I know geologists love to talk in millions and millions of years.
But we have no clue how old the earth really is, and whether is it a new earth or an old earth.
But oil is found inland as well as by water.
Again erosion is fine, but the source material had to come to the delta from somewhere. To grow the diameter of the earth by three to six miles is an almost unimaginable amount of raw material. And if the mechanism is erosion, how is it that the earth has oil where sedimentary basins like deltas do not exist?
Even in Saudi Arabia, a desert, has trillions of barrels of oil underneath it, Where was the plant and animal material that created that, if it was from previous inhabitants of the earth.
You know oil, and you can quote chapter and verse how much oil is extracted daily from the planet and used.
And there are trillions of barrels left to tap and left to find.
I believe God placed these hydrocarbons for our later use.
The prevailing idea that the dinosaurs and plants created oil and coal leaves God out of the equation, and that makes it popular with man. God then has nothing to do with it.
To me, the entire earth speaks of the creative ability of God. The hydrological cycle, photosynthesis, etc. are evidence of a master design, not random events.
That is why I believe God created the earth and all that is in it. And I thank him for the oil and coal that has made life on earth far easier for the last 200 years than could be imagined.
The sheer daily quantities that are used up, being extracted currently, and found in reserve are so massive that there is no other real explanation.
But oil is found inland as well as by water. Again, you have to think in geological time periods.
Generalized geographic map of the United States in Late Cretaceous time.
To grow the diameter of the earth by three to six miles is an almost unimaginable amount of raw material.
Again, it isn't everywhere. The whole earth is not covered in sedimentary basins. Just as oil isn't found everywhere.
how is it that the earth has oil where sedimentary basins like deltas do not exist?
There is no commercial oil production outside of sedimentary basins. All oil production is sourced to sedimentary rock.
Even in Saudi Arabia, a desert, has trillions of barrels of oil underneath it
It wasn't always a desert. Again, geological time frames.
The prevailing idea that the dinosaurs and plants created oil and coal leaves God out of the equation, and that makes it popular with man. God then has nothing to do with it.
First, the dinosaurs is just from advertising cartoons from early oil sales, oil that was laid down from the time of dinosaurs.
Secondly, God provides all. The marine life, such as algae and plankton that was trapped in sediment is provided by God; He is the source of that life. The microfossils of these creatures are contain in the oil and the layers of rock we drill down into to produce it.