Right! Mr. Ed!
Posted on 09/24/2006 6:00:46 PM PDT by blam
Flood made Britain into an island 'in 24 hours'
By Tim Hall
(Filed: 25/09/2006)
Britain may have become an island after a Biblical-style flood split it from Europe in less than 24 hours, according to new geological research.
The flood would have taken place between 400,000 and 200,000 years ago, sweeping away hills between Britain and what is now France.
The theory could rewrite British prehistory, as current text-books teach that Britain - once a peninsula of continental Europe - split from the great land mass after a long process of erosion and rises in sea levels.
However, surveys of the Channel bed using new sonar techniques have revealed the remains of a huge valley, running south-west from the Strait of Dover.
The sonar survey, led by Sanjeev Gupta, from Imperial College, London, uncovered deep bowls, scour marks and piles of rubble on the sea bed that may have been caused by a torrent of water.
Dr Gupta said in a paper published at an academic conference: "In places, this valley is more than seven miles wide and 170 ft deep, with vertical sides. Its nearest geological parallels are found not on Earth but in the monumental flood terrains of the planet Mars.
"This suggests the valley was created by a catastrophic flood following the breaching of the Dover Strait and the sudden release of water from a giant lake to the north."
According to Dr Gupta's theory, France and Britain would have been linked by a high ridge of chalk hills, running roughly between Dover and Calais. To the north would have been a freshwater lake, fed by rivers, and deepened over thousands of years.
The lake, hundreds of feet above sea level, finally overflowed the chalk ridge and swept down towards the Atlantic. The water washed away the soft chalk hills and left the British Isles a separate land mass.
Dr Gupta's work is outlined in his book Homo Britannicus: the Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain, to be published next week.
But falling into a puddle of mud works just as well.
My understanding of such things is that a Braided stream is a sign of a depositing stream. The braided pattern is independant of vegetation. Alluvial fans in the west have braided stream beds, these occour where the run-off reaches soil (as opposed to rock) and can seep in reducing the volume of the flow and the carrying capacity of the stream. Most of the rivers crossing the great plains once had braided streams.
"The sceptic’s caricature that Noah had fish tanks on the ark is wrong." What skeptic ever said that?? This sentence is a caricature of AiG itself!
There is absolutely nothing on the site that is in the Bible. Nothing at all. It is all pure speculation and wild apologetic guessing.
I guess even back then England wanted to get away from France as soon as possible.
Are you confused about the difference between a snake (reptile) and an ass (mammal)?
No. I'm just pointing out that another talking animal has been seen.
This argument appears logically inconsistent. If everyone except Noah's family was killed and their societies destroyed, why would there be any accounts anywhere (except maybe near Mt Arat)? There could not possibly have been survivors to tell such tales.
Obviously, then, there were societies who had their own flood traditions from local events. The Genesis account of a global flood is thus disproved.
Right! Mr. Ed!
Stringing words together that "this could have happened", there is a possibility that", etc. on this site does not in any way, shape or form constitute an "explanation".
I have an equivalent "explanation" for gravity. It is "possible" that angels and cherubim are floating around and keep pushing us back so we do not float away from earth. And that maybe pixies "could be" holding up airplanes in flight, so there is no need of any of this "naturalistic empiricism" to pollute children's minds.
Actually, this is the same line of "reasoning" used by creationists and IDiots. They spend all their time attacking evolution "thinking" that if they "disprove evolution", then, obviously, their god is the right one.
A false dichotomy if ever there was one.
The IDiots at Discovery Institute are notorious for this. And for speaking out of both sides of their mouths.
Of course, there was a perfectly good god called Pele who "explained" all things for those believers.
Explain to us how there were survivors of "the Flood" who could write such accounts.
They don't. Next?
How long can you tread water?
Do they have Koranic support? Egyptian historical support? Chinese support?
It is extremely humorous to see the posts arguing that "other societies have a flood myth and this proves Genesis". And then every evidence against the literal account is dismissed as "not in the Bible."
It really is funny.
And to mimic the AiG site: It may be, it is possible that, the kangaroos were carried on faerie wings to their new home.
And such evidence has not been found.
It is like the "invisible unicorn in your garden" argument. You insist on believing, but the evidence is lacking.
It does stay in the channel, which is a record of the meandering course of the river. Cf. Horsehoe Canyon in Utah:
There is some interesting topography to the southeast of this where the flood entered the Snake River valley, but I believe it is due to subsequent erosion of the deposited material.
"badlands" are typically "dissected terrain," that is an eroded plateau. The badlands of Badlands National Park in South Dakota are an eroded highland between two rivers. Here's a sample, again with a 1 mile reference line:
"After the flood" is a speculation based on conjectures not in evidence.
"Imagine" is a nifty choice of words. We can imagine all manner of things. I have a good imagination. I imagine that the skygod Zeus got really pissed off and decided to kill all the people he created, just to show them who was boss.
He could have done this by {poof}, but instead He decided on {poof} a flood. Good ole Zeus--he was very particular to teach a moral lesson. He liked Noah for some odd reason. But Zeus, who used to have a soft spot in his heart for babies, killed them all. Zeus was prevailed upon by sinners--mostly mothers--and Zeus, being Zeus, could have spared all the innocent babies. He might even have opposed abortion. But Zeus, being Zeus, killed them all. Killed their souls. Drowned everybody except ole Noah.
There is a great moral teaching in this story.
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