Re: Conspiracy of Science - Earth is in fact growing

On Jul 9, 11:23 pm, Kermit <unrestrained_h...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 9, 5:31 pm, Jim Willemin <jim***willemin@hot***mail.com> wrote:



Terry <Kilow...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote innews:osg593psug6i6fmefsrrsh9hp0r8794vqa@xxxxxxx:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjgidAICoQI

This video is so wrong on so many levels that one simply doesn't know
where to begin. In addition to ignoring the voluminous evidence for
subduction and compression (including real-time measurements of closing
across trenches and collision zones), this presentation ignores the
voluminous and compelling evidence for several cycles of supercontinents
- one supercontinent fragmenting into several continents with
intervening oceans that later regroup - this has happened at least
twice. We can see it in the geology.

In the expanding-earth hypothesis presented here, the only possible
means of getting more than one supercontinent cycle is for the earth to
periodically expand and contract - and, since one of the major
components of the hypothesis presented in the video is that there is no
subduction, no recycling of oceanic crust, this presents a problem. Of
course, there is also the little matter of matter itself - if the earth
is expanding, where oh where is all of the new rock coming from? And,
of course, if it perodically contracts, where does it go?

Then we get into the sticky bits about conservation of angular momentum,
the history of the earth-moon system, and, come to think of it, the
history of the earth-sun system. This hypothesis ignores so much
evidence, and misinterprets so much more, that it is intellectually
closely akin to young-earth creationism, save that the driving force
behind it is not religion, but a conspiracy theory of unimaginable
proportions. Please use whatever sense God gave you and consider this a
comedy rather than anything even remotely possible.

It's like one of those puzzles i remember from kids' magazines decades
ago - how many things can you find wrong with this picture?

Here's one more - why don't we see this happening elsewhere?

Kermit

IIRC our Expanding Earth friend from down under used to say that it is
not expanding *right now*, but that it had in the past. Of course
that 'explanation' still fails all of the above points, *plus* it
conveniently removes current observations from the equation.

.

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  • Re: Conspiracy of Science - Earth is in fact growing
    ... This video is so wrong on so many levels that one simply doesn't know ... In addition to ignoring the voluminous evidence for ... voluminous and compelling evidence for several cycles of supercontinents ... subduction, no recycling of oceanic crust, this presents a problem. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Conspiracy of Science - Earth is in fact growing
    ... This video is so wrong on so many levels that one simply doesn't know ... In addition to ignoring the voluminous evidence for ... voluminous and compelling evidence for several cycles of supercontinents ... subduction, no recycling of oceanic crust, this presents a problem. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: evidences against subduction theory
    ... No faith - just the evidence. ... Subduction zones in the ocean can subduct everything, ... know the Earth IS expanding, consider it a possibility from the ...
    (sci.geo.geology)
  • Re: Expanding Earth
    ... >>weight on counterintuity to make just a little sense. ... no evidence for any of that. ... > expanding. ... PT claims that subduction is but one part of the larger picture. ...
    (sci.geo.geology)
  • Re: evidences against subduction theory
    ... thrust the nowaday plate tectonic geology with subduction. ... Plate tectonics doesn't answer all geological questions, ... there's a helluva lot of geology out there which has ... ample evidence that the middle of our continent has seen numerous rift ...
    (sci.geo.geology)