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JaeIsGod · 07-18-2003, 03:06 PM

Just something I was wondering about today , after watching something on Discovery Channel.

How do YEC's deal with all the craters from meteor impacts? I saw a picture which showed the craters in the earth from meteors. There were really alot of those and also some really big ones. Now if all those meteors hit the earth in a timespan of 6000 years , wouldnt they have to appear in written history? Some of those impacts would have been hard to miss. And even stranger , with all those meteors in 6000 years , shouldnt all life on earth be uuuh... dead?

If I said something really stupid , please ignore this post =p

pz · 07-18-2003, 03:16 PM

I think they go the other way, and argue instead that if the earth were really 4 billion years old, there ought to be a million times as many craters.

Abacus · 07-18-2003, 03:17 PM

God created the craters. There were no meteor impacts.[/Creationist Mode]

Asha'man · 07-18-2003, 07:42 PM

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Originally posted by JaeIsGod
How do YEC's deal with all the craters from meteor impacts?

YEC's don't deal with them at all. They bury their head in the sand, put their fingers in their ears, and chant "LaLaLa" until the mean man with science goes away....

Roland98 · 07-18-2003, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by Abacus
God created the craters. There were no meteor impacts.[/Creationist Mode]

I agree. That's what I usually hear. Hell, if he can create light in transit, and an old-looking earth, why not meteor craters?

Qinopio · 07-18-2003, 11:48 PM

YECs can't use the "God created it that way" defense for craterrs - if they were created preflood, wouldn't that place them underneath virtually all fossils?

The only explanation I've heard is that there was a period of catastrophe around the time of the Flood, and then the earth was bombarded with all that stuff. I'm sure I'm missing some ideas here, but that was the jist of it.

JaeIsGod · 07-18-2003, 11:53 PM

Ah , the Flood defense , I should have guessed =]

Melange_Thief · 07-19-2003, 01:17 AM

None of the YEC are going to come here; it saves them the effort of waiting for the mean man with science to leave by not going to him in the first place.

Undercurrent · 07-19-2003, 12:05 PM

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Originally posted by Qinopio
The only explanation I've heard is that there was a period of catastrophe around the time of the Flood, and then the earth was bombarded with all that stuff. I'm sure I'm missing some ideas here, but that was the jist of it.

I've heard that, in addition, the meteors were all made of ice, thereby providing water for the flood. See how it all fits together in one nice, happy package?

JaeIsGod · 07-19-2003, 12:08 PM

Yeah , as long as you ingore the huge waves that meteors would create , which would smash Noah's boat. I guess he had Gods Spiritual Shield cast or something.

07-18-2003, 03:06 PM	#1
JaeIsGod Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 760	YEC -- Meteors Just something I was wondering about today , after watching something on Discovery Channel. How do YEC's deal with all the craters from meteor impacts? I saw a picture which showed the craters in the earth from meteors. There were really alot of those and also some really big ones. Now if all those meteors hit the earth in a timespan of 6000 years , wouldnt they have to appear in written history? Some of those impacts would have been hard to miss. And even stranger , with all those meteors in 6000 years , shouldnt all life on earth be uuuh... dead? If I said something really stupid , please ignore this post =p

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07-18-2003, 03:16 PM	#2
pz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Morris, MN Posts: 3,341	I think they go the other way, and argue instead that if the earth were really 4 billion years old, there ought to be a million times as many craters.

07-18-2003, 03:17 PM	#3
Abacus Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,214	God created the craters. There were no meteor impacts.[/Creationist Mode]

07-18-2003, 11:48 PM	#6
Qinopio Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 40	YECs can't use the "God created it that way" defense for craterrs - if they were created preflood, wouldn't that place them underneath virtually all fossils? The only explanation I've heard is that there was a period of catastrophe around the time of the Flood, and then the earth was bombarded with all that stuff. I'm sure I'm missing some ideas here, but that was the jist of it.

07-18-2003, 11:53 PM	#7
JaeIsGod Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 760	Ah , the Flood defense , I should have guessed =]

07-19-2003, 01:17 AM	#8
Melange_Thief Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bellingham, WA, Cascadia Posts: 248	None of the YEC are going to come here; it saves them the effort of waiting for the mean man with science to leave by not going to him in the first place.

07-19-2003, 12:08 PM	#10
JaeIsGod Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 760	Yeah , as long as you ingore the huge waves that meteors would create , which would smash Noah's boat. I guess he had Gods Spiritual Shield cast or something.

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