Posted on 01/09/2017 9:07:20 AM PST by fishtank
How did the waters of Noahs Flood drain off the continents?
by Mike Oard
Many ask: If Noahs Flood really covered the whole earth, then where did the water go?
This question has a simple answer, and once we understand what happened and how, we can see the reality of the biblical Flood all around the world.
As the ocean basins sank, thousands of metres of sediment washed off the continents, forming the continental margin. The floodwater is in the oceans
Actually, the Bible tells us where the water went. By Day 150 of the Flood catastrophe the floodwaters had risen until they covered all the high mountains under the whole heaven (Genesis 7:19). After that the waters receded from the earth continually (Genesis 8:3), a process that took about seven months.
As the water receded from the continents it must have flowed into the oceans. It only takes a quick look at a globe of the earth to appreciate that the water indeed sits in the oceans. The Pacific Ocean alone takes up almost half the earths surface (Figure 1).
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My "Dashboard Converter Widget" gives
for the DIAMETER of the sphere.
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'Pears to me that your 'guesstimate' of 800 miles for the span of Texas is pretty close to the mark!
Google Earth's "Ruler-Line" tool gives the straight-line span of Texas from Toledo Bend on the Sabine River to El Paso to be 775 Miles. Taking into account surface curvature, your "some 800 miles across" is pretty dang close!
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I'd say you have a pretty good "Mark One Eyeball" there, FRiend!! '-)
Twas a lucky guess. Thanks for doing a reality check.
Given that the earths oceanic crust is only 6 miles thick, and given that the deepest place in the ocean is a narrow trench 60 miles deep, it seems reasonable a depth of 800 miles for a ball of water could hold the earths oceans. The average depth of the ocean is about 2 miles.
He took 7 pair of clean animals and 1 pair of unclean animals, and 7 pairs of every kind of bird.
Nothing said about Insects. I guess they survived clinging to all the floating debris.
here is a link for ark questions...
http://creation.com/noahs-ark-questions-and-answers
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