Is the Earth Expanding?
A new theory has emerged that the Earth is expanding. It's currently only held to by a minority of scientists, but until Columbus discovered America, so was the theory the Earth was round. The Growing Earth Consortium is one of the major sources of information on this theory.
There's a good deal of evidence supporting the theory, a chief one being that 3D models of the Earth show if you reduce the Earth's size to 1/3 of it's current size, the continents fit together into a perfect 3D puzzle. While we've long been told that this was true of the coasts of Africa and South America cross the atlantic, this appears to be true of the Pacific facing land masses as well. Australia for example nestles perfectly into the crook of South America's West coast.
This theory also solves may riddles that plague scientists. For example, how could dinosaurs get so large? On a smaller Earth gravity would be reduced and as a result larger animals would be possible. An increase in gravity as the Earth expands would explain why creatures like the gigantic Dinosaurs of the past could exist but are extinct now.
A Growing Earth would explain why the ocean floor is supposedly younger than the continents. While the absurd "billions and billions of years" ages given are comical and unsupportable, it's likely that the relative ages, the idea that we can identify which rocks are older than others, are at least somewhat grounded in science.
There's some evidence that the Earth's day was once only 19 hours long. IF this is true, then an expanding Earth woud explain why the days have gotten longer.
Finally, there are the Biblical arguments. The Bible is moot on the question of an expanding Earth, but it would explain the mechanics of HOW many Biblical events happened.
* If the Earth were smaller with only one unified landmass, it would have been possible for Noah to collect animals from all the world. No divine aid would be needed for this aspect of the task.
* A smaller Earth would explain how the animals dispersed over the Earth after the Flood, leaving no real fossil record of their travels.
* Lower gravity would mean it would have been far easier for Noah's family to handle the larger animals. Humans would be stronger in the reduced gravity.
* A common criticism is to ask "Where did the water go after Noah's flood?" On an expanding Earth, all the excess water would simply flow into the newly formed seas instead of requiring supernatural evacuation.
* Finally, it explains how the continents could move as far as they have in 6,000 years without enough Earthquakes to get a LOT of mentions in ancient literature and the Bible. If the Earth is quietly expanding then the only Earthquakes would come from collapsing land, an event that would be relatively rare once the continents had split.
In short, it's a theory that deserves a lot of thought and analysis, even if most of the current proponents ascribe to the comical notion that the universe is billions of years old.
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6 comments:
The gravitational force between two objects is found by multiplying the Universal Gravitational Constant by the mass of the first object by the mass of the second object and then dividing that product by the square of the distance between their center of masses. A 91 kg man feels a gravitational force of about 200 pounds on Earth (in its present size). If Earth were one third of its current size, that same 91 kg man would feel a force of about 1800 pounds. Even if you reduce the Earth's mass to one third of its current mass to match the reduced physical size, the force felt by the same 91 kg man is nearly 600 pounds. Your entire theory falls apart when you work out the physics involved.
The idea that the Earth magically tripled in mass over any time at all, even billions of years, is hilarious...it's also impossible.
A new theory has emerged that the Earth is expanding. It's currently only held to by a minority of scientists, but until Columbus discovered America, so was the theory the Earth was round. <- Um the theory was it was FLAT till he said it was round and PROVED it by sailing to America...dumb ass.
Your Biblical arguments don't make sense.
"If the Earth were smaller with only one unified landmass, it would have been possible for Noah to collect animals from all the world. No divine aid would be needed for this aspect of the task."
Isn't "divine aid" what the Bible is all about?
"Lower gravity would mean it would have been far easier for Noah's family to handle the larger animals. Humans would be stronger in the reduced gravity."
Using this logic, the animals would have been equally stronger. Still the same difference between humans and animals in strength.
Clarified by Isaac Newton in the 17th century, gravity is a fundamental force of nature. Everything that has mass is pulled by gravity. As Earth is not a perfect sphere and its interior has layers and zones of different density, gravity varies around the globe.”-This situation does not have the explication of cause of gravity …
In 06.03.2009 I have published a little book: : “Tényekkel igazolható a gravitáció valós oka” (”The real cause of gravity can be demonstrated with facts”) 06.03.2009 ISBN 978-963-06-6859-0. There onto the base of geological phenomena was shoved, possibilities of new interpretation of gravity field. The statement can be tested… Perhaps with knowing the “real cause of gravity” can be gotten better interpretation of GOSE measurements!
The gravity is not universal and depends from stage of matter. With this interpretation the Expanding Earth (EE) theory has gotten new sustain!
dave said..."g force between two objects... Your entire theory falls apart when you work out the physics involved."
Wow, and they say fluoride doesn't work. Dave, the only variable for "g force" in the denominator as you say is r squared. However, assuming mass/vol density is constant, the g force is also proportional to r cubed in the numerator (formula for volume is 4/3 pi r cubed). Thus, g force increases by the factor of r (r cubed / r squared) as r increases. For an Earth 1/3 its current size, gravity would also diminsh by about 1/3. Didn't you watch Armstrong hopping about on the moon? Don't despair, however, mainstream science has a lot of high paying jobs for you. Too bad they aren't hiring anyone with a brain.
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