Where did the matter come from?
The Big Bang caused space to expand, throwing out all the matter that there is in the universe today.
Ah okay. What caused the Big Bang, if the Big Bang caused space to expand? You said matter was "thrown out", where did it come from? Also if this is true, why are there such huge gaps and clusters of lots of matter throughout space? If the Big Bang were to occur then the mass would have to be both evenly distributed across space as well as having all the matter throughout space evenly dispersed in composition. Why are the planets of our galaxy so vastly different in both size and composition? All the planets should be similar in size and composition if the Big Bang theory were true. Also, according the Big Bang, the mass before the explosion was spinning extremely rapidly (or during the explosion). If your version of the Big Bang has this spinning occurring, then you have to answer for why two of our planets in our galaxy spin the wrong way, as well as a good number of moon son Jupiter. The law of conservation of angular momentum (I think it's called) states that when a spinning object breaks apart, all pieces thereforth spin in the same direction; the outside of the spinning object spins faster than the inside.
How did the stars form?
The stars formed when concentrations of helium and hydrogen became so great that they attracted a magnetic force of their own. This magnetic force triggered a fusion reaction which sucked in all surrounding hydrogen and helium and thus the star was born.
Why were there concentrations of helium? Also, how can fusion explain all the different elements of today, when the fusion of iron is endothermic? It would be awefully hard to have fusion create all the elements there are today if you cannot get passed iron. I don't know a whole lot about the ideas of chemical evolution, so I can't really provide any explanations for how we have all the chemicals we have today, especially when the ones we have on earth so often decay in a downward pattern across the period table, other than that a higher being placed them there.
I see lots of stars, many exploding, but none are forming.
They are forming, their light just hasn't arrived here yet and therefore you cannot see them.
I find it hard to believe that light from a forming star just hasn't reached us yet. It sounds much more likely that if stars commonly form then we'd see one forming or see the process of one that formed. The only explanation of how a star could form that I've ever heard (one that was legitimate) was an explanation that if 20 or so supernovas occurred near one another, matter could be compressed together in the middle of the explosions to form a star. You lose 20 to gain 1. If there is no solid explanation, then perhaps stars cannot form on their own, and a higher being had to have placed them there. Is that really too hard to believe?
Where did the first life come from?
Monocellular algae, probably already existed during the big bang.
But I thought only hydrogen and the occasional helium existed during the Big Bang? With all that energy flowing around I don't see how the plasma that came forth from the Big Bang turned into Hydrogen then into single cell algae. You know, single celled organisms we see today are more complicated than a space shuttle? They also are irreducibly complex, meaning that they cannot survive as a simpler state, because all pieces of the cell are necessary. I find it easier to believe that a higher being created life, than what you've explained. My science teacher (an evolutionist) even found it hard to believe that a fully function plant-like cell arose on it's own due to the immense complexity involved in creating a cell like such.
Where did all the layers of the earth come from?
Over time. Aeolian erosion, glacial erosion, rill and splash erosion, thermal erosion. Particle transportation and deposition. Pretty much every thing in physical geography.
Evidence? Sources? This is very much out of range of common knowledge, and since I don't even know the definitions of those words those know way to know whether or not it's a glossy answer, or a solid answer. This does sound interesting, but I have no idea where to start researching these things. Could you help I and anyone else reading this?
Why is the moon slowly escaping earth's gravitational pull?
Because the universe is expanding. Dark matter is un-seeable but has a profound effect on the gravitational effects of the universe.
The dark matter I've heard of is only speculated to exist with no backing whatsoever. I'm not very convinced that the entire universe is expanding because of dark matter. I find it a much easier to believe of an explanation that a higher power created the moon slowly escaping earth's pull, perhaps as subtle evidence of his existence.
Why are the rings around Saturn slowly being lost from Saturn?
Because Saturn is weak as shit. See above.
The point is at the current rate the rings cannot be millions of years old. I have no idea how the solar system can be millions of years old if the rings cannot be millions of years old.
Why are the polar caps fresh water?
Because when sodium chloride ions are suspended in dihydrogen monoxide - the atomic valency and subsequent freezing temperature are lowered.
Okay, how did they get there, is the point I was making. Creationism has a good explanation that not many people have taken the time to hear: during the catastrophic flood water burst forth from underground (which was under immense pressure) shooting lots of water very high above the earth. This water froze and quickly became charged, thus being drawn towards the polar ice caps resulting in torrents of super-cold ice which burried animals like the woolly mammoths in a quick hurry, explaining why many are found frozen still standing, even with food in their mouths.
Why do we have so many of the same types of animals all over the world on different isolated islands?
Because the isolated islands you see today were not always so isolated. Animals can move and many do migrate.
In order to claim they weren't isolated always, you need some sort of explanation or source. And, not all animals can migrate over an ocean. I thought that most people don't believe in Pangea anymore, is Pangea what you are referring to? Underneath the oceans there is still dirt; I cannot see how the land of today was all one continent. Perhaps the sea was lower at some point? I'm not sure, but it does make one think. Although, Creationism does provide some very sensible explanations for this. I cannot find the video that does a good job of explaining, but after the flood (according to Creationism) the sea was much lower due to the amount of ice on the caps that hadn't melted yet. Much of the ocean today is very shallow, and if a large portion of ice hadn't yet melted it is possible that these shallow areas were walkable by land animals. This can explain the question I provided you earlier.
Why have dinosaur foot prints been found with human footprints in the same strata?
Because archaeologists are desperate for funding, and this type of shit gets them front page coverage on national geographic.
Actually this sort of thing isn't published in places like National Geographic because it destroys the theory of evolution. I could also reverse you argument, and say that everything that claims to be evidence for the theory of evolution to be found out of necessity to keep grant money coming in (which has been proven to be the case on multiple occasions, like Lucy and the carbon deposit found by NASA).
Where are there so many sightings of dino-saur like sea animals all over the world?
Because it is human nature to fear the unknown. Fatigue causes hallucinations.
Many of them are well-documented by people who were neither under fatigue or fearing the unkown. Many were captians and sailors. There are just so many sightings that I don't think saying they were all hallucinating is a very reasonable explanation. Perhaps they actually saw dinosaurs or water reptiles.
Why are there so many pigmys in Africa that claim a type of dinosuar still exists?
Why do so many Christians believe in God?
Point is, how would they be able to describe the plesiosaur with such accuracy, if it doesn't exist in modern day. The plesiosaur isn't even their god, it's just a normal creature to them like every other animal around them. I don't think it's fair to make such a comparison.
Why are so many wooly-mammoths found standing straight up frozen, with food still in their mouths?
Because this is how the museum curators like to display these fossils and recreations.
I'm talking about the ones found on archealogical digs, not the displays in exhibits. Many mammoths were found frozen under ice standing up, often in walking positions. They must have been frozen there in a short period of time; animals don't die in normal living positions and stay there long enough for ice to pile around them. Like I detailed earlier, Creationism has a good explanation for how these dig sites occurred.
Why has dinosaur skin cells been found preserved today? You can't tell me that was preserved for millions of years.
Anything will preserve indefinitely if the conditions are right. Remove all oxygen, remove all water, remove all gas, create a vacuum - put something in it. It will preserve.
It wasn't found in a vacuum, and I find it harder to believe that it would have been vacuum sealed in perfect conditions for millions of years underground than to believe that it's just not millions of years old. What about those slow tectonic movements you talk about a little further down? Wouldn't those have disrupted any sort of vacuum like the one you mentioned? Perhaps the tissue found really isn't that old.
Why are there hundreds of inca stones with dinosaur drawings and pictures?
Maybe they didn't draw dinosaurs, maybe they drew mythical religious creatures?
I find it both simpler and more probable that they drew dinosaurs, because there were dinosaurs. There are thousands of these stones (not hundreds, excuse me) and it's pretty clear that many are dinosaurs. It's a pretty strong argument.
linkWhy do the inca stones have drawings of dinosaurs with circular patterns on the skin, they couldn't know that if dinosaurs didn't even exist at that time (it was recently discovered that many dinosaurs had circular patterns on the skin).
Artistic license?
I'm not sure what you mean. Though, here are some pictures of them:
linkWhy do so many large dinosaurs (like stegosauras) have nostrils the size of horses? They would suffocate from just standing there and breathing in today's atmosphere.
In the Pleistoscene, the atmosphere was extremely different than todays atmosphere. This geological time period was also known for the Megaflora and Megafauna which it created - due to its rarefied atmosphere.
The atmosphere would have to be double the pressure of what it is today to sustain an animal so large with nostrils so small. The atmosphere you described is very thin. Creationism has explanations for how and why these creatures could exist. One type of Creationism details that there was a layer of ice above the earth that protected the earth from harmful rays, as well as pressurized the atmosphere. If this were true it would explain why dinosaurs could exist, and why gigantic dragonfly fossils are found, and other gigantic insects, fish, and animal fossils were found that could not possibly live in our current atmosphere.
Why are there so few bones in the ground? If Evolution were true wouldn't there be millions and millions of fossils of missing links between the various kinds of animals?
Bones are incredibly difficult to preserve.Teeth are the only exception, and then only in rare cases when the enamel has been preserved during lifetime. I don't think animals knew about colgate.
Okay let me restate: why is it so common to find bones of animals that already exist compared to the never found missing links? Maybe there never were missing links and a creator made all the animals similar to how they are today.
Why are the layers of the earth so distinct?
Because of the physical mechanics involved in soil or particle deposition. Particularly atmospheric conditions, such as humidity, play a massive part in the 'color' of a deposited soil layer.
What physical mechanics? Also, color is a chemical property, and if colors are different the matter itself is different. You mean to tell me that the difference between the lime and granite and all the other layers found are all a result of weather conditions? That sounds like a bad idea to me. Also, why are there multiple layers of lime in many places, or multiple layers of the same composition? Creationism states that these layers formed during a catastrophic flood. I find that explanation much more solid than yours, perhaps it is true?
Why is there never erosion marks, or soil layer between the layers of the earth?
Because soil is an organic horizon found on the surface where aeration is common.
So the layers form underneath soil, always..? Why? How? Isn't it simpler to say there was a flood that mixed up a lot of earth, and it quickly settled into different layers? I used to have a toy with two different types of sand in it between two panes of glass. You shake it and watch the two types of sand in the water settle into tons of pretty layers as it falls to the bottom after being shaken.
Why are so many layers of the earth warped in odd directions without signs of cracks due to movement? Because tectonic plate movements occur over millenia. And the vast amounts of pressure so far underground, beneath all those other layers, cause solid materials to operate differently - especially over such timescales. It is not like you are taking a pane of glass and punching it.Evidence? Sounds pretty ridiculous to me that slow movements over millions of years would form layers like in the picture I provided. A simpler explanation is that during a worldwide flood, after the wet layers settled earthquake-like movements molded the non-solid layers into the shape they are in today, as they are now long hardened. Also, if pressure is applied to rock over time, the rock cracks, not moves slowly. The picture I provided didn't have fault lines; it was created in a bent shape somehow.
Doesn't that mean those layers had to form while they were still malleable, otherwise they would crack while solid? No.Why not? Rock under pressure over time cracks; it doesn't slowly bend, does it?
Why are so many trees found standing straight up and down, petrified, through multiple layers of the earth that are supposed to be different ages? Never heard of these tree's bro. What tree's have you been smoking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DI49ZFIvWAWhy have there been human objects found in coal seams, supposedly formed millions of years ago?Define human objects? This question makes little to no sense at all. Is the coal millions of years old? Or the human 'objects'?Human objects like bowls. If a bowl is found in a coal seam, the coal seam can't be millions of years old. The odd thing is is that objects like this have been found in coal seams that were supposedly formed millions of years ago. One time I even saw a picture of a tree standing through two different coal seams (I think it's in the youtube link I provided).
Why do so many cultures of the world have ancient stories about a catostrophic flood? Every culture and society has a story relating to a flood. The most reasonable explanation is that our early ancestors from the mesolithic period had witnessed the end of an ice-age and lived through an inter-stadial period. Seeing all of this melt-water and the retreating ice-caps burned an image into their heads and they told this story, generation after generation, until it existed in the bible as God telling Noah to build an ark.Or, a single man in a boat actually did live and passed the story down. The story didn't ever call for ice caps, it called for the world being covered in water with a man in a boat surviving. Is it really that hard to believe that there was an actually a flood? Saying there was an actual flood makes more sense to me personally, and is also the simpler explanation.
Why do the Hawaiians have such a similar story?Chinese whispers.The Chinese sailed there and told them a story that they could somehow understand, and they believed it and passed it on? I find it simpler that there actually was a world-wide flood, don't you?
Why do cultures and people in Africa say that pteridactols exist still today?Because human imagination likes to believe in fantasy and mythical traditions serve to further these aspirations and dreams. It does not necessarily mean they are right.The point is, how did they know about them at all in the first place, and why would they make up an animal? Making up a god, sure that makes sense, but way a random animal that actually supposedly existed millions of years in the past? I find it a simpler and more believable explanation that they are still alive today.
How would the pigmys even know about the plesiosauraus?I refuse to answer a question that has pigmy and plesiosauraus in the same sentence unless you give some evidence.
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