood, so if you do a little research you will find out that if you flatten
>out all of the mountains and raise up the valleys the dry land is pretty
>much flat (plus the depth of the ocean is about 3 times the heighest
>mountain(thats alot of water))...its a ratio of 70 - 30(dry) is pretty much
>flat and in this case the earth would be flooded higher than mount everest
>by about 200 meters(pretty deep if you ask me)...first read the bible before
>you go blabbing about how it cant be done then talk to some people who know
>what they are talking about (experts on the subject(even if you dont agree
>with them)) and then after you have studied all of the material take a long
>meditation (or prayer) and see what gets stirred up...here are some sources

Except that we can determine the age of mountains. There has never
been a time when the Earth has been as flat as you make it out to be.

I study planetary astronomy, and that means a lot of geology. What
you describe didn't happen. Ever.

>to check out www.drdino.com

Kent Hovind is a proven liar.

>www.answersingenesis.com

Full of crap. 

-- 
Douglas E. Berry  Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
 when they do it from religious conviction."
        Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Traces of the Flood In the fossil record
    ... >>first off you are assuming that the earth has always had the same mountains ... >>oceans rivers lakes streams brooks springs ponds pools air ice ect. ... >>est....in the bible the first mention of mountains and valleys is post flood ...
    (sci.geo.geology)
  • Re: Traces of the Flood In the fossil record
    ... > no way enough rain could fall to flood the entire earth. ... first off you are assuming that the earth has always had the same mountains ... est....in the bible the first mention of mountains and valleys is post flood ...
    (sci.geo.geology)
  • Re: Traces of the Flood In the fossil record
    ... >> no way enough rain could fall to flood the entire earth. ... > est....in the bible the first mention of mountains and valleys is post ...
    (sci.geo.geology)
  • Re: Ping Suzanne
    ... Iv'e seen estimates from 67 - 200 metres above sea level. ... we do have mountains that do show ... Geologists also tell about phases of the earth ... a world wide flood would pose, ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Ping Suzanne
    ... there was a flood that covered the entire planet's surface to a depth ... Iv'e seen estimates from 67 - 200 metres above sea level. ... We know that mountains don't change size very fast, ... There are times when sea level has been higher than it is now, and many parts of the earth have been lower than they are now, which means much of what is now land has from time to time bee under water. ...
    (talk.origins)