Originally posted by divegeester
Remember that as volcanic activity diminishes the peaks become weathered.

Are you ignoring my statement that early Earth was being bombarded by asteroids of various sizes and therefore Earth could never have been flat early on?

Originally posted by sonhouse
Are you ignoring my statement that early Earth was being bombarded by asteroids of various sizes and therefore Earth could never have been flat early on?

No, just giving it due respect.

Originally posted by divegeester
No, just giving it due respect.

Nice. So you don't figure the Earth ever had significant asteroid/comet strikes early on. And why would that be?

Originally posted by divegeester
What's to think through? There is a reasonable probability that the earth's surface was far less mountainous than it is now.

For the record, I never agree with sonhouse.

Actually, sonhouse is worth listening to when he's talking about music. (Have you heard any music by the guy he took his RHP name from? Go find some, it's worth it. On Wikipedia, search "Son House" for his bio.)

Religion, not so much.







Here's a great quote from Eddie James "Son" House, Jr.

“I’m sitting here playing the blues, and I play church songs too, but you can’t take God and the devil along together. Them two fellows, they don’t communicate together so well. They don’t get along so well. The devil believes in one way, and God believes in a different way. Now, you got to separate them two guys. How you gonna do it? You got to follow one or the other. You can’t hold God in one hand, the devil in the other one. You got to turn one of them loose. Which side do you think is the best? Well, I already was regenerated and born again. I was born in sin, now I got to regenerate myself to realize what a great creator is. I didn’t give up God.”

sonhouse: Don't know if you've seen this, but there is a great article on Son House on PureGuitar.com:

http://pureguitar.com/features/2012/12/03/son-houses-deep-mississippi-delta-blues/

Originally posted by sonhouse
Nice. So you don't figure the Earth ever had significant asteroid/comet strikes early on. And why would that be?

Yeah, actually there was MORE bombardment of the early Earth. (There was a lot more debris from the formation of the solar system.)

(And yeah, I know you know that. )

Originally posted by Suzianne
Yeah, actually there was MORE bombardment of the early Earth. (There was a lot more debris from the formation of the solar system.)

(And yeah, I know you know that. )

So how do you figure the Earth was ever flat? Hey Suz, do you play music?

Originally posted by sonhouse
So how do you figure the Earth was ever flat? Hey Suz, do you play music?

I wrote the message you replied to, not DG. Yes, I butted my way into the conversation. 🙂

I don't suppose the Earth was ever flat.

We've talked about music in the Culture forum. Remember? I play a lot of music. I can play flute, clarinet, saxophone, very little trombone, and piano. LOTS of piano, hehe. I prefer jazz and blues, but I'm familiar with classical as well.

Originally posted by Suzianne
I wrote the message you replied to, not DG. Yes, I butted my way into the conversation. 🙂

I don't suppose the Earth was ever flat.

We've talked about music in the Culture forum. Remember? I play a lot of music. I can play flute, clarinet, saxophone, very little trombone, and piano. LOTS of piano, hehe. I prefer jazz and blues, but I'm familiar with classical as well.

Oh yeah, sorry. I was thinking that was Div for some reason. Watching tennis too much🙂

Originally posted by sonhouse
Nice. So you don't figure the Earth ever had significant asteroid/comet strikes early on. And why would that be?

Probably because it is all speculation. We don't have a bunch of asteroid/comet stikes in modern history and we are still waiting for those prophesied in the Holy Bible, which you don't believe in anyway.

Originally posted by Suzianne
I wrote the message you replied to, not DG. Yes, I butted my way into the conversation. 🙂

I don't suppose the Earth was ever flat.

We've talked about music in the Culture forum. Remember? I play a lot of music. I can play flute, clarinet, saxophone, very little trombone, and piano. LOTS of piano, hehe. I prefer jazz and blues, but I'm familiar with classical as well.

The Holy Bible says that at creation the earth was covered with water before dry land was made to appear.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Nice. So you don't figure the Earth ever had significant asteroid/comet strikes early on. And why would that be?

Sorry I was being flippant because I did miss your post.

I accept that all scientific evidence is valid and I understand that there were much increased levels of asteroid impact earlier on in the solar system's evolution. I also think that the earth was more homogenised i.e. far less mountainous than it is today, partly because it's surface was in a state of increased flux and partly because tectonic activity is a relatively recent phenomena. I feel this is a reasonable premise and you dismissing it out-of-hand says more about your mind-set than mine.