The sahara desert gets bigger like couple of meters per year, so if the earth was billions of years old, why do we not have a bigger desert somewhere else. Come on now, serious answers please. I am sick and tired of laughing my behind off. I need some proof, please, not what "science said".
2006-09-22 22:36:06 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Science said" that the Sahara desert is growing with a couple of meters per year, but you can't answer with "science said". *shakeshead* How silly is that?
(As I know it the Sahara desert is moving back and forth, covering some areas and uncovering other areas.)
2006-09-22 22:45:50 · answer #1 · answered by *duh* 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you take a look at how the continents looked millions of years ago, there was no Sahara Desert. There were no features of any of the continents we see today. The movement of the tectonic plates has formed what you now see on a globe, so by that fact the Shara desert as you and I see it has not always been there. In the grand scheme of things it is relatively new, if you take the age of the planet into consideration.
I kind of get the feeling from your last comment that you are looking for someone to back down and say 'O.K, you're right and I'm wrong'. Some of us believe in creation, some of us believe on evolution. Why do the creationists insist that they have the upper hand on this. There is more scientific evidence to support our thoeries than there is to support yours, and yet your kind are the ones running around shouting about how wrong we are. Please try to accept that we do not all think the same, and try to be as accepting of others views as you expect us to be of yours.
2006-09-23 05:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by Tish P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do believe that God created us but your theory is weak.
Not having Deserts every where does not prove that Earth is New and not billions of years old.
You are doing the same mistakes what the scientist do. They assume that what is happening now happened all the time in the past with the same rate.
They always try to imagine the past according to what they see in the present. You are applying the same assumption that conditions of Sahara desert happened every where and deserts expands with the same rate. But neither does every land become desert nor there is a proof that the same rate applied at all times
2006-09-23 10:00:53 · answer #3 · answered by Parsu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You obviously didn't do your research well enough. Ever heard of climate change? Ice Ages and the like? The last Ice Age was only 10.000 years ago. I'm not sure how old the Sahara desert is, but it is actually still very young, geologically speaking.
I am a muslim. I believe in God and his creation. I also believe in evolution. Science and Religion are not incompatible. They complement each other.
2006-09-23 08:36:05 · answer #4 · answered by Moppie098 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm only butting in to make a little comment about your complaints that we don't give you real answers. I wouldn't even know how to begin to answer your question, because it takes some knowledge on science, which I don't have. You see, not all evolutionists are scientists... But some of the answers you got here are very interesting, and I'm learning along with you. How do you tell a good answer from a bad one? Well, just pick those with an overwhelming majority of thumbs-up...
2006-09-23 17:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really think you need some more education. What age are you anyway? I think you can hardly be older than 14 or something like that, because you don't seem to have had a full basic education yet. My advice is you continue going to school, pay attention in the classroom and do your homework. Then you will come across many of the answers without having to ask these questions yourself.
2006-09-23 06:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by Caveman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Sahara desert is twice the size it was 200 years ago due to human action, not "god" or any other mythical poppycock. European imperialists forced nomadic peoples to stay put, causing the land to die rather than lie fallow in their absense.
It's easy for the simple minded and weak willed like yourself to grasp at simplistic and ready-made reasons. Your problem is as much laziness as it is a lack of cranial capacity.
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2006-09-23 05:41:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
See, what you're saying is that deserts have a linear growth rate at a few meters per year and never stops. You obviously pulled that fact out of your a**.
2006-09-23 05:51:40 · answer #8 · answered by ThePeter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the tide rises five feet in four hours, does that mean the entire world will be flooded in a matter of weeks? Of course not.
Just because the Sahara is currently expanding doesn't mean it's always been expanding at the same rate. Anyone who argues that is just being ignorant or silly.
2006-09-23 05:39:29 · answer #9 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
time changes space in a billions of years the sahara might have been in the sea or a forest the earth moves all the time things change
2006-09-23 05:48:33 · answer #10 · answered by andrew w 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋