Posted on 07/14/2013 8:28:08 AM PDT by WXRGina
A global flood would change the earth in every way. Pushing down the thin crust in areas and laying down sediments as well as the atmosphere clearing.
/mark
Yes, indeed.
A global flood certainly explains the appearance of the earth’s surface.
And some people wonder how conservatives have a reputation for being ignorant.
All of the water in the atmosphere would equal about 1 inch (2.54 cm) of all of the world’s oceans’ depth.
The Earth’s atmosphere does not contain a large amount of water. Its estimated volume of water is about 3,100 cubic miles (12,900 cubic kilometers), which is roughly just 0.001% of all of the water on Earth. In fact, if all of the water in the atmosphere was released at one time, it would equal only about 1 inch (2.54 cm) of the world’s oceans’ depth. The atmosphere’s function with water is more transportation rather than storage. As water evaporates, it converts to vapor, which then moves into the atmosphere. Once there, the vapor condenses into clouds, which then release the water as precipitation to get back to the Earth’s surface.
Having lived in rural western IL all of my 59 years, I’ve seen what just a 6 inch downpour can do to the surface, moving tons of soil downhill, eventually to the ‘ol muddy Mississippi.
Twelve years of OTR truck driving has let me see the same results around the country. Twice, while vacationing, I’ve marveled at the sight of all those boulders washed down the mountainside from the 1982 Lawn Lake Dam failure near Estes Park.
And these days, the extreme example of the power of water, is the precision cutting of steel with waterjets.
I believe the Flood really happened.
“All of the water in the atmosphere would equal about 1 inch (2.54 cm) of all of the world’s oceans’ depth.”
You know this to be the case throughout earth’s history? If so, how?
Yes, there is plenty of evidence for a global flood for those with eyes to see what is obvious to those of us with the Spirit of the Lord to help us see.
Water is an amazingly powerful force.
/s
None of this takes into account that the heavier elements on earth and the solar system would have taken two or three earlier generations of stars to produce. And it would have taken them a heck of long time to burn.
Any better theory?
But not the stratification of the fossil record
Except that not all the waters of the flood came from the atmosphere
Gen 7:10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Oh, you should watch the video. Heresy! :-)
B] "Does not" is the same as "did not"..... c] THEREFORE the earth did not contain large volumes of water at any time in the past.
In what way?
IMHO, a fifteen-billion year old universe, and a ~5 billion year old solar system and Earth comports very well with The Bible. What’s not to like?
It does not comport with the Bible. The account in Genesis 1 is clear and is not a metaphor. “... the evening and the morning were the first day...” It speaks of a literal seven-day week. God is true, even if every man a liar.
Water running, freezing and thawing, wind blowing, volcanism and movements of the Earth’s crust. All set in motion by God.
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