orogeny – Matty (Headwind)

August 25, 2020August 25, 2021

Elevation of Andes

Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
(Isaiah 2:2-3) NKJV

“Elevation of the Andes and general continued uplift of continents” doesn’t sound like much, does it? We’re talking about the formation of the South American continent and the Pacific ocean. Nothing major.

August 24, 2020

Present-day Forest Associations

As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire, So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.
(Psalms 83:14-15) NKJV

The description of the Miocene is the same kind of circular reasoning that all of the rest of the geological timescale is built on. If sediment doesn’t have an characteristics of the Miocene, it’s not assigned to the Miocene.

August 24, 2020August 24, 2021

Continental Uplifts and a Major Orogeny

To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
(Genesis 10:25) NKJV

How do we account for fossils when the fossils are older than the geographic features that they’re part of? “Marked world-wide continental uplifts and a major orogeny resulting in the rise of the Alps.“

August 24, 2018August 24, 2021

August 24th

Miocene

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
(Psalms 50:9-12) KJV

The Miocene is the Miocene because it’s the Miocene. Anything that’s not characteristic of the Miocene is assigned to something other than the Miocene. It’s a little microcosm of circular reasoning.