RE: [asa] Noah's local flood?

I did not clarify worth a hoot what I meant. Assuming there was a huge
regional drop in elevation in the tectonic plate with a subsequent rise in
the plate, should there be certain obvious geological signs that would
falsify any claim given any related scenario of this type (i.e. partial
plate dunking). Perhaps the rain would have minimized soil salinity if
much of the region, excluding the Ararat area, rose before the end of the 40
days.

Frankly, I have avoided the Noah account and focused on Genesis 1 & 2.

Coope

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Dehler, Bernie
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:59 AM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: RE: [asa] Noah's local flood?

" I really have no idea what geological evidence would be expected given
a
full range of scenarios incorporating "dunking" with rain augmentation."

I think that one of the biggest problems is that for a massive flood
(one that kills all life around it), you need a geographical bowl shape
to contain the water- or else all the water will follow the river and
drain into the ocean. I don't think there's any bowl. And I don't
think the water can come down faster than it can leave via the rivers,
let alone stick around for a significant time. Sure, floods happen all
the time, but a flood of "Biblical proportions?"

...Bernie

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of George Cooper
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 9:16 AM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: RE: [asa] Noah's local flood?

That doesn't surprise me. Yet, as much as I like natural processes to
work
within God's plan, the Flood certainly could be an intervention event
since
judgment was upon them. This is not unlike Sodom and Gomorah (but not
like
hurricane Katrina since Bourbon Street was, essentially, missed).

I really have no idea what geological evidence would be expected given a
full range of scenarios incorporating "dunking" with rain augmentation.

Coope

-----Original Message-----
From: j burg [mailto:hossradbourne@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 10:35 AM
To: George Cooper
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] Noah's local flood?

On 6/27/08, George Cooper <georgecooper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Is there any conjecture as to the possibility of the Arabian Plate
dipping
> in its NW region by, say, 0.08 deg.?This would drop that area by 2
miles.
> That dunk would only be 0.05% of its total height from Earth's center.
> Or, perhaps, the Eurasian plate rose slightly as the Arabian plate
dropped.
> I have no idea about such matters, admittedly, but am curious if this
has
> been discussed. [My apologies if I've missed it in these
discussions.]
>
> I had some discussion with Glenn Morton on this recently. He has what
looks like a convincing argument that such a dip is beyond the pale. I'm
not
expert to ay, however, if his argument is airtight.

> Burgy

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