Do Creationists believe in plate tectonics?

Question

Do they believe that all the land on Earth was once connected millions of years ago?

If Pangaea is 6,000 years old, why don't we feel the Earth moving that quickly?

Answer 1

I am a creationist and while I appreciate the respect of the asker, I am a bit offended by others. Creationists are not over-zealous freaks living in mountains. We understand and study science such as electromagnetism and gravity. As for whether or not they believe in plate tectonics, that depends on the person and the particular affiliation: baptist, episcopal, etc.

Answer 2

Yes I believe in plate tectonics. I don't know about what occurred millions of years ago though, I haven't studied the physics of how the continents would actually be pushed apart and how that would affect the entire ecosystem. I'm not a scientist though. I am into history. Science is for people in white coats, history is for people who wear anything from suits to Metallica shirts and hang out in the library for hours a day. I'd much prefer the latter.

Answer 3

The tectonics plates have nothing to do with evolution as they are simple part of the earth structure. We have no clear idea how old the earth really is and as far as the Genesis account of creation if people would read it correctly it is not the creation of the earth it the recreation of it. The first verse simple says that God created the heaven, the universe, and the earth and the second verse makes it clear that the earth was already here when God began to recreate it. Notice there is no account of God creating the earth only the account of Him having separating the waters so that the dry land could appear. The land was already there it was just under the water. So when did God create the Heaven and the earth the first time only God knows, but we do know what happened so that He had to recreate life on it, but that is another story for another time.

Answer 4

I believe that the mass that we now call earth was formed a long time ago and I have no idea exactly how long that was. A few thousand (8-10) years ago, God started doing stuff on this world and separated the water and the land. When the flood happened, a whole bunch of stuff got messed up and land masses (through plate tectonics) got moved around.

Answer 5

Yes, Gondwana land.

Wayne Murray

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There are 3 heaven and earth ages, same heaven and earth but different ages.
(II Pet.3:5-7) For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: (6) Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: (7) But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS
(Gen.1:1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
To that earth age the world that then was, belongs all fossils and remains. Scientific estimates or guesses; universe or heavens 20 billion years old, earth 4.6 billion years old, moon 200 to 300 million years younger than earth, dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago, Ice Age 2.5 million years ago.
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BEING OVERFLOWED WITH WATER PERISHED
(Gen.1:2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
The first word “was” (hayah) in Hebrew, was not distinguished by the Revisers, that is the verb “to be” from “to become”. The same Hebrew word “hayah” is translated “became” in Gen.2:7.
WITHOUT FORM H8414 tohu (to'-hoo) From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: - confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
VOID H922 bohu (bo'-hoo) From an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, that is, (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin: - emptiness, void.
(GEN.1:2) AND THE EARTH BECAME DESOLATE AND EMPTY
Earth was not created that way but became desolate and empty due to Satan’s rebellion. A global overflowing of water, but not Noah’s deluge. Darkness was upon the (face) of the deep, in other words the whole earth.
Into this we can read; dinosaur extinction, destruction of Atlantis, breakup of Gondwana Land, and the Ice Age.
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BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW
(Gen.1:2) And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
(Gen.1:3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
About 63 A.D. Peter writes, the heavens and the earth which are now. The heaven and earth age we are in now, today.
BY THE SAME WORD ARE KEPT IN STORE
RESERVED UNTO FIRE
AGAINST THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
AND PERDITION OF UNGODLY MEN
PERDITION G684 apoleia (ap-o'-li-a) From a presumed derivative of G622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal): - damnable (-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.
Some will perish eternally and not see the third heaven and earth age.
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Answer 6

I read something a few days ago (perhaps Sam Harris, but don't quote me on that) that if you get your information about the nature of the universe from the bible you are taking scientific advice from people who "couldn't keep their excrement out of their food".

Sad, but true.

Also funny.

Don't expect much beyond the usual "works in mysterious ways" crap.

Answer 7

I think they believe the world was connected a few thousand years ago. That's how they explain kangaroos getting to Australia after the flood.

Answer 8

I would guess not. They have very little common sense.
If you look at the world map, you can connect the
continents like a jigsaw puzzle. So, it would make sense
that it was once connected, but like I said, I believe
they have very little common sense, if any.

Answer 9

Of course I do. I believe that the earth had no major oceans at one time and they came about after the global flood.

Answer 10

Only when seismologists predict major earthquakes and tidal waves which the creationists can tie into their prediction that End Times are upon us.