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Tanypteryx
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Message 28 of 1896 (713322)
12-12-2013 1:10 AM
Reply to: Message 27 by Atheos canadensis
12-12-2013 12:22 AM


Re: Muddy Water
And do you not agree that explaining why a physical impossibility is required by her theory is a fairly pressing issue?
You have clearly demonstrated several of the impossible consequences of her flood deposition hypothesis. If she was an honest debater she would acknowledge the flaws, but that would mean she would have to abandon the whole thing and that will never happen.
She will never address the issues you have pointed out and will continue to brush them aside or continue to misinterpret and minimize those issues. Plan on being frustrated.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 40 of 1896 (713362)
12-12-2013 1:53 PM
Reply to: Message 38 by Faith
12-12-2013 12:40 PM


Re: Science and Faith
Faith writes:
If structurally the strata could not possibly have formed according to the Old Earth interpretation
If, If, If, If,
But, it could and it did and it does, and it still is forming.
You can not point to one single valid point you have made in all of your 12941 posts at EvC that shows that the strata could not have formed exactly as Geology and Science say it has.
Faith writes:
(which looks like an open-and-shut case to me)
It only looks like that to you because you have never actually looked at any strata anywhere. You have never studied Geology or read a geology book. The only place you have seen any strata is in fantasy "experiments" that you make up in your head and that have no resemblance to reality.
but could clearly have formed in a huge deluge that covered the planet
There is not one shred of evidence anywhere on the whole planet that such a flood ever took place. If such a flood ever did take place it would not leave strata that looks anything like the actual strata that we can see.
We know what floods look like, big floods and little floods and none of them leave behind what we see in the kilometers thick sedimentary layers on this planet.
Edited by Tanypteryx, : No reason given.

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Tanypteryx
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Message 99 of 1896 (713517)
12-13-2013 10:24 PM
Reply to: Message 94 by Faith
12-13-2013 8:28 PM


Re: tides, waves current
Faith writes:
Flood water that was in the process of receding and was still quite deep.
But toward the end of the Flood when the water had receded quite a bit
with ocean water that is slowly receding stage by stage from covering the entire land mass
as I say, as the water recedes and the land starts to be exposed.
and then waves as the water recedes interacting with land mass.
I do have in mind the period when the water was receding.
In this post you talk a lot about the flood water receding. Can you explain a little bit about how that happens and where the flood water receded to?

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 106 of 1896 (713526)
12-14-2013 12:02 AM
Reply to: Message 102 by RAZD
12-13-2013 11:20 PM


Re: tides, waves current
So, what's with all the facts? Do you think Faith hasn't figured all this out? She's got all the answers to the big picture. And if she is right about the big picture, then you are just going to have to come up with a better explanation for all those insignificant facts.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 108 of 1896 (713528)
12-14-2013 12:14 AM
Reply to: Message 103 by herebedragons
12-13-2013 11:26 PM


Re: tides, waves current
I bet it was actually evaporation.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 115 of 1896 (713559)
12-14-2013 11:30 AM
Reply to: Message 109 by Faith
12-14-2013 3:14 AM


Re: carry on
Faith writes:
I read through the last collection of posts I haven’t answered and realized I’ve come to that point where I can leave, there’s nothing more to say. I could go through and give some answers, could correct the usual misrepresentations of my view, could object that I do know about this or that I’m accused of not knowing about and so on, but there would be no constructive purpose.
You kind of got steamrolled on this one.
It is a shame that once everyone gets up to speed and starts pointing out all the flaws in your argument, you pick up your marbles and leave.
There are always details, consequences, clues, evidence, that will be left by any events in the geological history. We can predict some of the evidence we should see if various hypotheses are true. When we discover details that do not fit with our hypothesis we have to figure out what it means and how it will change our hypothesis. The devil is in the details.
That is where you go wrong every single time you participate at EvC. The details that are flaws in your argument, you ignore, but if you cannot explain them your whole argument falls apart.
You accuse us of misunderstanding your argument and repeat it over and over. You seem to think that is the reason we disagree with you is a lack in understanding.
We understand you just fine. Your hypothesis just is not that complicated.
Understanding does not mean agreement. We disagree with you because you are wrong.
Faith writes:
Beyond that, the particulars of how the Flood might have happened are interesting to think about but I don’t expect to be able to answer them all, it's the unknowable past after all, I'm sure I'm getting much of it wrong.
Too bad you have not answered any of the particulars. The past is only unknowable if you never actually study it, and sitting in your living room with your silly mind experiments is not studying it.
But again, the strata require the Flood, however the details should be understood.
That should read "some of the strata require water for deposition, but there is no evidence of a worldwide flood."
Happy Holidays!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Tanypteryx
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Message 124 of 1896 (713576)
12-14-2013 4:04 PM
Reply to: Message 121 by Faith
12-14-2013 2:42 PM


Re: Why is the Old Earth interpretation impossible?
Faith writes:
And all those long even layers depicted on the cross-sections DO demonstrate my point about the lack of disturbance over millions of years to the individual layers in their laying down phase
That is right, finally. They were at the bottom of the sea when they were deposited, so there was not much disturbance during the million and millions of years that their deposition took. Whenever any of the layers were exposed at the surface erosion took place. That was the only time there was erosion.
And all those long even layers depicted on the cross-sections
You do realize that it is just a graphic representation of the strata, don't you? It is not an actual map of the strata.
There are some sections of exposed strata where you can see nice level layers, but there are huge stretches that show all kinds of disturbance. The straight level stretches are not the rule.
I wish you had posted some photos of the specific stretched of strata you are talking about, along with the exact localities.
It is interesting that quite a lot of the trip I made down through the area last May went past parts of the terrain depicted in that cross-section. I came south past several volcanic cinder-cones into Snow Canyon, just north of St. George, Utah. Then I went east through Hurricane, Utah, where there was a long line of tilted and uplifted blocks of crust. The areas right around them are experiencing a housing boom. From there I went southeast into Arizona to Jacob Lake and then on past the Vermilion Cliffs and Marble Canyon. What spectacular scenery all along the way!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Tanypteryx
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Message 127 of 1896 (713580)
12-14-2013 5:03 PM
Reply to: Message 125 by Faith
12-14-2013 4:35 PM


Re: Why is the Old Earth interpretation impossible?
The strata were never at the bottom of the sea, ever, except during the Flood.
Ok, if YOU say so, it must be true.
But your thinking that puts YOU in the position of having to explain to Atheos how the sand grains according to him were so clearly formed aerially and not in water.
Atheos and I agree about the formations he was specifically talking about. The physical properties of sand clearly demonstrate the the formations he was specifically talking about could only have been formed aerially, when the layers they formed on were exposed on dry land, and could not have been formed by any kind of flood or submersion. This is one of those facts that falsifies your scenario.
If your hypothesis cannot explain the real world observations then it is crap. If you keep insisting it is true in the face of overwhelming and obvious flaws, the you are deluded and probably should take a break.
When you come back all those flaws in your ointment will still need to be explained.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 155 of 1896 (713616)
12-14-2013 8:00 PM
Reply to: Message 136 by Faith
12-14-2013 7:15 PM


Re: Why is the Old Earth interpretation impossible?
Faith writes:
And gthe idea that there wre successive risings and falling of land or water is phhyiscally impossible.
No it isn't.
The flood is physically impossible the way you describe it (none of which is in the Bible).

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 227 of 1896 (713750)
12-16-2013 12:38 PM
Reply to: Message 226 by Faith
12-16-2013 12:20 PM


Re: Why is the Old Earth interpretation impossible?
Faith writes:
I don't think they had a lot of problem finding coal before Old Earth theory came along did they?
That was pretty much at the beginning of the industrial revolution and the coal they found then was exposed at the surface or discovered as a result of mining for other minerals.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 231 of 1896 (713758)
12-16-2013 1:25 PM
Reply to: Message 228 by JonF
12-16-2013 12:55 PM


Re: Why is the Old Earth interpretation impossible?
JonF writes:
How would Faith find coal? Prayer?
Nope, she would look for pictures in a book.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 236 of 1896 (713764)
12-16-2013 1:54 PM
Reply to: Message 233 by Faith
12-16-2013 1:42 PM


Re: Why is the Old Earth interpretation impossible?
Faith writes:
I've SHOWN that the layers wree not laid down over millions of yeaers. You just have to THINK about the evidence given.
No, you have not "shown that the layers were not laid down over millions of years".
You have made up a bunch of silly, blind assertions that you fantasized in your head and that are completely un-evidenced.
Not only are they un-evidenced but they are completely refuted by the actual evidence that anyone can go and look at and touch.
There is not one single post in this thread where YOU have shown anything....no evidence, nada, ziltch. That you could think and say that you have shown anything, with a straight face shows just how deluded you are.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 240 of 1896 (713769)
12-16-2013 2:19 PM
Reply to: Message 237 by Faith
12-16-2013 1:57 PM


Re: Why is the Old Earth interpretation impossible?
Faith writes:
Obviously you haven't read or thought about any of it.
I have read it and thought about it, but there is no evidence to back you up. Just you saying the same thing over and over and then whining that "You aren't reading or thinking about anything I've said."
After reading and thinking about what you are saying, I am saying that you are wrong and that is what the evidence all shows.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 265 of 1896 (713827)
12-16-2013 8:30 PM
Reply to: Message 254 by Faith
12-16-2013 5:30 PM


Re: Why is understanding the Old Earth information impossible?
Faith writes:
But since EVERYTHING is interpreted in terms of OE theory it puts an enormous burden on a creationist to show how it's wrong. I feel sort of sorry for Atheos because he started this thread and he really wants to prove to me that his sand grains make the Flood impossible because he thinks they do. But I'd have the job then of learning all about them, plus researching possible other contexts he wouldn't have thought of in order to find out how they don't prove what he says they do. That's too much to ask of me right now, and it just doesn't interest me, I have my own way of thinking about all this and don't want to get sidetracked into all those secondary issues like sand and speleothems. Because I believe in the Flood with absolute certainty. Not necessarily all my own notions about how it might have occurred but certainly the timing of it which makes all Old Earth thinking false, AND the more I look at the strata the more I see that OE theory doesn't account for them, but a worldwide Flood certainly would. So he's got sand grains in the strata that supposedly couldn't have been deposited in water. That's just WAY too much to ask me to think about right now. Once I know that the strata had to have been laid down rapidly in water, I know his sand grains are going to have to be reinterpreted. He isn't going to do it, you aren't going to do it; that leaves me, and right now I don't want the job.
Faith writes:
Message 232 You obviously haven't bothered to read or think about anything I've written, or you can't understand it due to theory-blindness
Faith writes:
Message 237 Obviously you haven't read or thought about any of it.
Nice double standard Faith. You want us to read all your imaginings and think hard about it, but you will not take a chance at understanding a couple of simple flaws in your story.
There are sand formations in some layers of strata, that you are supposedly interested in and looking at, that you say was all deposited by a flood of water, but this sand has all the characteristics of sand on dry land and none of the characteristics of sand deposited under water.
It is that simple.
Therefore, your story of all the layers of strata exposed by the Grand Canyon being deposited at one short, recent time by your flood is WRONG... IT DID NOT HAPPEN
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Faith writes:
Message 243 If you can't address what has been said you have no business commenting at all.
Faith writes:
Message 254 Because I believe in the Flood with absolute certainty.
I keep wondering why you are involved in discussions here. I cannot imagine that you have convinced a single person of anything, except that the bible isn't true and the biblical flood never happened, and that you don't have a clue what you are talking about.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 493 of 1896 (714261)
12-20-2013 9:42 PM
Reply to: Message 491 by Faith
12-20-2013 9:35 PM


Re: The YEC scenario [fails] again
The Flood left a ton of evidence all over the earth.
Yeah, a ton of evidence spread evenly over the whole earth. No wonder we cannot find it.
Faith, you will never know the meaning of evidence. Everything you claim is evidence ignores the physical impossibilities of everything you assert.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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