Originally posted by 7ate9 you're like a little witch running around trying to put knives in my back. i've had enough knives in my back it is iron. haven't you worked this out yet??
I was under the impression you wished to have a pointless debate. I'm only trying to help.
As a life long occupier of the fenceline I am currently esconced on the theory of catastrophism as being the answer to many of Earth's mysteries.
This scenario is dependent on the oldest civilisation known to scholars, the Sumerians. That is that a 12th planet exists that enters the solar system in a 3,600 year cycle. The Sumerian texts record this rogue planet's transit and insist that this is the source of creation. In a seven day transit it's gravitational field will cause floods, storms, earthquakes and vulcanism on Earth. In recent years NASA has commented that the outer planets are being 'tugged' by an unknown celestial mass.
I know you good people will jump up and down on this post, but stop and think. Keep an open mind to possiblities.
Personally, I think we have been sold a pup (or lemon) as far as religion is concerned. Although on my deathbed I might vacate the fenceline.
Originally posted by 7ate9 so you are saying if the flood was disproved that creationist would find another reason to explain continental shift? yep, it would proberbly shift to creation.
Sure. God doesn't have to obey any laws of nature, and he can create/annihilate at will. For people who are precommitted to the position that such a god exists and that the global flood happened, no amount of physical evidence is going to dissuade them.
Remember also that within their worldview they already know how the universe began, why it began, and how it will end. They're not really interested in data or ideas that do not conform to their beliefs.