How did those Whale bones get into the Atacama desert, if you have been there, it is a barren wasteland. I belive it might have been caused by the Flood, but again I am one who belives in God. What do you think of this find, Jesus or Non-Intelligence? One more question, are you and Atheist, Deist, Theist or Agnostic, this topic is intriguing to me, peace my brothers and sisters!
"Ancient Whale Bones Found Atacama Desert, Chile!" Creation or Evolution
by AvocadoJake 20 Replies latest watchtower bible
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EntirelyPossible
They were clearly transported there by Satan to test our faith!
Or, you know, there was an ocean there once. And no, it wasn't the Noachian Flood. Myths don't transport bones.
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wha happened?
I like anything with Chili
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designs
At 50 tons they got booted off the Ark...
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Doug Mason
I am absolutely amazed that there is someone who believes the Creation myths are literal. Do they think the stories were written by people who saw what was happening?
These two Creation stories were written about the time of the neo-Babylonian Captivity for the religious objectives of the writers. Genesis 2:4b - 25 was written first, and exhibits distinct inconsistencies with the later story, which ends at ch 2:4a.
Doug
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AvocadoJake
Doug, what is your source for your dating of Genesis?
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poopsiecakes
ummm these whale bones were found only a half a mile inland from the current seashore...does anyone actually believe that the ocean hasn't risen and fallen and shorelines changed over the past oh 10 million years or so?
Seems like a manufactured controversy to me...but it'll be interesting for study because they say that the bones are really well preserved.
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unshackled
EP and poopsie already pointed out the obvious. But I'll add pictures...everyone loves pictures!
This (a long time ago)...
plus this (over a long time)...
and a dash of this guy for the hell of it...
equals this (today)...
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sizemik
How did those Whale bones get into the Atacama desert,
Parts of Chile undergo tectonic uplift at a rate of 3m every 1000 years . . .
Thats 3 km every million years without the erosion factor.
The bones are 7-10M years old.
Copiapo is 380m ASL
Do the math.
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steve2
I cannot better sizemilk's answer.
On a related but probably tangential issue, JWs used to become excited by the universality of ancient flood stories among a wide number of cultures. "See, it proves that the Noachian flood occurred because all so many cultures refer to it?". Excited - but not clear thinking.
Flood stories do not support the Noachian flood at all. All they proves is that huge, devastating floods are within the common historical experience of human cultures - that's all.
The limp straws that creationists grab hold of to bolster their daft beliefs!
