I watched Nova and Scientists have agreed that a mega flood carved thousands of miles in the Northwest called the Scab Lands. They stated that a catastrophic flood carved out canyons that look like the Grand Canyon. They used models to demonstrate their points. It was very interesting. I guess that Science supports the Bible again and again.
2007-03-20 18:39:00 · 7 answers · asked by Apostle Jeff 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I caught most of it. I found it especially interesting that "they dismissed Bretz out of hand" because his theory "sounded too much like a biblical flood." Is that good science?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3211_megafloo.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megaflood/
2007-03-20 19:14:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scablands i.e Glacial Lake - Yeah, there was a flood, but it was due to the polar ice caps melting. And I really don't recall ANYWHERE in the bible where it talks about Montana.
If there had been a giant flood, it would not have "carved out canyons". The bible even says that all the earth was covered with water - so where do you get the idea that it only meant Montana?? Guess you must have misunderstood, huh? The glacial ice went from over 5,000 feet thick in B.C. to approximately a quarter of a mile deep at Polson. Periodically, the dam broke at Sandpoint creating tremendous floods that scoured the scab lands in the Columbia Basin and created the Columbia Gorge.
Looks like bible believers misunderstand simple science again.
2007-03-20 19:01:59 · answer #2 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love phrases like "Scientists have agreed." Science doesn't work like that.
You're conflating "mega flood" with "flood that covered the entire earth's surface," and "canyons that look like the Grand Canyon" with "the actual Grand Canyon."
So, you believe the program you saw last night claimed that "The flood described in Genesis actually happened, the Grand Canyon was formed in a few years, and the actual age of the earth is 6000 years," when in fact, nothing like this was claimed. You've just filled in the parts that support your insane hypothesis, and forgotten the rest.
2007-03-20 18:57:25 · answer #3 · answered by RabidBunyip 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
> that look like the Grand Canyon
In their OPINION. Looks don't prove anything.
It took millions of years for water to "carve" the Grand Canyon. There is no way a single flood could have done the same thing. One television show does not mean the mainstream scientific community endorses what is said.
There is ZERO evidence of a world-wide deluge, and it is easily proven in a lab that that much moisture in the air would have made the atmosphere unbreathable. This is undisputed.
2007-03-20 18:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
my back yard was flooded a few years ago too, does that also support the bible?
but that part that I find really amusing is that you think science is correct on something like this but when it comes to dating the age of the earth and evolution, then you want to say science is all wrong
2007-03-20 18:46:39 · answer #5 · answered by Nick F 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
So water creates canyons, what does that have to do with the Bible?
2007-03-20 19:00:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, I missed the part where the Scab Lands are mentioned in the Bible. What is the chapter and verse?
2007-03-20 18:45:57 · answer #7 · answered by atheist jesus 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋