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3. B. 3. continued. . .
窶。@ツ This point (vs 7:19,20) is important in that it deducts from the general Creationist argument of a flat earth beforehand;
The first thing that allows us to determine that there was a lack of knowledge of the world, on behalf of the author(s), is that of the problem with the water volume. As shown above, the seas, and thus the sea basins were to have already been in place on the third day. Even taking plate tectonics to have occurred since that day, the volume of the oceans would not change--the weight of ice disperses its volume.
At verse 7:11 (now that's a convenient place to be) the 'springs of the vast deep' are opened, and the vaults (or trap doors) of the dome are opened, and the waters rise to a height of 15 cubits above the highest mountians. 窶。@ That means, basically, 6.7 meters above the tall mountians.
The waters would have come from above and below, as the story goes, but in that we do know now, that the earth is a sphere, it would be saying that the level of water had been that high above the sea level. That would mean a level of about 2 kilometers above sea level when taking the 'tall mountians' to be at even around 32 thousand meters above sea level. It would also mean a possible increase of 2 meters per hour, over the 40 day (and night) period.
If this had been an actual occurrence, the water would still be here on earth; as all the water that has, for the far greatest part, been here is still here. It is very clear, however, that that much water is not on, nor inside the planet, thus has never been here.
THAT...however, is not the only part of the water problem... more is to come.
At verse 7:11 (now that's a convenient place to be) the 'springs of the vast deep' are opened, and the vaults (or trap doors) of the dome are opened, and the waters rise to a height of 15 cubits above the highest mountians. 窶。@ That means, basically, 6.7 meters above the tall mountians.
The waters would have come from above and below, as the story goes, but in that we do know now, that the earth is a sphere, it would be saying that the level of water had been that high above the sea level. That would mean a level of about 2 kilometers above sea level when taking the 'tall mountians' to be at even around 32 thousand meters above sea level. It would also mean a possible increase of 2 meters per hour, over the 40 day (and night) period.
If this had been an actual occurrence, the water would still be here on earth; as all the water that has, for the far greatest part, been here is still here. It is very clear, however, that that much water is not on, nor inside the planet, thus has never been here.
THAT...however, is not the only part of the water problem... more is to come.
窶。@ツ This point (vs 7:19,20) is important in that it deducts from the general Creationist argument of a flat earth beforehand;