CyniQ
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Chip Bronson said:it's not like that at all.if you come up with irrefutable propostition, hell, i'll second it bro. but you haven't done that yet.
I don't believe anything is irrefutable bro. All you can do is listen to both sides of any given arguement, weigh the evidence presented by each side, and figure out which makes the most sense to you. Differing opinions are a beautiful thing.
That being said, I think there is a fairly respectable amount of evidence in support of a global flood. Like ta hear it? Here it go.
The bible says that with the opening of the springs of the watery deep and the floodgates of the heavens, billions of tons of water flooded the earth. (Ge 7:11) This would have caused tremendous changes in earths surface. The earths crust, as we know, is relatively thin (estimated at between 20 and 100 mi thick), stretched over a rather plastic (somewhat squishy?) mass thousands of miles in diameter. Under the added weight of the water, there was likely a great shifting in the crust. In time, shallow sea basins were deepened, and new shorelines were established, with the result that now about 70 percent of the earths surface is covered with water. This shifting in the earths crust may account for many geologic phenomena, such as the raising of old coastlines to new heights. It has been estimated by some that water pressures alone were equal to 2 tons per square inch.
Remains of mammoths and rhinoceroses have been found in different parts of the earth. Some of these were found in Siberian cliffs; others were preserved in Siberian and Alaskan ice (yeah, yeah, Bering Strait). As you are undoubtedly aware, some were found with food undigested in their stomachs or still unchewed in their teeth, indicating that they died suddenly. The fossil remains of many other animals, such as lions, tigers, bears, and elk, have been found in common strata, which may indicate that all of these were destroyed simultaneously. Some folks point to such finds as definite physical proof of a rapid change in climate and sudden destruction caused by a worldwide flood.
But where is the water now? I knew youd ask that. Could be that its right here on earth. Many scientists believe that oceans were once smaller and continents were bigger. There is some evidence of this in the fact that river channels that extend far out under the oceans. Its also noteable that scientists have stated that mountains in the past may have been much lower than at present, and some mountains have even been pushed up from under the seas. Now, it is said that there is ten times as much water by volume in the ocean as there is land above sea level. Dump all this land evenly into the sea, and water would cover the entire earth, 1.5 miles deep. So, after the floodwaters fell, but before the raising of mountains and the lowering of seabeds and before the buildup of polar ice caps, there was more than enough water to cover the entire earth.
There now. How's that?
