Re: Age of the Earth

Bill Payne (bpayne@voyageronline.net)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:28:35 -0600

Pim van Meurs wrote:
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> Just as a side note. A group of oceanographers has described a hypothetical model under which prevailing local winds, combined with the existance of a underwater 'ridge' could have lead to the 'separation' of the sea.

Hi Pim,

I'm aware of that explanation, but I don't think wind/underwater ridge
would form *two* walls (vertical?) on either side of a path of dry
ground across the sea. My point, which Glenn disagrees with, is that if
we accept miracles in one or some areas of scripture where we can see no
naturalistic explanation, then we should allow the extension of that
principle into other areas, such as a global flood. Glenn believes in a
local flood in the Mediterranean basin, which does not explain how the
ark came to rest on the mtns. of Ararat, unless he assumes that the
mtns. used to be in the Med.

Bill