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Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth's crust containing more water than on the surface
The News Democracy ^ | Harry Fletcher

Posted on 08/31/2024 1:53:18 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Scientists previously discovered that water is stored inside mantle rock in a sponge-like state, which isn’t a liquid, solid or a gas, but instead a fourth state.

The scientific paper titled ‘Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle’ was published in 2014 and laid out the findings.

"The ringwoodite is like a sponge, soaking up water, there is something very special about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water," said geophysicist Steve Jacobsen at the time.

"This mineral can contain a lot of water under conditions of the deep mantle,” added Jacobsen, who was part of the team behind the discovery.

He added: "I think we are finally seeing evidence for a whole-Earth water cycle, which may help explain the vast amount of liquid water on the surface of our habitable planet. Scientists have been looking for this missing deep water for decades."

Scientists made the findings at the time after studying earthquakes and discovering that seismometers were picking up shockwaves under the surface of the Earth.

From that, they were able to establish that the water was being held in the rock known as ringwoodite.

If the rock contained just 1 per cent water, it would mean that there is three times more water under the surface of the Earth than there is in the oceans on the surface.

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(Excerpt) Read more at indy100.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bible; goodforbaptism; noah; noahsmalarkey; ocean; ringwoodite; supermoist; verywet; watersofthedeep
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To: xkaydet65

No probs. I didn’t realize it, but Poe’s work actually predates Verne’s Journey by 26 years, 1838 to 1864.

Freegards


81 posted on 08/31/2024 5:42:10 PM PDT by Ransomed
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82 posted on 08/31/2024 5:49:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Bernard

I have never ever liked James Mason. No real man would play the part he did in “Lolita”.


83 posted on 08/31/2024 5:50:45 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: metmom

I don’t know if you are being intentional or not, but the simple point is flying above you.

Ground water was known to exist.

The flood myth in the Bible references ground water contributed to said flood.

This new discovery of large amounts of groundwater that was heretofore not known does not prove a global flood happened, as being banded about on this thread.


84 posted on 08/31/2024 5:57:43 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Eleutheria5

And people doubted a world-wide flood.


85 posted on 08/31/2024 6:44:14 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: Ezekiel

Masonic trash


86 posted on 08/31/2024 6:45:34 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: Eleutheria5

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87 posted on 08/31/2024 6:53:20 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: oldtech; null and void; golux

There’s much allegory dispensed within the genre of historical fiction. Since ancient times.

Lines can get pretty blurred between history and story, but there’s always a message regardless. It’s not a place for the constrained and uptight.

The Torah is often compared to water.

“Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth’s crust containing more water than on the surface”

So for those willing to travel the adventure trails, there’s this to consider:

People will insist that the God of Abraham created everything, including time, therefore He’s not bound by it. Time serves Him. He doesn’t serve time.

Pharaoh = “great (large, big) house”

(Actually, the Torah begins with a big house. The letter bet means a house, and it’s a big one. A big bet.)

So let’s say some creative people came up with a really fun and witty plot for a movie. Becomes a classic or at least a cult classic. BTTF, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs...

God gets a chuckle wishing He had thought of that...

Well now just wait a minute. He does have His own built-in time machine, and He can back up and work whatever inspiring details into reality. It would be an excellent way to prove that He’s the one and that there’s no competition.

Any slacker on the street can tell the scholars where to find the Ark of the Covenant, for example.

Anyone in the mood to watch established, conventional wisdom turn into an hideous raging inferno? 😇

Besides, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and God created man in His image and likeness anyway, so... hat tips all around. It depends on what kind of character people think God is, for them to be able to go this route and dream of the exciting possibilities.

Then what? It’s not just that settled consensus is exposed as fake news, yesterday’s man-made fiction just might turn out to become tomorrow’s facts that already happened. The benefit here is that those who had it all figured out and decided to beat up on “other people” for going off-script, implode in unbelief. Like when Kirk and Spock caused the identical androids to self-destruct on account of the illogic.

How could Spock hate the one, and love the other? It made no sense to them..

Well, what can you do.

Bill and Ted were dialed in, though. Remember when they had to find the keys to the jail?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiynF8NQzgo

So simple!

Reminds me of

Isaiah 61

1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Like I said, it’s not a place for the constrained and uptight.


88 posted on 08/31/2024 7:04:24 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: HYPOCRACY

What about the only indestructible state of matter, the Twinkie?


89 posted on 08/31/2024 7:22:40 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Yep it would be the 5th state

But I think its a stretch, its just water stored within a type of rock. I wouldn’t call that a 5th state.


90 posted on 08/31/2024 7:36:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Damn fracking! Now its contaminated middle Erf!


91 posted on 08/31/2024 7:53:24 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Eleutheria5

Genesis 7:11 is more to the point.

The more time that passes and the more scientific discoveries are made, the more it becomes evident that what is written in the Bible is The Truth.


92 posted on 08/31/2024 7:56:46 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: BereanBrain
Masonic trash

Thank you for your reply.

I always receive blessings when I get such responses. It's really amazing.

Have a lovely evening.

93 posted on 08/31/2024 8:06:56 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Gen.Blather
Oil has been found miles below the surface, far deeper than any fossils.

In September 2009, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon drilled the deepest oil well in history at a vertical depth of 35,050 ft., a little over 6.5 miles. Mineral deposits containing a small percentage of water in ionic form over 400 miles down is an unproven curiosity and likely has nothing to do with “the earth's oil cycle”.

Even a planet such as Mars or even our own moon, neither of which have sources of water at the surface... there might be some type of significance. However, if the deposits were 400 miles below the surface some new nonexistent technology would be necessary to mine it.

94 posted on 08/31/2024 9:41:42 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: Ezekiel

Thanks for the King David Story. To me it was the highlight of the thread.


95 posted on 08/31/2024 9:43:33 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: Ancesthntr

I know. Just couldn’t find it at the spur of the moment.


96 posted on 08/31/2024 11:22:05 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Bernard

#5 The duck was delicious 🦆


97 posted on 09/01/2024 12:53:00 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Larry Lucido

98 posted on 09/01/2024 1:06:22 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: fireman15

I’ve owned the physical book for quite a few years and was very happy to discover the handy text version.

It’s fun to read because I can simply open it to any little story line for a few minutes.

I’ve noticed that much is fiction in the same way that the Tortoise and the Hare, or the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf are fiction. Or as some works of fiction and their characters are created as analogs for actual events and people.

Nobody’s screeching that those parables and stories are fake. All right maybe certain folks are out there doing just that, because it’s always something. 🙂


99 posted on 09/01/2024 3:16:37 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Ezekiel
I've owned the physical book for quite a few years and was very happy to discover the handy text version.

Thank you for the link to the book's archive.org location. I noticed that the pdf version is only 85.7 MB on archive.org despite being 715 pages long. It has good quality scans of each page and seems to be fully searchable. Of course, King David is mentioned many times, but his Ahitophel, his counselor is mentioned only twice in the main body of the book and once in the index. A (ctrl F) search of that term takes you immediately to page 190 in the pdf which is Page 96 in the scanned book where “125. THE FOUNDATION STONE” is located.

My wife reads and studies every part of the Bible over and over again as part of her daily morning meditation. She makes it completely through all of the books of the Bible every few months. She has an encyclopedic mind, so it is always amusing when someone tries to challenge her biblical knowledge.

To me it is more interesting to find books like this one and transfer them to a tablet or “Kindle” to enjoy them. I do enjoy the commentary and the easy-to-understand translations. The book is a marvel, and I appreciate you so much for bringing it to my attention.

The various descriptions in this story are quite interesting: “He took snow from beneath the Throne of Glory and cast it into the waters, where it congealed into a stone in the midst of the Deep.”

“They descended into the pit, and there, at the bottom, they saw the immense stone, shining like the darkest emerald.”

There are also warnings that this stone should not be disturbed. And of course, in reality being located over 400 miles below the surface of the earth... it is not very likely that deposits of “the stone” will be disturbed in any way during our lifetimes.

To me it is always interesting when tales from the ancient world somehow manage to correlate fairly well with modern discoveries.

100 posted on 09/01/2024 9:08:03 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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