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Massive ‘ocean’ discovered towards Earth’s core (2014)

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Re: Massive ‘ocean’ discovered towards Earth’s core (2014)

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Post by krastanov »

elwell wrote: post #9

Another instance of the scientific community converging to a consensus congruent with the Genesis account of creation. Genesis 2:5-6 "the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth ... but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground." Two other notable instances: the universe had a beginning (a Big Bang) and evolution occurred generally in the order described in Genesis 1 (nothing, plants,…

The vagueness of the text and selection bias seem like more reasonable explanations of your observations, independently of the spiritual or ethical value of that particular work.

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Post by hobs »

elwell wrote: post #9

Another instance of the scientific community converging to a consensus congruent with the Genesis account of creation. Genesis 2:5-6 "the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth ... but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground." Two other notable instances: the universe had a beginning (a Big Bang) and evolution occurred generally in the order described in Genesis 1 (nothing, plants,…

Why does the book get all the points for the things it gets right without getting points detracted for what it gets wrong?

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Post by abtinf »

elwell wrote: post #9

Another instance of the scientific community converging to a consensus congruent with the Genesis account of creation. Genesis 2:5-6 "the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth ... but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground." Two other notable instances: the universe had a beginning (a Big Bang) and evolution occurred generally in the order described in Genesis 1 (nothing, plants,…

The Big Bang is not the beginning of the universe.

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Post by Iv »

curious72 wrote: post #5

I wonder if this be related to the biblical flood story: on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. Genesis 7:11

Many translations do not talk about "windows" but about "floodgates". The authors of the bible were from a culture whose cosmology interpreted the blue sky as an ocean and believed it could be poured on the earth.

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Post by markdown »

elwell wrote: post #10
markdown wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "ocean" is in fact solid rock permeated with water. Even under immense pressure, the water only trickles out of this rock. Genesis is a collection of myths.

What ocean are you referring to?

The one in OP's title "Massive ‘ocean’ discovered"

Re: Massive ‘ocean’ discovered towards Earth’s core (2014)

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Post by gboone »

abtinf wrote: post #15
elwell wrote: post #9

Another instance of the scientific community converging to a consensus congruent with the Genesis account of creation. Genesis 2:5-6 "the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth ... but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground." Two other notable instances: the universe had a beginning (a Big Bang) and evolution occurred generally in the order described in Genesis 1 (nothing, plants,…

The Big Bang is not the beginning of the universe.

Exactly.

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Post by gboone »

markdown wrote: post #6
curious72 wrote: post #5

I wonder if this be related to the biblical flood story: on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. Genesis 7:11

The "ocean" is in fact solid rock permeated with water. Even under immense pressure, the water only trickles out of this rock. Genesis is a collection of myths.

> Genesis is a collection of myths.

Which one is the myth-iest in your opinion?

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