Posted on 05/08/2023 4:30:17 AM PDT by george76
Never said that it couldn't be "unlocked."
(If, for example, sizable deposits of concrete were somehow discovered on the Moon's surface, Nasa scientists would be elated since it would be a - relatively - convenient source of water for future colonists. Of course, on Earth, it would be ridiculous to "mine" concrete - or some comparable natural mineral - for its water. The cost would be prohibitive by a factor of at least a thousand.)
But to say that this discovery (of a mineral in which water is "locked up" as in concrete) deep within the Earth somehow bolsters one's religious faith is rather disheartening. An almighty God would not require such a "handy" source. He could instead simply "whip it up," as needed - or "blink" it here from Alpha Centauri.
In contrast, extracting water from ringwoodite in order to inundate the Earth's surface, and then returning it, after the Flood, to deep within the Earth to be re-combined with the ringwoodite, all within a span of ca. 40 days... without totally disrupting Earth's geological strata in the process - that is all so convoluted a chain of events...
Feeling smug and self-satisfied because ringwoodite can be forced, with considerable contortions (requiring an abandonment of all principles of "economy of effort"), to explain where the water in the Biblical Story of the Flood came from... Quite unnecessary!
Regards,
10/21/20221 9:06:49 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 46 replies
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When earth finally explodes and turns into a sun... That will be a major surprise... Sadly, there will be nobody around to report it.
Coal is from plants, just crack open a bit and take a peek at the fern imprints.
Oil, tho, can be made out of carbon and whatever else is lying about under pressure. It is probably not limitless since we might consume it faster than bring it up, but it is immense. “Peak Oil” was just more commie trash crappola — like “silent Spring”.
Genesis 7:11
King James Version
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Every day science is proving the Bible to be correct. Gotta love it. Now we watch for all the gyrations of explanations.
Movie and book were both great!
The volume of oceans is 310 million cubic miles
The volume of the earth is 260 billion cubic miles
that is 31/26000 =/ 1/900
Goose, goose goose.
Genesis 7:11. “...the fountains of the deep were broken up....”
Author of all Natural History.
Rare boy he, and rare boys we.
To know such a strange curiosity.
This earth is built to support human and other life for billions of years. The sky is not falling, unless you hate capitalism and want it to fall.
You assume facts not in evidence with some of your statements, and overlook evidence in at least one other.
Women and minorities disproportionately effected?
It would be extraordinary if the same type of ocean existed under the surface of Mars. Very useful for future terraforming efforts I suspect.
So, are you claiming to speak for the Almighty then? Or are you merely attempting to dictate His methods?
Thanks for pointing out exactly where I did that!
Oh, that's right: You didn't!
And you are mistaken if you think I was trying to prove (or disprove) anything. "Jeder möge nach seiner eigenen Façon selig werden." (Friedrich the Great)
Mine was a statement more of personal taste: I find it namely distasteful to strain credulity in searching for overwrought, half-understood scientific explanations for issues that are better handled as matters of faith.
It would seem just as ridiculous to me if someone were to point to, e.g., the vast quantities of water (ice) presents in Saturn's moon Enceladus, and imply that this "bolsters" the Biblical narrative.
You are all free to believe whatever you want with respect to the Story of the Flood; I find references to ringwoodite suggesting that it is "evidence" pretty laughable, however.
Regards,
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