Re: Creationist Claim: No evidence that plates are still moving

Stuart wrote:

> Rick Merrill wrote:
>
>>Harlequin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I ran into some creationist claims that I don't think are
>>>directly challenged by An Index to Creationist Claims:
>>>
>>> However, there are problems
>>> (http://www.earthage.org/continentaldrft/continental_drift.htm) with
>>> the way this theory is typically portrayed to the public. For
>>> example, there is no solid evidence that the plates are still
>>>moving.
>>> Also, radiometric dating of ocean bottom sediments has uncovered a
>>> major discepancy between the same Mid-Atlantic Ridge that runs
>>> between the Americas and Europe and Africa. For example, the North
>>> American and European half appears to have been taken 10 times
>>> (http://www.earthage.org/continentaldrft/Drift%20Data.htm) as long
>>>to
>>> separate than the South American and African Plates. Also, it
>>>appears
>>> that global positioning systems have not confirmed that the plates
>>> are still moving apart in the manner that we thought.
>>
>>Unhuh, and that tsunami was just an invention of the media?
>
>
> Um no.. According to most usenet cranks, it was the US Navy exploding
> several nuclear devices in the Sumatra Trench.
>
> Stuart
>

Several!? The Sumatra Crater only took one.

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