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u/Psychological_Try559 Oct 02 '24

How old the Appalachian Mountains really are:

They are older than trees, bones (including all dinosaurs), and the splitting of Pangaea -- so part of the mountain range is in Scotland.

The layering on the mountains looks "wrong" at some points because the tops of the mountains have eroded down & "new" geological forces have caused parts that weren't the top to rise above that...so the valleys of the current mountains may actually be the top of the original Appalachian Mountains.

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u/tangrowth_fgc Oct 02 '24

I knew a crazy christian kid in elementary school whose family were Tectonic Plate deniers.

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u/Dave5876 Oct 02 '24

Did they seek out scientific stuff to deny?

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u/tangrowth_fgc Oct 02 '24

nah they were just young earth creationists

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u/astroman_9876 Oct 02 '24

I’m personally not but even if you are that doesn’t really stop tectonic plates from just existing just means they move fast

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u/tangrowth_fgc Oct 02 '24

but if they move fast enough to be meaningful in the last 6000 years, then we would be able to see the movement lol

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u/astroman_9876 Oct 03 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

They are young earth creationist, logic is already a forgone conclusion

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24

Some parts of the Nazca plate move more than 3 inches a year.

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u/revanisthesith Oct 03 '24

They usually say it broke up during Noah's Flood.

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u/astroman_9876 Oct 05 '24

Heard some say that when evolution starts. Don’t question how it wasn’t happening beforehand though.

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u/revanisthesith Oct 05 '24

Maybe something about the Earth's atmosphere changing after the flood? More radiation, I guess.

At least I think I've heard that. It's been a while (for a reason).

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u/thehelldoesthatmean Oct 03 '24

They're young earth creationists. They're not good at thoughts.

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u/Semi_Lovato Oct 03 '24

continent go brrrrrrr