Rebecka said:
A young earth is easy to believe even as believing anything is easy to believe because in this strange and mysterious universe, anything is possible.
An old earth is also easy to believe since nothing is impossible with God.
An addictive idea, but the assumption of an omnipresent, omnipotent deity fixing things just so they would look like something else is rather a
large assumption, dontchathink? ;)
On the whole, I don't mind. A christian may believe what they like; it is only the oxymoronically-named 'creation scientists' who believe there is scientific merit to their ideas that I dislike intensely.
The Flood was indeed possible as anything is possible. (How do you account for all the strewn about rocks?There is no order of the placement of the earth's rocks and stones and pebbles)
The order in river valleys, glacial valleys and sedimentary substrate are more or less what is to be expected in most places. Perhaps you could be more specific?
If you refer to giant rocks moved many, many miles from their point of orign, then think of glacial valley systems. My home town is
surrounded by glacial valleys, and I know one particular street in which a giant boulder has literally been built around. -No mystery there; glaciers are well known for their ability to haul such stuff around.
I'm asking you..
How do you account for fossils of fish found on mountaintops? Or the Mammoths in Siberia encased in ice?
Fossils of sea creatures in the Himalayas is hardly a startling thing, considering that they used to be below sea level; the whole Himalayan mountain system was pushed up as a result of continental collision.
And what exactly is the mystery in frozen mammoths? They were known for inhabiting cold climates and wandering near glacial systems, and Siberia
is (and was then) a very cold place indeed. They wouldn't be the first things to be found long frozen. Cavemen (the so-called 'ice mummies') have been found encased in ice for thousands of years too.
On the other hand, the flood doesn't hold up to scrutiny when you consider atmospheric pressure, vapour content and temperature, the release of heat energy during the rain, the way that fossils are sorted by era, not hydrodynamic properties, the way that all life has evidently not been completely wiped out (as a 10km deep flood would do), sea life has obviously not been killed off by dilution of their saltwater habitat, how exactly Noah could possibly have constructed his ark and got all the animals on plants on board etc. etc.
The whole idea is scientifically preposterous.
The genesis account, meanwhile, cannot hold up to scrutiny considering radiological (and other) dating methods, how gravitational potential energy was somehow bled off in days, why we, on a young Earth, can see stars millions of light years away, why limestone and other rock formations have had a chance to be created etc.
Faith is a powerful thing. Jesus said "all things are possible to him that believes." and if I believe I'm a stupid loser, I am one for Solomon (and none else) said "as a man thinks in his heart, so is he"
*Shrug.*
Suit yourself. Believe what you like, but don't go criticising scientific theory when you are ill-versed in it; that is all I ask.
But, If I believe I can do all things through the Christ who came to tell me I am able to live forever through faith in him, I will believe it. I have all to gain and nothing to lose.
Pascal's wager, perhaps? A somewhat flawed bit of logical reasoning, but still addictive enough. I expect it feels nice to believe in an afterlife and a heaven where you may be rewarded for eternity.
Victorhadin, Genesis tells us of a tree of knowledge of good and evil.
God used simplicity to show us great truths only he can bear.
Until I see good and evil defined in absolute, rather than relative terms, I will withold judgement over that.
Victorhadin, I hope you do post some more of your interesting story. I would be one to be interested in science fiction, it is one of my favorite things.