Firstnebo:


Reserve your "love" for God.

Some of the things people call science today are not actually science but propaganda.

Actual science basically stands for four things: Observation >> Hypothesis >> Experiment >> Theory. But today they like to bypass some of these things and teach us nonsense with projected, manipulated simulations.

Now going back to the case of the Earth being totally covered by water. Why is this a new fact? Is this not what God has already told us thousands of years back through the Bible? In the very second verse of the Bible - Genesis 1:2 "Now the earth was formless and empty, and there was darkness upon the surface of the watery deep, and God's spirit was moving about over the surface of the waters."

See? 1) The earth was empty. 2) And there was only darkness then. 3) The earth was covered by a watery deep. And 4) God's spirit started working on the waters in other to shift it one side so that the land can appear, and creating other things.

Coming to your question "Where did the water go?"

The answer is that the water didn't go, but God caused high mountains and hills to rise and deep ocean and sea levels to descend thereby creating large "earthen bowels" to hold in the waters while given much space for bare land. (Water space is still much larger than land space. They say water cover 70% of the Earth surface)

JuanDeDios:


Well, here's what Genesis actually says:
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Yet you say we should jettison the actual acount for a pre-reasoned interpretation that "day" here isn't literal. Well, I guess that's one way of looking at things - interpreting instead of reading.

But answer this then. God made Adam on the 6th day (which is 1,000 years). God blessed Adam on the seventh day, his rest day, (which is another 1,000 years). God later took things further and made a woman for Adam - presumably on the eighth day because nothing suggests the seventh haden't ended. So how come Adam lived for only 930 years?

Lee29:
"...And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the DEEP. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the WATERS." Gen 1:2

The bible is very clear in the book of Genesis that the earth was a 'waterworld'

Reading Genesis 1: 6 - 10 will make you understand how God separated the waters on the earth from the waters in the firmament, and how he demarcated the waters on earth to bring about dry ground.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

FuckThaMod:
I love science
I've studied science all my life but this new...
Where did the water go to? Cos according to biogeochemical cycle, nothing on earth is ever wasted cos it's a closed system.

ednut1:
even tho i am agnostic . we cant deny someone or something created this world. too bad we cant know his reason or though process. he cleary ain't the one described in all the world religions

SultanOfAbia:
Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the Waters!!

I forsee In the Future, The death of atheism Science and Religion working hand in hand will transcend human experience to a higher level..

ednut1:
even tho i am agnostic . we cant deny someone or something created this world. too bad we cant know his reason or though process. he cleary ain't the one described in all the world religions

kevoh:

Come and detain me na.



Let's start with the ark. How is it scientifically possible for the ark to have contained all the animals in the world given that it is hardly as big as the titanic?
What did the carnivorous animals on board feed on? What about termites that love wood, what were they feeding on? So how did Noah and his three sons manage to cut huge logs of wood and transport to the ark building site? So many questions to ask but don't wish to waste my time on it as this has been trashed countless times on Nairaland.

kevoh:

1. Atheism is not equal to science. Atheism is not science. They are many atheists who don't have interests or even know much about science. They just lack the belief that your god exists, shikena! You have not given them any concrete proof either.

2. It's quite tiresome arguing over the same thing on Nairaland that is glaring and ridiculous as "science is confirming biblical account, they shamefully hide their faces!" I can give you one or two verses in the same chapter 1 of Genesis that totally contradicts science. By the time we start picking these contradictions one by one till we get to a virgin giving birth without sexual intercourse in the New Testament, it could take more than a day. No one has time for such time wasting ventures again. Atheists are better off allowing you to bask in the glory of your ignorance that atheists don't want to engage anyone. It's a win-win for both parties .

JuanDeDios:


Well, here's what Genesis actually says:
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Yet you say we should jettison the actual acount for a pre-reasoned interpretation that "day" here isn't literal. Well, I guess that's one way of looking at things - interpreting instead of reading.

But answer this then. God made Adam on the 6th day (which is 1,000 years). God blessed Adam on the seventh day, his rest day, (which is another 1,000 years). God later took things further and made a woman for Adam - presumably on the eighth day because nothing suggests the seventh haden't ended. So how come Adam lived for only 930 years?

DeeMain:


Guy, if you read what I wrote and still come up with this then I can't help you. You win.

FuckThaMod:
I love science
I've studied science all my life but this new...
Where did the water go to? Cos according to biogeochemical cycle, nothing on earth is ever wasted cos it's a closed system.

JuanDeDios:

The Genesis account does appear to contain some insights. However, it does contain a few errors, and the timeline is only one of them. I don't think Ps 90:4 applies to the Genesis creation story because Genesis specifically says the days were literal.

FuckThaMod:
I love science
I've studied science all my life but this new...
Where did the water go to? Cos according to biogeochemical cycle, nothing on earth is ever wasted cos it's a closed system.

chachanga:


Very very possible.

An old woman is Amoteunizing id1ot bandits with fetish charms to the point of killing 40 of them in the North already...

Science meets Religion

Stuff of Fantasy SciFi... Cool!

JuanDeDios:

The Genesis account does appear to contain some insights. However, it does contain a few errors, and the timeline is only one of them. I don't think Ps 90:4 applies to the Genesis creation story because Genesis specifically says the days were literal.

greygoblings:


The Earth is covered by 70% water and 30% land. If all the ice in the polar caps are to be melted, the earth would be 100% water and warmer. The melting of the ice will bring an end to this age, hence the fear of global warming proponents. On a different note, almost all organisms on Earth has more water in them than Carbon - For instance, the human body is 60% water. Drain out all these water... Then the Earth becomes a water world again.

Coldie:
I heard that the origin of continents are from fallen meteors

WILLuKPquiet:


And when the meteors fell as hot as they were life fell along with them.

Science is full of Wisdom

Coldie:

Who knows, maybe the heat from the meteors could have cooked anything

WILLuKPquiet:



The 6 days of God is not the six days if man. God revealed the creation process to the writer according to the level of understanding of humans. So that that it would be easier for the writer and we the readers to comprehend.

You see
The heavenly being are on a higher terrestrial so their timing and calculation are different from ours.

Our years are like seconds or minutes to them.

For example when we live up to 90-100 years we are glad as we see it as a long time of life. But to them it may be like some minutes. Because of the difference in terrestrial timing.

Another example Science claims the life span of Mosques is 7days or so (I am not sure)
In their world those seven days will look like years because our terrestrial space is different from theirs .

The Bible has made it clear that a day in the sight of God is like a thousand years of Man.

BluntBoy:


This does not explain where all the water went.

Haven't you heard about condescension and the gravitational field of the earth?

Even if it were possible that the water all became gas, how possible is that all the water was lost over a short period of time through evaporation alone?

Lordcassy:
Well I see ignorant people trying to relate this discovery to the bible.. Well far back in my tribe.there is a story that goes the earth was filled with water and later some God or whatever poured out sand from a snail shell to create land... Chai..if at this age and times of wonder you can not reason with your brain well I pity you or maybe you did not study science... All these accounting student coming here to talk crap... This is a discovery... Science does claim to knows all but it takes time to ascertain and prove... Religion on the other hand claims it knows all....if God spirit was hovering around the water.. Who created water...is God subject to the law of the universe...why didn't he walk on it.. Will he drown?....did God create land on Saturn moon... Did he create the land and water and bacteria on Mars... Did he create the habitable planet on proximal centeuri....most of you people have not even seen a telescope so I don't blame you... Keep reading the Bible.. You dey alright