Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Why are there seashells and fossils on mt everest?

Why are there seashells on the top of Mount Everest? No I didn’t put them there. The answer is simple. 4400 years ago there was a world wide flood that covered every mountain. The mountains became the temporary home for ocean dwelling animals. When the flood receded they were trapped in the rock and are still there today. With plate tectonics the mountains were not as high and oceans not as deep.  This makes a world flood easier to pull off.You say that is only a myth. It is impossible for Noah to put every animal on one boat. Well read on, the facts are quite interesting. Its not just the Christians and Jews that say a flood happened. Over 500 Flood legends from all parts of the world have been found. Most have similarities to the Genesis account. Noah’s ark was built only to float, not to sail anywhere. Many ark scholars believe that the ark was a "barge" shape, not a pointed "boat" shape. This would greatly increase the cargo capacity. Scoffers have pointed out that the largest sailing ships were less than 300 feet because of the problem of twisting and flexing the boat. These ships had giant masts and sails to catch the wind. Noah’s ark needed neither of those and therefore had far less torsional stress. Noah measurements are in cubits which is the length from your elbow to your finger tip. Even using the small 18-inch cubit the ark was large enough to hold all the required animals, people, and food with room to spare. But for someone whose height is 6'1" may have a 21- inch cubit. Noah lived for 950 years. Many Bible scholars believe the pre-Flood people were much larger than modern man. Skeletons over 11 feet tall have been found. If Noah were taller, his cubit (elbow to fingertip) would have been much larger also. This would make the ark larger by the same ratio. The length-to-width ratio of 6 to 1 is what shipbuilders today often use. This is the best ratio for stability in stormy weather. The ark may have had a "moon-pool" in the center. The larger ships would have a hole in the center of the bottom of the boat with walls extending up into the ship. There are several reasons for this feature: a) It allowed water to go up into the hole as the ship crested waves. This would be needed to relieve strain on longer ships. b) The rising and lowering water acted as a piston to pump fresh air in and out of the ship. This would prevent the buildup of dangerous gasses from all the animals on board. c) The hole was a great place to dump waste into the ocean without going outside. God told Noah to bring two of each kind, not of each species or variety. Noah had only two of the dog kind, which would include the wolves, coyotes, foxes, mutts, etc. The "kind" grouping is probably closer to our modern family division in taxonomy, and would greatly reduce the number of animals on the ark. Animals have diversified into many varieties since the Flood. This diversification is not anything similar to great claims that the evolutionists teach. Noah did not have to get the animals. God brought them to him (Genesis 6:20, "shall come to thee"). Only land- welling, air-breathing animals had to be included on the ark ("in which is the breath of life," Genesis 7:15, 22). Many animals sleep, hibernate, or become very inactive during bad weather. The Bible says that the highest mountains were covered by 15 cubits [20 feet] of water (Genesis 7:20). This is half the height of the ark. The ark was safe from scraping bottom at all times. The large mountains, as we have them (today, did not exist until after the Flood when "the mountains arose and the valleys sank down" (Psalm 104:5–9; Genesis 8:3–8). You learned in science class that mountains and ocean valleys were formed by moving tectonic plates. Volcanoes such as Mt Kilamanjaro in the middle of the Sahara desert, Africa was flat a one time. It is positioned were three fault lines merge. Three volcanoes started and eventually combined to make it the highest point in Africa. There is enough water in the oceans right now to cover the earth 8,000 feet deep if the surface of the earth were smooth. Many claim to have seen the ark in recent times in the area in which the Bible says it landed. There are two primary schools of thought about the actual site of the ark. Much energy and time have been expended to prove both views. Some believe the ark is on Mt. Ararat, covered by snow (CBS showed a one-hour special in 1993 about this site). Others believe the ark is seventeen miles south of Mt. Ararat in a valley called "the valley of eight" (eight souls on the ark). 1st century historian Josephus wrote in the Antiquities that the Armenians call the Ark's location "The Place of Decent" and the remains are shown there by the inhabitants to his time. The Bible says the ark landed in the "mountains" of Ararat, not necessarily on the mountain itself. The continents were not separated until 100–300 years after the Flood (Genesis 10:25). The people and animals had time to migrate anywhere on earth by then. The top 3,000 feet of Mt. Everest (26,000 –29,000 feet) is made up of sedimentary rock packed with seashells and other ocean dwelling animals. Sedimentary rock is found all over the world. Sedimentary rock is formed in water. Petrified clams in the closed position (found all over the world) testify to their rapid burial while they were still alive, even on top of Mount Everest. Bent rock layers, fossil graveyards, and polystrata fossils are best explained by a Flood. The evidence is convincing to me. It would take more faith to believe that the flood didn’t happen than if it did.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

nice article. :)

ccs said...

Here is some interesting information on how Everest came to be:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/earth/birth.html

Anonymous said...

Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!

Stephen said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBz1roiQR8&list=LLvIihuXsqK7XRAUqaHz_Bww This is a 2 hour 45 minute video but he does get into this topic as well as the flood a good 1:40 minutes into it.

Brian said...

That is a good video. Kent Hovind's creation seminar videos have a lot of stuff too.

Anonymous said...

This is pure BS. Teaching no -science. If you look elsewhere on the Internet you will find the scientific truth.

Anonymous said...

This is pure bull. Do some research people!

Mr. T said...

Scientists from Northwestern and New Mexico have discovered there may be 3x's as much water than our oceons, bound in rock layer hundreds of miles below the earth. Psalm 104:8!

Willbard said...

Too bad that those "historical accounts" are spread across a vast course of time and all contain different characters...

Also, learn about tectonics and how an ocean floor can become a mountain...

Anonymous said...

4400 years ago the the earth flooded and all the mountains were covered? You have got to be kidding me. You are absolutely deluded. The reason there are seashells on mountains is because those mountains were once the ocean floor, which subsequently got pushed up by the forces of plate tectonics.

Brian said...

I actually agree with plate tectonics. It makes a world wide flood easier to pull off.

Anonymous said...

Yes a world wide flood as explained from a biblical point of view is not that difficult to believe. An ark that has it's dimensions documented that can be replicated and shown to be mathematical perfect to achieve flotation is remarkable. Too bad that a second world wide flood isn't on the cards to demonstrate that nothing is impossible for the One who brought about the first.