Re: 5.5 mya Mediterranean Flood coup de grace? 2/2 (was An Evil Fruit)

Stephen Jones (sejones@ibm.net)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 07:22:01 +0800

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On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 04:53:30 -0500, Glenn R. Morton wrote:

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>SJ>Stanley shows just where these "differential movements between Iberia and
>>Africa" ocurred on pages 207 and 210 of his "Earth and Life Through
>>Time". The gap as it existed at the Cretaceous (ie. 65 mya) is where the
>>Pyrenees are now. But Stanley's maps of "20 million years ago" map at
>>page 606 shows it closed. And his maps of 6.0 mya and 5.5 mya show the
>>gap still closed.

GM>No that is not where the 5.5 myr gate was. It was not at the Pyranees. The
>two locations that most geologists believe was the opening to the Atlantic
>at the end of the Miocene are two basins no more than about 100 miles or
>less north and south of gibraltar.

Glenn must give the *exact* locations with references of these "two basins"
and that they were of the dimensions to allow the Mediterranean to be
filled in only 150 days, if his 5.5 mya Mediterranean Flood theory is to have
any credibility.

GM>I have to go catch a plane so maybe more later.

Unfortunately, "maybe" is not good enough! Glenn has made great play
about how other Flood theories do not fit the geological evidence. If he
fails to show that his own 5.5 mya Mediterranean Flood theory fits the
geological evidence, then his theory is no better than them. In fact its
worse, because it already doesn't fit the Biblical or anthropological
evidence!

Steve

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