geology – Page 15 – Matty (Headwind)

June 22, 2017August 30, 2020

The Cursed Earth

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(Genesis 3:17-19) KJV

It seems that some people are confused by the concepts of original sin and the cursed Earth, because they interpret the passage about Noah after the flood as God removing the curse of original sin.

June 20, 2017August 3, 2021

Noah’s Math

And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
(Genesis 7:19-20) NKJV

This post is a response to, and a rebuttal of: How much water would be needed for Noah’s Flood? by Andrew L. Seidel. He posted the link in a Twitter thread discussing our post do I still need to ask for forgiveness?

May 29, 2017March 23, 2022

Radial Shrinkage and the Pillars of the Earth

From the beginning I predicted the outcome;
long ago I foretold what would happen.
I said that my plans would never fail,
that I would do everything I intended to do.
(Isaiah 46:10) Good News Translation

I had a tweet that asked the question: Why is the interior of the Earth hot? This started a conversation that revealed what we really know about the interior of the Earth. It started like this:

Why is the interior of the Earth hot?

“Because it has a core that is almost entirely magma. Magma is molten rock and therefore it is hot.”
– Scientifically illiterate science worshiper

January 5, 2016August 28, 2021

Depositional Environments

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
(Genesis 7:11) KJV

Interesting thing about fossils: Fossils don’t just record evidence of ancient life, they also show us clues about what the environment was like when the fossil was made, or deposited.

December 25, 2015December 16, 2020

The Fifth Day

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
(Genesis 1:20-23) KJV

We don’t have any problem with the process of evolution. We would even go so far as to say that speciation happens. Let’s face it, Noah’s Ark was only so big.