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It's very gratifying to read that once again, "the science" is catching up to the Bible. Before I dig into all the whys, wherefores, and folks who claim that this proves nothing, let's look at the article. From Not the Bee:
One of the core arguments against the historicity of the Bible and the flood account in Genesis by scientists has been that a global flood is impossible because there simply is not enough water on earth to flood the entire thing.
This despite the fact that there is evidence accepted from secular scientists that there was clearly a global cataclysm at some point in earth's recent history.
But where did the water come from?
In Genesis chapter 7, this is what the Bible says:
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
All the fountains of the great deep burst forth.
The general consensus was that this is nonsense. Except in 2014, this was discovered:
Scientists discovered that we essentially have a reservoir of water hidden beneath our feet - though it might not look that way at first.
This huge supply of water is buried a whopping 400 miles underground, so it's not exactly accessible.
Plus, it's contained inside a blue rock known as 'ringwoodite' in the Earth's mantel, which acts as a sort of sponge for that huge body of H2O.
So it's not a liquid, solid, or gas, but a fourth molecular structure of water contained inside the mantle rock.
"The ringwoodite is like a sponge, soaking up water, there is something very special about the crystal structure of ringwoodite that allows it to attract hydrogen and trap water," said geophysicist Steve Jacobsen, who was part of the monumental discovery.
"This mineral can contain a lot of water under conditions of the deep mantle."
It's entirely possible, given the quality of readers of this blog, that you all caught this bit of information when the story broke nearly a decade ago. I however, did not. As the uninformed, late to the party rube that I often am, this is very exciting stuff!
As is my custom when I come across bits of news and information that I find heartening, I began looking for any counter evidence offered by detractors. Astonishingly, I couldn't find anything other than histrionics about how none of this proves that the story of Noah is true and it was all basically, "Christians be crazy and that's why their religion is fading away."
Given that all the scientific articles I skimmed seemed to validate the original geological findings, I'm gonna mark this one on the God side of the score card.
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