[JimSEA]

A closely related study on the time before plate tectonics "Earth probably began with a solid shell" was published back in February, 2017. It is also well worth a read.

[April Lexington]

I dunno... I think G-d created the whole thing all at once...

[blueunicorn6]

For 4,500,000,000 years our planet has been rolling around in the cold of space managing to maintain a molten core.

My thermos can’t keep my soup warm until lunch.

[sodpoodle]

I can read, but I’m afraid this is way beyond my education & comprehension. The layers of rock along the Smoky Mountains are stunning and I have wondered how they were formed.

Thank you for posting.

[Wilum]

Baked at 350 for twenty minutes? :D

[Romans Nine]

How was it created? Exnihilo......

[Manly Warrior]

Whatever, I stopped reading with interest after the first “it is believed”.

Flame on scientism followers.

[sipow]

I’m pretty sure you won’t find a better description than this:

And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Silicate rain. Molten glass, basically. All the rain we get in Oregon doesn’t seem so bad by comparison.