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Should I reveal the secret before people get upset?
OK.
@Law, QBM is kidding. He doesn't really think the earth is 5000 years old.
He's poking fun at New Earth Creationism.
Also, I'm a bit baffled by that last pic.
Clearly it shows that all the plates are moving apart, yet, nowhere on earth does it show any place where anything is closing in, or absorbing the expansion.
Does this mean that the earth is expanding?
OK.
@Law, QBM is kidding. He doesn't really think the earth is 5000 years old.
He's poking fun at New Earth Creationism.
Also, I'm a bit baffled by that last pic.
Clearly it shows that all the plates are moving apart, yet, nowhere on earth does it show any place where anything is closing in, or absorbing the expansion.
Does this mean that the earth is expanding?
that would explain why the map is dated october 2005 - 1millionQBM wrote:Your tectonic map is based on the reversing the current movement of plates and moving them back to a point they would be a million years ago
a better pic
This shows what happens when the plates seperate and collide.
this pic at least shows how the convection currents aswell
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I can see I would be wasting time on you but I am curious as to what you think your pic shows? Is it a magical time device?Law wrote:QBM wrote:Your tectonic map is based on the reversing the current movement of plates and moving them back to a point they would be a million years ago
that would explain why the map is dated october 2005 - 1million
a better pic
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well this was the first 1 i posted
http://www.sftext.com/map/tectonic_plates.gif
as you can see by looking at the key purple are your converging plate boundries. if you look at the pics above you can see when 2 plates converg 1 has to give way and is forced under the other. the rock that is forced under then becomes molten and above this volcanoes are formed. This can be seen by looking at this 1
http://www.sftext.com/map/tectonic_plates.gif
which also shows the volanoes that are formed.
While at the diverging plate boundries the plates are seperating which allows the molten magma to push up between the two plates that forms part of the plate and moves away
I must say it's been a while since i did geography. Hopefully my explanation doesnt sux to much
http://www.sftext.com/map/tectonic_plates.gif
as you can see by looking at the key purple are your converging plate boundries. if you look at the pics above you can see when 2 plates converg 1 has to give way and is forced under the other. the rock that is forced under then becomes molten and above this volcanoes are formed. This can be seen by looking at this 1
http://www.sftext.com/map/tectonic_plates.gif
which also shows the volanoes that are formed.
While at the diverging plate boundries the plates are seperating which allows the molten magma to push up between the two plates that forms part of the plate and moves away
I must say it's been a while since i did geography. Hopefully my explanation doesnt sux to much
Geography huh?Law wrote:well this was the first 1 i posted
http://www.sftext.com/map/tectonic_plates.gif
as you can see by looking at the key purple are your converging plate boundries. if you look at the pics above you can see when 2 plates converg 1 has to give way and is forced under the other. the rock that is forced under then becomes molten and above this volcanoes are formed. This can be seen by looking at this 1
http://www.sftext.com/map/tectonic_plates.gif
which also shows the volanoes that are formed.
While at the diverging plate boundries the plates are seperating which allows the molten magma to push up between the two plates that forms part of the plate and moves away
I must say it's been a while since i did geography. Hopefully my explanation doesnt sux to much
The process does nothing to prove the age of the earth nor does it prove where the plates were 1 million years ago.
Anyway since you have this all figured out where were the plates 20 billion years ago?
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Surely youve seen that diagram in school where there used to be 1 massive plate??
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/graph ... globes.gif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/graph ... globes.gif
lol. as u said you that the direction plates and reverse them and you can see were the plates were 20 billion yrs ago. look at the link in my last post. although i dont kno how they were exactly 20 billion yrs ago.
here is a better explination of converging and diverging plate boundries :
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/ ... hor6715825
here is a better explination of converging and diverging plate boundries :
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/ ... hor6715825
OK to put an end to this the plates didn't exist 20 billion years ago. Neither did the earth which by scientific estimates is 4.5 billion years old.. You could take a tectonic map back infinately. Has the earth always existed? No. At some point the plates formed. The "map"you posted extrapolates the past position based on current observations and a theory of the age of the earth. That does not mean the map is correct, movements were consistent in the past, or that the earth is over 5000 years old. I'm guessing the ball example was too much for you.Law wrote:lol. as u said you that the direction plates and reverse them and you can see were the plates were 20 billion yrs ago. look at the link in my last post. although i dont kno how they were exactly 20 billion yrs ago.
Oh and it is geology
ok your earth can be 5000 yrs old. just makes me wonder were this guys skeleton came from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_Man
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_Man
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It probably came from a dead guy. Does it prove the earth is over 5000 years old? No. It was dated using DNA clocks. This assumes that the rate of change has been consistent over all time. Not to mention the clocks are not based on human DNA. The radio dating performed assumes a certain amount of radioactive material at death. It isn't good to assume. Hell the scientist can't even get an agreed upon estimate. Three dating techniques........three age periods with little overlap. "Science" indeed.........Law wrote:ok your earth can be 5000 yrs old. just makes me wonder were this guys skeleton came from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_Man
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5-7 billion years older than it is today.muffinman wrote:who care's how old the earth is? why don't you rather worry about how old the earth is gonna be.....
There probably isn't a single cosmic body (asteroid, comet, etc.) left that can take it out. This leaves the collision with Andromeda and being engulfed by the sun.
Of course the earth is likely to survive both events in some form. Life? Not likely.
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