That's right, I knew that about the trees. I heard it on a radio
program.
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 18:19:09 -0800 "RangerTP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Graybeard;
>
>I would agree on all points. I believe scientists fail to
>take into account the pressure that is applied. So they say
>it takes millions of years and so does "carbon dating".
>Carbon dating has been shown to be extremely inaccurate.
>But, continues to be used anyway. I believe the Earth to be
>less than 10K years old. Anything that is on this planet is
>also less than 10K years old, including the petrified wood.
>I believe the light that comes to us from the stars is less
>than 10K years old. Carl Sagan's ignorance of God does
>speak volumes, wonder what ol' Carl has to say, now that he
>knows there really is a God. Or maybe he's still in denial.
>There's no denying Carl was an intelligent man, he just
>missed the mark by a light year or two.
>
>I believe God spoke petrified wood into existence. " There
>is nothing that is created, that was created by God and for
>His pleasure it was created." I also believe that
>speaking-it-into-being can be an ongoing process and that
>petrified wood is still being created, i.e.: by pressure, or
>"whatever process" God uses to create it. The same goes for
>diamonds, coal, oil, etc.
>
>When scientists first went back to Mt. St. Helens after the
>eruption and went into Spirit Lake they found a phenomena
>that they thought took place over eons and eons and eons.
>"What was it?", you ask. It was trees floating at the
>bottom of the lake. No big deal, in and of itself. But,
>these trees were floating VERTICALLY, not horizontally.
>Vertical trees were one of "the rules" used for defining how
>many eons had passed-by for that tree to become covered in
>layer after layer of volcanic eruptions (ash, etc.). POP!
>Another balloon was burst. Just "shows to go 'ya" that God
>is Master of the universe.
>
>RangerTP
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 1:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [RR] Petrified Wood . . .
>
>
>| I agree that when God created the Earth He created things
>with
>|"apparent" age ie if Adam had cut down a huge tree within
>the hour he
>|first stood up it would have had many rings even though it
>was only a
>|couple of days old. This would have occurred because of
>necessity that
>|creation be uniform in its processes. Perhaps they even had
>belly buttons
>|( Adam and Eve ). I never gave much thought to petrified
>wood though.
>| I have read that coal or diamonds actually form over short
>periods of
>|time not eons per geology. Pressure is the key not time.
>Your post made
>|me think about trees.
>| Let me go back to apparent age. I saw Carl Sagan on the
>Tonight Show
>|with Johnny Carson a few years back. Johnny asked Carl
>about stars and
>|light years. Carl explained that light had to travel many
>thousand years
>|from a star to get to Earth and the star light we see
>tonight is actually
>|thousands of years old or left the star x thousand years
>ago proving the
>|vast age of the universe. Then he said it's either that or
>God created it
>|just to fool people. I immediately realized Carl had said
>the wisest
>|thing he had every said without knowing it. He was trying
>to show his
>|intellect over God's but God uses foolishness to compound
>the wise.
>| So from this line of thought either God spoke petrified
>wood into
>|existence as per your suggestion or it forms from natural
>processes in
>|short periods of geologic time. Just wondering out loud.
>| No offense taken.
>| Paul
>|
>|On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 21:02:40 -0800 "RangerTP"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>|writes:
>|>Graybeard, I apologize. My answer was meant to be, in
>all
>|>humility, . . . was meant to be funny, but, not flippant.
>|>
>|>In all seriousness. I do believe that petrified wood was
>|>spoken into existence by God. That the earth was
>completely
>|>formed, in all respects, by God. I know that scientists
>|>believe that it takes millions of years to transform a
>|>living tree into a petrified tree. I, in all honesty, do
>|>not know how long it would take to form petrified wood. I
>|>do know that it does NOT take millions of years. Since the
>|>St. Helens explosion showed that what scientists
>"believed"
>|>to take millions of years to form actually took place in
>|>matter of minutes or hours. Not years, not decades, not
>|>millennia, but, minutes or, maybe, hours.
>|>
>|>I remember that, in a double-blind test, scientists were
>|>shown some geologic samples and asked how long they had
>|>taken to be formed. When it was all said and done the
>|>scientists claimed millions or billions of years and there
>|>was visual proof (videotape and eye-witnesses) that showed
>|>it had all been done in minutes, by Mt. St. Helens.
>|>
>|>I'm a little long winded tonight. Must be from spending
>all
>|>day with my Sr. Pastor and my Uth Pastor.
>|>
>|>Sorry. And I really do believe that it takes no longer
>than
>|>God says it does.
>|>
>|>RangerTP
>|>
>|>-----Original Message-----
>|>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>|>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>|>Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 8:09 PM
>|>Subject: Re: [RR] Petrified Wood . . .
>|>
>|>
>|>| I asked a question in all seriousness. I believe your
>|>answer to be
>|>|flippantly given. I'm sure you meant no disrespect,
>|>however.
>|>| In light of Mt. St. Helens and the ensuing " flood" and
>|>it's results and
>|>|since the effect was a miniature Grand Canyon ( for some
>|>reason I
>|>|remember thinking it was a 1/40 th scale model ) proving
>|>the small amount
>|>|of time ( compared to the geological scale ) needed to
>|>accomplish a
>|>|geological feat how long do you think this process really
>|>|takes?
>|>| Wow, was that a run on sentence or what?
>|>
>|>
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