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Phat
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Message 16 of 70 (832560)
05-05-2018 11:37 AM
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05-05-2018 8:33 AM


Re: Bump!
you are really obsessed with forcing believers into the ring of logic, reason, and reality....I doubt she will take the bait.

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Message 17 of 70 (832563)
05-05-2018 12:20 PM
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05-05-2018 11:37 AM


Re: Bump!
It's not trying to force anyone into logic, reason or reality; it's the fact that reality ultimately wins 100% of the time.
If supporters of one of the Biblical Flood stories expect anyone to consider a Biblical Flood as reality they MUST support that position by showing how the Biblical Flood produced the reality that exists.
They assert that some Biblical Flood happened.
They have NEVER been able to provide a model, method, mechanism, process or procedure that can explain the reality that exists.
This is their chance. If they do not take it I will simply refer any claims they make back to this thread.

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Message 18 of 70 (832600)
05-05-2018 5:48 PM


Adding another five examples of reality that needs explaining.
Since it seems that those who believe there was some Biblical Flood have not presented a model, method mechanism, process or procedure that would allow a flood to create the evidence shown so far; maybe they will do better with some other examples.
  1. This fossil sand dune seen in this image:
  2. Half Dome:
  3. Banded Ironstone:
  4. Layered Erratic Rocks:
  5. The Layered Chalk Beds of Kansas:
Once these five small examples are explained then we can return to the first examples or move on to another set of evidence that needs a floodist explanation.

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Message 19 of 70 (832643)
05-07-2018 12:12 AM
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04-30-2018 11:33 AM


Re: Perhaps You Can Initiate The Explanations
Hi jar
jar writes:
Not at all. Faith can simply say "GodDidIt" or "Bubblegum" or "It was a miracle".
But it is up to those who support the Biblical Flood nonsense to explain "How the Flud Did It".
What if you believe there was a flood but you don't believe the flood did it.
God Bless,

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Message 20 of 70 (832644)
05-07-2018 2:32 AM
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05-07-2018 12:12 AM


Re: Perhaps You Can Initiate The Explanations
ICANT writes:
What if you believe there was a flood but you don't believe the flood did it.
Then you have to show us the physical evidence that a recent global flood would leave behind.
We should see the markers in geological, archaeological and genetic record. But we don't.

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jar
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Message 21 of 70 (832648)
05-07-2018 8:27 AM
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05-07-2018 12:12 AM


There is no issue with beliefs.
Then simply say "You believe there was a world-wide flood during the time humans existed." Just don't expect anyone else to believe that unless you can present actual evidence beyond the contradictory versions of the flood found in the Bible stories.
There is no problem with believing there was such a flood, or in fairies or gremlins or unicorns or things that go bump in the night.
The issue is when someone claims such things are not simply beliefs but instead factual.
Edited by jar, : fix sub-title

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Message 22 of 70 (832651)
05-07-2018 10:05 AM
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05-07-2018 8:27 AM


Re: There is no issue with beliefs.
This kneejerk definition of the word "belief" with "imaginary" is false both logically and linguistically.

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jar
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Message 23 of 70 (832652)
05-07-2018 10:14 AM
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05-07-2018 10:05 AM


Re: There is no issue with beliefs.
Faith writes:
This kneejerk definition of the word "belief" with "imaginary" is false both logically and linguistically.
Nonsense.
Unless someone can provided evidence of an item believed to exist actual existence in reality it remains simply a belief.

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Message 24 of 70 (832659)
05-07-2018 12:08 PM
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05-07-2018 10:14 AM


Re: There is no issue with beliefs.
Unless someone can provided evidence of an item believed to exist actual existence in reality it remains simply a belief.
In the case of some beliefs, like the Flood, the beliefs are held despite the knowledge of the evidence to the contrary. I think that is plenty of reason to call the belief false even if you apply the "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" canard.

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Message 25 of 70 (832662)
05-07-2018 12:28 PM
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05-07-2018 10:05 AM


Re: There is no issue with beliefs.
Faith writes:
This kneejerk definition of the word "belief" with "imaginary" is false both logically and linguistically.
The logic is pretty simple: If we can't see it we can only imagine it.
I like the picture of the salt mine. Near where I live we have some salt lakes that are dry in a dry year and have a few inches of water in a wet year. You can actually see the layers of salt and silt accumulating from year to year. It would be hard to imagine that amount of salt accumulating in a short period of time.

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jar
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Message 26 of 70 (832665)
05-07-2018 1:58 PM
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05-07-2018 12:08 PM


Re: There is no issue with beliefs.
NoNukes writes:
In the case of some beliefs, like the Flood, the beliefs are held despite the knowledge of the evidence to the contrary. I think that is plenty of reason to call the belief false even if you apply the "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" canard.
That is true BUT that does not change the truth that the person might believe in the flood.
The belief itself is real even though the object of the belief is imaginary. In the case of the Biblical Flood the evidence is overwhelming that it is fictional.
The problem arises when they try to pretend that the belief is not imaginary. Once they try top insert the belief into reality they need to present evidence to support that reality.
Edited by jar, : fix attribution.

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Message 27 of 70 (832687)
05-08-2018 4:34 AM
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05-07-2018 2:32 AM


Re: Perhaps You Can Initiate The Explanations
Hi Tangle
Tangle writes:
Then you have to show us the physical evidence that a recent global flood would leave behind.
What would you expect it to leave behind?
There was only one body of dry land with no known elevation above sea level.
The water rises and falls up to 53 feet every 12 hours in parts of the Bay of Fundy.
It hadn't washed it away yet.
If the land mass was all in one place and was relativity flat and you had that kind of rise of water the land mass would be covered in just a few hours. The tide would not go out the water would just rise until it reached 15 cubits above the highest point on the land mass. The water had 40 days to rise on the land. That would mean it did not have to rise too fast. When it returned it could take its time as it had over 300 days.
Then just over a hundred years later the earth was divided into the positions we observe today. So just what do you think you would find that looked like a world wide flood?
God Bless,

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Message 28 of 70 (832688)
05-08-2018 6:02 AM
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05-08-2018 4:34 AM


Re: Perhaps You Can Initiate The Explanations
ICANT writes:
What would you expect it to leave behind?
Well first off it's not for me to say; if you have no physical evidence that you can point me too why would I accept what you say? But if you actually accept that you have no evidence, thanks, that's me done.
Second I would expect to see evidence of such a massive and recent global event everywhere in the strata. But we don't see it. What we DO see are many local flood events.
Similarly, we'd expect to see a genetic bottleneck in every species of plant and animal on earth - we don't. Nor do we see any interuption in man's societies spanning the supposed time of this flood.
If the land mass was all in one place and was relativity flat and you had that kind of rise of water the land mass would be covered in just a few hours. The tide would not go out the water would just rise until it reached 15 cubits above the highest point on the land mass. The water had 40 days to rise on the land. That would mean it did not have to rise too fast. When it returned it could take its time as it had over 300 days.
IF you want to claim many miracles, then fine, believe this tosh if you must, but this is a science thread, where's you evidence for this nonsense?
Then just over a hundred years later the earth was divided into the positions we observe today. So just what do you think you would find that looked like a world wide flood?
There is no known mechanism for The earth's land masses to move at that speed. Moreover, had it done so, the earth would be reduced to a cinder. But I guess we're back with the miracle stuff?

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"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
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Message 29 of 70 (832691)
05-08-2018 6:55 AM
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05-08-2018 4:34 AM


Please try to present information relative to the topic.
As usual and as expected you are once again simply making shit up and misrepresenting what is in the Bible.
You are also once again and as expected failing to provide the model, method, mechanism, process or procedure that would address the specific items in the order they are presented in the thread.
If you are totally incapable of following even the most basic instructions perhaps you should return to the non-science forums.
From the OP:
quote:
Maybe if we move really slowly and stick to only one piece of evidence at a time Faith or some other believer in a Biblical Flood can finally explain just how the flood do that.
I'd like to stick to only ten specific items and work through the list only moving to the next item after a workable model, method, mechanism, process or procedure that can be seen in action today has been presented to explain how the flood did that specific example.
If you wish to participate in this thread please begin by presenting the model, method, mechanism, process or procedure that explains the image in Item 1.
Edited by jar, : moderate annoyances

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Message 30 of 70 (832696)
05-08-2018 8:16 AM
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05-08-2018 4:34 AM


Re: Perhaps You Can Initiate The Explanations
There was only one body of dry land with no known elevation above sea level.
Since the sediment at the Grand Canyon is over 5,000 ft and the Grand Staircase another 5,000 ft of sediment, the water had to be over 10,000 ft deep. So the water would have to rise 250 ft per day during the flood.
The Bay of Fundy is a very extreme example of tides. The normal range of tides is more like 3 ft IIRC. The range varies according to orientation and subsurface geography.

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