Taking Inspiration from Nature (see especially amazing BBC video link!)

CEH ^ | December 3, 2009

[GodGunsGuts]

Dec 3, 2009 — In the previous entry, Darwin inspired some geologists, even though he was wrong. Here are some news stories showing nature inspiring engineers with wonders right under their noses...

[ColdWater]

During Noah’s flood when the earth broke forth and the waters of the deep opened up.

How?

[xcamel]

Clue: A Granite mountain is granite...Top, Middle & Bottom.

[Freedom2specul8]

Thanks! Bookmarked to watch later...

[JimSEA]

Nonsense. The plutons may form relatively quickly but the magma will not cool that quickly. crystal formation does not equate to cool granite on top of the Sierras. Rock is a good insulator. I worked in a mine where the rock temperature at the 2,000 foot level was 140-150 degrees, much hotter than the country rock surrounding the magma intrusion. Erosion had had the time to expose the volcanic plug situated some miles away completely down to its core. We can only assume that the rate of erosion is the same now as it was 6,000 or 100 million years back. Limestone was perched on top of this intrusive pluton suggesting that it was undersea at the time it formed.

Any basis in knowledge about geology or evolution on my part is due to interest and reading an no formal education. It is however my belief, corroborated by reading and observation.

Now< I notice you are swinging a "Jim Robinson" club. If you are so certain that your views are the only truth surely you can get me banned as a heretic for doubting the nonsense you spew.

[ColdWater]

Now< I notice you are swinging a "Jim Robinson" club. If you are so certain that your views are the only truth surely you can get me banned as a heretic for doubting the nonsense you spew.

Not to worry. JR: "The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. "

[ColdWater]

[ColdWater]

“The timescale for the generation of granitic magmas and their subsequent intrusion, crystallization,
and cooling as plutons is no longer incompatible with the biblical time frames of the global, year-long
Flood cataclysm and of 6,000–7,000 years for earth history.”

Which is it? 6000 or 7000 years?

[ColdWater]

If all these geological events only take a few days, how come we never see any of the events in the last centuries? Does that mean that geological clocks are running at rates different from a couple of thousand years ago?

[ColdWater]

Apparently this guy saw your cartoon.

http://noolmusic.com/youtube_videos/dinosaurs_noahs_ark_evolution_part_1.php

[ColdWater]

[ColdWater]

[Natural Law]

"Thought you might find the following interesting—GGG"

Thought you might find it interesting that the source cited isn't a prestigious university with a highly ranked Geology program or a well established and peer reviewed author, it is the "Answers in Genesis" website and the author is Dr. Andrew Snelling. For those who don't know Snelling is considered a crack pot within the geological community. Before you form an opinion, check out some legitimate sources.

[guitarplayer1953]

So it came from below. why are there sea shells in some of them that came from the bottom of the sea?

[bert]

......crack pot ......

In the geological community. How about his followers? It would seem they are also crack pots. Some are even serial crackpots. Others are habitual crackpots

[bert]

......crack pot ......

In the geological community. How about his followers? It would seem they are also crack pots. Some are even serial crackpots. Others are habitual crackpots

[ColdWater]

[ColdWater]

Here is your Dr. talking about formations over a billion years ago!

"The Archaean basement consists of domes of granitoids and granitic gneisses (the Nanambu Complex), the nearest outcrop being 5 km to the north. Some of the lowermost overlying Proterozoic metasediments were accreted to these domes during amphibolite grade regional metamorphism (5 to 8 kb and 550° to 630° C) at 1870 to 1800 Myr. Multiple isoclinal recumbent folding accompanied metamorphism."

[aruanan]

Here's one of mine:

"I feel lucky! Make a wish."

[ColdWater]

Will the real Dr. please come forward?

[xcamel]

Tectonic uplift,,, see “Himalayas”, You know.. 6th grade science class....