I believe your approach is anchored in physics - and the if the whole spectrum of matter changed, then so would any caculations, of necessity. In other words, the calculations are fitted, relativity-wise, to the current matrix only.
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Let's take a look at the water molecule, for example. If it was as the ancients explained in the book of wisdom, then the whole spectrum of matter changes. For example, they say that "water forgot it's quenching nature." That is, if they threw water on a fire, instead of putting the fire out, it only "added to the flames." What the heck is that? I would say, it means the hydrogen and the oxygen molecules did not absorb heat, as they usually do. That's a fair evaluation. In fact, I would say, the hydrogen and the oxygen atoms moved a little further apart than they normally are. Hence, once they moved further apart, when thrown upon a fire, then they even burned or even exploded in a flash! If this concept or theory is true, it is probable that we would possibly even see fire among rain drops or even hail!
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Now, if this is true, then the whole basis of logic is in error as to the dynamic stability of the periodic table of the elements. What I mean by this is, everything may be solid as it is now, but I think there is also a state of matter that no body has ever taken into account! Or, you can put it another way, which is, if enough new matter is added, and that matter is moving from a highly compressed state in the mantle - where it in effect is able to freely combine with the otherwise stable matter of the earth's crust - then there must be a transfer of energy of a sort that no man has ever previously realized as being present, or available. That enegy, would obviously be, the bond altering energy of compression. The super compressed matter, in other words, rapidly releases that energy, and if that is true it would transfer among the atoms in a process which moved through the gasses first, to the more firmer or harder element bonds, and in the final phases, to the water and oxygen bondings. The water molecules would end up taking up most of that energy, in that they are said to be among the most flexible of all bonds. Now if this is ture or not, you can judge for yourself by the following:
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For one, The Wisdom of Solomon addresses "the beginning and end and middle of periods of time, the alternations of solstices and changes of the seasons, the cycles of the years and the positions of the stars, etc." (Wis 7-18,19) And the note: "...the calculations of mortals are timid, and our designs are likely to fail, for a perishable body weighs down the soul, and its earthly ten burdens the thoughtful mind (so that) we can hardlly guess at things upon the earth, and we have hard work (just) finding (reason among) the things that are just at hand."(Wis 9:13-15)
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"Persued by unusual rains and hairstorms and relentless showers, and utterly consumed by fire, FOR, STRANGEST OF ALL, ON THE WATER, WHICH QUENCHES EVERY THING, THE FIRE HAD THE GREATER EFFECT,"(Wis 16:17) "and again IT BLAZED UP IN THE MIDST OF THE WATER, WITH MORE THAN FIREY POWER,"(Wis 16:19.) "But SNOW AND ICE ENDURED WITOUT MELTING," ...(fire) Blazing in the hail, and flashing in the rain."(Wis 16:22) Now if these things truly happened(!) obviously the entire spectrum of matter was undergoing a change. Moreover, if all this is indeed true, it would of course it would of necessity be such a thing as to reach or bridge through the entire spectrum of matter and energy, all the way up to the level of microwaves and x-rays - passing through and/or otherwise including even the visible spectrum of light. On this, we must agree. If such a thing did happen, that is, if such a "theory" were indeed true, then that same energy would even have to "rock," the visible spectrum of light!
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Now if we agree on that, when we look at the details in the Wisdom of Solomon, I think it what they were referring to is just that - were it says they all became then, "Prisoners of darkness and captives of the long night!"(Wis 17:3) If I am not mistaken then, this fully explains what the ancients referred to as "a plague of darkness." Wrong? Let me put it this way... "no fire was strong enough to succeed in giving them light,"(Wis 16:5.) Well, you might ask, what about the light from the stars? With the whole area above them also abuzz with this kind of a release of energy, they reported "...nor could the bright flames of the stars undertake to illumine that hateful night!" And the wicked "died of fright! refusing to look even upon the air, which could not be escaped on any side."(Wis 17:10) "Driven by monstorus phantoms, and now paralyzed by their soul's surrender."(Wis 17:15) "For they were all bound with one chain of dakness."(Wis 17:17)
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So you can see, the whole geological time scale falls - if molecular forces were undertaking such a deviant turn. Moreover, any formulation of weight and energy spent, etc., would only be applicable to the matrix as we now experience it. Overall, such an approach as trying to caculate how much energy it would take to lift Greenland, can only be true under circumstances wherein matter remains within some given range of fixed focus. With there being a vast amount of energy pouring out, however, as mentioned earlier, it would of course rattle the very atmospheric contents, down to the thickest hardest rocks and ores. And yes, even Greenland would rattle under circumstances like these! And there was, a RAPIDLY progressing series of changs in the state of nature, is exactly what they heard... for it started as "a whistling wind," went to "a melodious sound of birds in spreading branches," to "the regular noise of rusing waters," and then the sounds of avalanches "or a harsh crashing of rocks thrown down." By the time it moved into the heaver clays and other strata, the whole place roared "like the running of bounding animals," and then, "the sound of the most savage beasts roaring!" All this also, with echoes, as if "thrown back (and forth) from a hollow in the mountains." And then "the whole world was bathed in bright light."(Wis 17:20)
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So here, you can see a small piece of exactly what happenes at the close of one geological age and the opening of the next. Granted, you may thumb your nose at all this, and say "it just isn't so," while you do all your math. But this is a well perserved historic record, and it clearly states - "they deserved to be deprived of light and imprisoned in darkness."(Wis 18:4) MOREOVER I CAN PROVE TO YOU THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, NOT ONLY ON EARTH, BUT ON OTHER PLANETS AS WELL!
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Just look at what happens to water. We know that water is composed of atoms with both a positive and a negative charge. Obviously, if the right kind of energy were collected by the water molecules (as stated at the top of this brief report) if the energy level just kept on increasing and increasing, it could conceivably cause all the positive molecules to move in one direction, say to the left, and all the negative molecules would likewise, move to the right. Now let's look at this factor too. Such an extreme force could also change the shape of each water molecule, and the manner in which they bind together would also be spontaneously affected. In other words, if all this is true, then the water molecules might even stack up, rather than being so loosely associated. NOW IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE A MIRICALE this is the part where "the Lord said unto Moses, 'Wherefore criest thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward! But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it, and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea." Now there's a REAL MIRACLE for you! You can even see how it happened, and all the math in the world isn't going to even begin to touch it! "Thus, the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians!" (Ex 14:31)
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In that you and many others been taught that the overturning of the elements is a slow and stady process, only unfolding over millions upon millions of years, you are possibly also unaware that in the real world, "the traditions of many people persist that seas were torn apart and their water heaped high and thrown upon the continents."(Velikovsky, Immanuel, Worlds In Collision, Doubleday, pg 71.) The Chinese record "the sun did not go down for ten days, the world was in flames, and 'in their vast extent,' the waters 'over-topped the great heights, threatening the heavens with their floods.'" I would take this to mean, simply, that rather suddenly, the water molecules "stacked up." In Asia, "the water of the ocean was heaped up and cast upon the continent... ...a great tidal wave swept over the mountains and broke in the middle of the Chinese Empire."
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"The traditions of the people of Peru tell that for a period of time, equal to five days and five nights, the sun was not in the sky, and then the ocean left the shore and with a terrible din, broke over the continent; the entire surface of the earth was changed in this catastrophy."
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And while the geologists claim that the Grand Canyon in North America took millions of millions of years to be formed - "the Choctaw Indians of Oklahoma relate: "THE EARTH WAS PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS FOR A LONG TIME. FINALLY A BRIGHT LIGHT APPEARED IN THE NORTH, 'BUT IT WAS A (WALL 0F) MOUNTAIN-HIGH WAVES, COMING NEARER."(These quotes are also from Velikovsky, pg. 71 and 72.) So it is in the Septagint (translation of the Bible) that the water stood "as a wall," and the Koran, referring to this event says, "like mountains," and in the old rabbinical literature it is said that teh waters were suspended as if they were "glass, solid, and massive."
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Still don't believe it? Well, "the commentator Rashi, guided by the grammatical structure of the sentence in the Book of Exodus, explained with Mechilta: "THE WATERS OF ALL THEOCEANS AND SEAS WAS DIVIDED!" Still don't believe it! Well what do you think would happen, if something like this began to take place and it didn't somehow stop or get "turned off?" The answer the clear. The stacking would simply climb and climb, higher and higher, until the mass of it began to lift off from the very surface of the planet! Impossible? I think not. Just take a look at, Saturn and make a good note of what you see. Evidently, the same kind of thing happens, even on other planets.
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So this is why I believe all the geologists are wrong when it comes to evolution. The approach being used, like your math, is anchored in the physics of today, and such an approach is clearly full of holes and in error if the very state of nature moves through a rather sudden state of flux at the end of each age. Clearly, if the whole spectrum of matter changed, then so would any caculations, of necessity. And clearly, the events explain by the process of evolution, as taking millions and millions of years, all fall under this same heading. In other words I must most respectfully maintain, as I wrote in the opening lines, that your calculations are fitted, relativity-wise, to the current matrix only.
Sincerely yours,
Bruce D. McKay, Elijah