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Edited by Jack:
5/6/2015 2:45:20 AM
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In the Grand Canyon, there are layers upon layers of fossils. You don't see any of these fossil layers overlapping or mixing together. They are very distinct. If there was a great flood, you would expect these animals to swim up, towards the surface. But you don't see that, you see that they are settled very specifically. Pangea is a very well supported idea. I don't doubt Pangea at all. Those fossils could just be the remains from millions of years ago, before those mountains gained height due to plate tectonics. They could have been underwater and fish died there before the mountains rose. The collision with Asia and India, which sparked the Himalayas is known to have happened only 55 million years ago, sea life was abundant at that time period.
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Lots of things in the world are just kinda odd lol. I feel like I didn't explain the whole blank slate idea to well in my original comment. I think of the world as a blank slate. I know that the way the world looked when God created it, and now are 2 totally different things. I cannot deny plate tectonics, weathering, and erosion, and mountain forming and things of the like. So the world has changed. Whether it's continental drift, or a mountain slowly getting worn down the world is different. The how is clear, but as for why things are where they are isn't.
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Edited by Jack: 5/6/2015 2:57:31 AMJust doing some research and found this :The marine fossils in question have been found deep INSIDE layers of rock in the mountaintops, not "on" them. This clearly suggests that they were laid down and buried deep before the mountains themselves were raised and formed and NOT deposited there by floodwaters as the argument implies. I agree with what you say about the how being clear. It's the why that is not. However, to me it isn't far fetched that there isn't a cosmic purpose for life, but just the byproduct of natural processes. Consider this, we know life needs four elements. Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen. All elements come from the left overs of dead and "living" stars. There are roughly 70 Billion Trillion stars in the universe, a lot of them just like our sun, and almost all of them have planets orbiting them. The probability of life elsewhere in the universe in rather high. Just because life doesn't need a why, doesn't make it any less valuable. In the same way that a child who was an "accident" isn't any less loved by their parents.
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Edited by Halolover009: 5/6/2015 3:03:23 AM[url=http://example.com]http://youtu.be/rRiIWL04po8link[/url] I recommend watching this, really puts into perspective how huge the universe is compared to us. He is a Christian speaker but you'll appreciate how he words i think
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That was definitely an interesting video. I had one problem with one of the first things he said. A very minor thing just something I noticed. He talked about how on the first day, God made the light. Then he goes to talk about how the light is from the sun and the stars. The only problem is that the Bible says the stars were made on day four, not day one. Just something I noticed. I really like the video though. I knew about Canis Majoris before, I read somewhere that if it were placed in the same location as The Sun, It's diameter would reach out towards Saturn. That's incredible. By now, we have found even larger stars like UV Scuti. It's truly amazing.
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I see what your saying and okay thanks for looking that up, I've heard of fossils actually on mountains where they shouldn't be in articles before but can't find them it was awhile ago. I really don't have any thoughts on life somewhere else but I'm aware of how huge the universe is and I can't remember who said it but the quote was "we're either alone in the universe, or we aren't. Both are equally terrifying." If I'm right about God it's kinda scary to know we're not alone, if I'm wrong however it's scary to be alone in such a huge universe. I'm gonna try and find a video i think you'd enjoy to watch
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The universe really is scary in terms of how large it is, I look forward to that video. I have a couple videos you might wanna consider seeing. I don't think they would make you reconsider your beliefs, that's not my goal by any means. But they show an interesting perspective in my opinion.
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I'd be willing to watch, always open to hear people's views. Your one of the few who are respectful about someone's views, and it won't change my views as I believe in them strongly but don't have a problem with watching some.
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Awesome, I feel the same way. Thanks, the same goes to you. I have to videos both voiced by Carl Sagan, I thought they were very interesting and inspiring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfm0GCvsIVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmP4Xzt0rN4
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Those were really good/informative videos and neither seemed to be trying and say that either side was right or that there was a side at least not for the pale blue dot one. Appreciate those links hope you enjoy the one I posted
