My Layer Challenge

[AV1611VET]

On the third day of the creation week, Earth consisted of one giant ball of seawater.

Let's call it Terra Aqua, for lack of a better term.

Then God commanded the atoms to get together and form land.

Then He commanded the waters to stand aside and let the land come to the surface.

Here's my question:

Are we expected to believe that that land consisted of millions and millions of years' worth of layers of fossils?

Including fossils of plants, which said plants weren't even created until later in the day?

I contend that God created only ONE LAYER, and calls that layer "Earth."

Not Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, or any other kind of "zoic".

"Earth"

What say you?

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

What say you?

That trying to understand the geological history of the Earth through myths and fables instead of what we can plainly see through observation and understanding of the processes involved is not conducive to a proper understanding of reality.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

What say you?

I say that you'll make up anything to fit your unilaterally singular and personal interpretation of the Bible, no matter how far you have to go to disregard God's own creation.

Though this sort of thing is leagues better than you necromancing decade old threads.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I say when there is a conflict between university educated scientists / geologists and semi literate nomadic Bronze Age hunter gatherers / sheep herders, I go with the opinions and findings of the latter.

 

[Lost4words]

For me i think a lot of these layers, fossils came about because of the gigantic world wide flood......

Plus, dating of rocks etc etc for me is flawed.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

For me i think a lot of these layers, fossils came about because of the gigantic world wide flood......

i.e. myths and fables

Plus, dating of rocks etc etc for me is flawed.

sounds like user error. Have you tried rebooting it? The user I mean.

 

[Joseph G]

On the third day of the creation week, Earth consisted of one giant ball of seawater.

Let's call it Terra Aqua, for lack of a better term.

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Then God commanded the atoms to get together and form land.

Then He commanded the waters to stand aside and let the land come to the surface.

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Here's my question:

Are we expected to believe that that land consisted of millions and millions of years' worth of layers of fossils?

Nope. Excellent point.

Including fossils of plants, which said plants weren't even created until later in the day?

Righto.

I contend that God created only ONE LAYER, and calls that layer "Earth."

Well, here's my question. In the process of water dividing from the land - that would include land rising and water receding - which would conceivably include the seismic friction between both in the process... would that not create layers? How many in a day?

You do agree that subsequent layers were created over time via earthquakes, erosion, wind, volcanic activity, floods, mudflow, ect.?

Not Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, or any other kind of "zoic".

"Earth"

What say you?

Totally agree. There is more than enough scientific evidence available that all of the afforementioned phenomena can rapidly produce both layers and rocks. [edit] and fossils.

On that, I would venture that there is only one age - of mankind. Fully human from the beginning. Made of spirit and dust no less. Just like us.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Totally agree. There is more than enough scientific evidence available that all of the afforementioned phenomena can rapidly produce both layers and rocks.

Only if you deliberately misinterpret and ignore other evidence, sure.

 

[Lost4words]

i.e. myths and fables

sounds like user error. Have you tried rebooting it? The user I mean.

Only a person who doesnt believe in God's power would post what you have...

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Only a person who doesnt believe in God's power would post what you have...

I'm afraid that the same could easily be said of you...

 

[Lost4words]

I'm afraid that the same could easily be said of you...

Nope....true faith in God is the only way forward my friend...

I do believe in science....just not in science's interpretation of the age of the earth.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Nope....true faith in God is the only way forward my friend...not in man

Then why ignore what God's creation and the study of God's creation tells you, and why only focus on an interpretation of the Bible which doesn't fit with God's own creation?

 

[Joseph G]

Nope. Excellent point.

Righto.

Well, here's my question. In the process of water dividing from the land - that would include land rising and water receding - which would conceivably include the seismic friction between both in the process... would that not create layers? How many in a day?

You do agree that subsequent layers were created over time via earthquakes, erosion, wind, volcanic activity, floods, mudflow, ect.?



Totally agree. There is more than enough scientific evidence available that all of the afforementioned phenomena can rapidly produce both layers and rocks. [edit] and fossils.

On that, I would venture that there is only one age - of mankind. Fully human from the beginning. Made of spirit and dust no less. Just like us.

Rapid rock formation. An example...

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Rapid rock formation. An example...

Again: Only if you deliberately misinterpret and ignore other evidence, sure.

 

[Joseph G]

Rapid rock formation. An example...

Rapid fossil formation. An example...

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Rapid fossil formation. An example...

Again: Only if you deliberately misinterpret and ignore other evidence, sure.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Only a person who doesnt believe in God's power would post what you have...

It's not a secret. I'm an atheist. It's in my profile. I do not believe your god exists and that things written about it creating anything in your holy book are myths and fables. Why do you state the obvious?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Are we expected to believe that that land consisted of millions and millions of years' worth of layers of fossils?

I have no idea what expectations you might or might not have, but that's the facts. The land does consist of that (where the sedimentary rock is appropriate for such things).

 

[Joseph G]

Rapid fossil formation. An example...

Rapid strata formation. An example...

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Rapid strata formation. An example...

An example of deliberate misinterpretation and blatant ignoring of actual geological evidence, sure.