they came apart and formed the separate continents, or do you believe they have always been separate? Sorry if this is a stupid question, just wondering.
2007-11-24 17:05:43 · 22 answers · asked by Arête 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-11-24 17:32:38 · update #1
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2007-11-24 17:33:12 · update #2
I am a Christian and I think that the continents were once stuck together. I don't know when, how, or why they split apart. Perhaps it was due to natural changes in the Earth as time passed, perhaps it occured during the flood, or maybe God deemed that it was necessary to have certain people seperated by oceans, I don't know. I don't think plate tectonics is contradictory to Creationism.
krcst1- How do you know how many species of animals there were in the time of Noah? Don't you think it's possible that there were less than 38 million? And over time, the inbreeding of animals created new species? Sounds a bit like I'm talking about evolution, doesn't it? The difference is God had His hand in it the entire time. The Creationists answers are not stupid. In fact, they make much more since than the evolutionist argument- "it all happened by chance."
Thanks for the question. God bless!
2007-11-25 01:17:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.
2016-04-05 07:56:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a stupid question, but the creationist answer is stupid.
Of course the continents all fit together. God put them that way after seven literal days of creation. You know, that's where he created light THEN the sun, moon and stars. The continents all slipped apart a few thousand years later -- at the time of the Great Flood -- they moved REALLY fast because they were floating on all that extra water that sprang up from the Earth only to apparently slip out into space. Or maybe one of the 38 Million species of air breathing animals drank up all that water while they were on the Ark, you know the one that was about 135 meters long.
Or maybe it all spilled off the Earth when it stopped spinning on its axis when Joshua made the sun stand still.
What a bunch of horse ****.
2007-11-24 17:26:52 · answer #3 · answered by krcst1 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe that Pangea was the creation of God and during the Great Flood the continents separated. Not only did it rain 40day and 40nights, but the water came from the deepest parts of the earth. I think thats how the Grand Canyon was also formed. And many other great earth formations. I dont think its a stupid question. I think it a great question.
2007-11-24 17:12:38 · answer #4 · answered by bandaidgirl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, due to the incomprehensible forces needed to move the continents and break them apart. The slab must first separate from the continent before sliding. The force to overcome the friction involved with moving whole continents is staggering - so where did that force come from? How did it originate? What "broke apart" and "pushed" the continents apart? Where is the cataclysmic record left behind of this violence? It doesn't exist!
2007-11-24 17:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by Steve Husting 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a possibility. I think there is some evidence to support the idea, but I am not sure if it just happens that coastal areas are similar, or if it was all one continent. Either way, I don't think it does any damage to the belief of creation.
2007-11-24 17:15:26 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Paul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not a stupid quetion and its ok to be curious XD
well, if you think about how the continents fit together like a puzzle, this is very unlikely that they were always this way. the odds of this are slim. in fact, the guy who came up with the pangea (google)theory got a map, cut out the countries.and stuck them all together almost perfectly!!!
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2007-11-24 17:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by :) 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't studied plate tectonics personally to either believe or disbelieve it. Seems logical.
From a creationist point-of-view (I'm not young earth, however) - it is perfectly in the realm of possibility. God can use many methods to achieve his aims.
2007-11-24 17:12:26 · answer #8 · answered by wigginsray 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no i don't think its a stupid question. and yes, i do believe that the continents were once put together. look at the map of the world it looks like a puzzle that once fit together
2007-11-24 17:09:58 · answer #9 · answered by barbie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, I believe when God created the earth it was, but then he put the water, and when he did that I think everything canged some...and over time the earth has changed, and some of the earth has seperated from what it was...so thats what I think, plus all the earth quakes throughout the years...
2007-11-24 17:11:34 · answer #10 · answered by PaperbagPrincess 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋