I do know that geologists--Christian or non--agree that there are remains of marine life on mountain ranges all over the world. The Himalayas, for example, contain fossils of sea-living creatures.How'd they get there?

Plate tectonics. Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics

Let me also add to this thread that the word "theory" in science is much different than the daily meaning of "theory." In daily life, we use the word theory to mean any idea, guess, hunch, etc. In science, a theory must meet rigorous standards and conform to evidence.

 

One other important difference. A scientific theory is the "outcome" whereas in our daily lives we might "begin" with a theory.

I don't buy into the seven literal days as we know it, and I don't buy the insanity that would forward the idea that Dinosaur Dan hopped upon his trusty brontosaurus steed as the first Texas outlaw (or, as some would have it, the God planted dino skeletons as a means of testing our faith in the 6,000-year timeline.

 

Those first seven days were millions of years in our time, but a blink of an eye in God's eternal timeline. It's why science/evolution and God can be reconciled with one another and don't have to be an either/or proposition.

Supposenly humans have been on earth roughly 2 million years. One of the reasons humans flourished is that the last dinosaurs perished 65 millions years earlier. There were over 1000 dinosaur speices, but some estimates have the number at over 3,000, with the assumption that 50% have yet to be discovered. That would take an enormous ark to handle that type of load.

I believe that dinosaurs became extinct thousands of years prior to the creation of Adam and Eve. Therefore they were already gone when the flood happened. I really don't think that Dinosaurs are being described in the book of Job. When people want to believe something they can "find" verses that fit there theory.

Plate tectonics. Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics

 

Know a little about it. From what little I've studied, Christian scientists certainly acknowledge the reality of plate tectonics/continental drift. The disagreement (among some) is this: is the movement gradual or perhaps was it instant or catastrophic. Many in the Christian science community believe the catastrophic movement is what was actually used by God to bring about the flood.

Know a little about it. From what little I've studied, Christian scientists certainly acknowledge the reality of plate tectonics/continental drift. The disagreement (among some) is this: is the movement gradual or perhaps was it instant or catastrophic. Many in the Christian science community believe the catastrophic movement is what was actually used by God to bring about the flood.

 

When you asked the question about why the fossils of marine animals are found in high elevations, I assumed that you did not know anything about plate tectonics, because that theory very much matches that evidence (amongst other evidence.)

 

The movements of the plates are measured yearly...in inches. There is no evidence of catastrophism.

When you asked the question about why the fossils of marine animals are found in high elevations, I assumed that you did not know anything about plate tectonics, because that theory very much matches that evidence (amongst other evidence.)

 

The movements of the plates are measured yearly...in inches. There is no evidence of catastrophism.

 

You've got about the extent of my knowledge on it. :lol: On the bolded, I know there are those who would say there is evidence, but I couldn't cite anything myself.

You've got about the extent of my knowledge on it. :lol: On the bolded, I know there are those who would say there is evidence, but I couldn't cite anything myself.

 

Sounds like a good topic to learn more about. (I say that sincerely...I enjoy plate tectonics...but I am a science geek. :lol:

 

I do ask one thing. Explore it scientifically. That means instead of arriving at an answer first, look at all of the evidence and go where that leads. If you do it backwards, it's not scientific - and what it amounts to is cherry picking to fit an answer, while ignoring the whole body of evidence.

One of my personal best one-liners, "Does anybody actually believe that only two fleas got onto Noah's ark?"

 

Or, "How come the inhabitants of the ark couldn't survive by fishing?" Only two worms."

I don't buy into the seven literal days as we know it, and I don't buy the insanity that would forward the idea that Dinosaur Dan hopped upon his trusty brontosaurus steed as the first Texas outlaw (or, as some would have it, the God planted dino skeletons as a means of testing our faith in the 6,000-year timeline.

 

Those first seven days were millions of years in our time, but a blink of an eye in God's eternal timeline. It's why science/evolution and God can be reconciled with one another and don't have to be an either/or proposition.

I hadn't heard that until today. I for real spit out my water when I heard that one.

I hadn't heard that until today. I for real spit out my water when I heard that one.

 

Really? That's a common one for the strict Biblical literalists, and one that I've heard the Creation Museum forwards.

Really? That's a common one for the strict Biblical literalists, and one that I've heard the Creation Museum forwards.

Somehow I missed it completely. I thought my friend was pulling my chain when he told me.

Know a little about it. From what little I've studied, Christian scientists certainly acknowledge the reality of plate tectonics/continental drift. The disagreement (among some) is this: is the movement gradual or perhaps was it instant or catastrophic. Many in the Christian science community believe the catastrophic movement is what was actually used by God to bring about the flood.

 

Randy, I don't think you and I are too far apart. I disagree with people when they argue that the science is wrong simply due to religious beliefs. I think it's perfectly acceptable to believe God created the earth, planned on our existence, created us, etc. I also think it's perfectly acceptable to trace how it all out happened through science.

If we take the Creation Museum as the voice for the creationist beliefs then dinosaurs were indeed on the ark and also around when humans were.

 

Big If there.