‘Fountains of the Great Deep’ Discovered? Scientists Find Huge Underground Ocean (evolution, Bible)

[Finn_Jarber]

If these scientists are correct in saying there is three times as much water under ground than there is in the oceans on the surface, it would easily explain the amount of water in Noah's flood.

"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month--on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened."



http://christiannews.net/2014/06/17/fountains-of-the-great-deep-discovered-scientists-find-huge-underground-ocean/

Geophysicists say they have discovered an immense water reservoir deep below the Earth’s surface—a find which Christian scientists say could be an affirmation of a verse in the biblical Great Flood account.

If the scientists’ calculations are accurate, the amount of water beneath the Earth’s surface could dwarf the amount of water in our planet’s surface oceans.

“If just one percent of the weight of mantle rock located in the transition zone is H2O, that would be equivalent to nearly three times the amount of water in our oceans,” the press release states.

[ChicagoMeO]

thats cool

[Jerwade]

How far down to you have to drill for drinking water?
I would image, deeper in some places than that of others?

[cupper3]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

If these scientists are correct in saying there is three times as much water under ground than there is in the oceans on the surface, it would easily explain the amount of water in Noah's flood.

"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month--on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened."



http://christiannews.net/2014/06/17/fountains-of-the-great-deep-discovered-scientists-find-huge-underground-ocean/

Geophysicists say they have discovered an immense water reservoir deep below the Earth’s surface—a find which Christian scientists say could be an affirmation of a verse in the biblical Great Flood account.

If the scientists’ calculations are accurate, the amount of water beneath the Earth’s surface could dwarf the amount of water in our planet’s surface oceans.

“If just one percent of the weight of mantle rock located in the transition zone is H2O, that would be equivalent to nearly three times the amount of water in our oceans,” the press release states.

Hey, can't be. That's science your talking about. It can't be right.

Oh hold it, the press release is littered with: potentially, maybe, could be, speculated, if.

And hold it further, it is not really water at all:

This water is not in a form familiar to us -- it is not liquid, ice or vapor. This fourth form is water trapped inside the molecular structure of the minerals in the mantle rock. The weight of 250 miles of solid rock creates such high pressure, along with temperatures above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, that a water molecule splits to form a hydroxyl radical (OH), which can be bound into a mineral's crystal structure.

So we are dealing with not H20, but OH, which is hydroxide.

They go on to say:

"Whether or not this unique sample is representative of the Earth's interior composition is not known, however," Jacobsen said. "Now we have found evidence for extensive melting beneath North America at the same depths corresponding to the dehydration of ringwoodite, which is exactly what has been happening in my experiments."

So, indications with some evidence, but very inclusive as to extend and range.

BTW, there is much, much, much more evidence of evolution. Do you concur?

[Cephas40]

Originally Posted by cupper3

Hey, can't be. That's science your talking about. It can't be right.

Oh hold it, the press release is littered with: potentially, maybe, could be, speculated, if.

And hold it further, it is not really water at all:

You're embarrassing yourself. The men who are investigating and making these discoveries are scientists. In your haste to make this out to be Christian quackery, you've only shown your inability to comprehend rudimentary science. I imagine the fact this latest research made it's debut in the June 13 edition of Science is of little interest to you, a regular C-D'er.

[cupper3]

Originally Posted by Pastor Al

You're embarrassing yourself. The men who are investigating and making these discoveries are scientists. In your haste to make this out to be Christian quackery, you've only shown your inability to comprehend rudimentary science. I imagine the fact this latest research made it's debut in the June 13 edition of Science is of little interest to you, a regular C-D'er.

Pastor Al!!

You've discovered science and your prepared to endorse it.

Are you extending that to the theory of evolution also, which has a plethora of more evidence than this interesting hypothesis does?

Or are you going to pick and choose which science you like and which you don't.

By the way, the authors of the publication themselves raise many of the doubts I did. Scientists do that.

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by Pastor Al

You're embarrassing yourself. The men who are investigating and making these discoveries are scientists. In your haste to make this out to be Christian quackery, you've only shown your inability to comprehend rudimentary science. I imagine the fact this latest research made it's debut in the June 13 edition of Science is of little interest to you, a regular C-D'er.

I'm confused. I thought the bible was quite clear that the great flood was the direct result of 40 days and 40 nights of RAIN!!!!!!

Are you folks saying the bible is WRONG??????

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by cupper3

Hey, can't be. That's science your talking about. It can't be right.

Oh hold it, the press release is littered with: potentially, maybe, could be, speculated, if.

And hold it further, it is not really water at all

Feel free to deny it.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by chuckmann

I'm confused. I thought the bible was quite clear that the great flood was the direct result of 40 days and 40 nights of RAIN!!!!!!

Are you folks saying the bible is WRONG??????

You are confused because you do not know what the Bible says about it. I even quoted the Bible saying there was rain, AND the opening of the fountains of the great deep. Read the OP, and pay attention to the highlighted and bolded part: springs of the great deep burst forth

See other translations (Genesis 7:11):

English Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

King James Bible
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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 sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

International Standard Version
On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened,

NET Bible
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 open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On the seventeenth day of the second month of the six hundredth year of Noah's life, all the deep springs burst open. The sky opened,

Jubilee Bible 2000
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

King James 2000 Bible
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

American King James Version
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

American Standard Version
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the six hundreth year of the life of Noe in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were open:

Darby Bible Translation
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

English Revised Version
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

World English Bible
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.

Young's Literal Translation
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,

[Finn_Jarber]

Earth may have underground 'ocean' three times that on surface | Science | The Guardian

After decades of searching scientists have discovered that a vast reservoir of water, enough to fill the Earth’s oceans three times over, may be trapped hundreds of miles beneath the surface, potentially transforming our understanding of how the planet was formed.

The water is locked up in a mineral called ringwoodite about 660km (400 miles) beneath the crust of the Earth, researchers say. Geophysicist Steve Jacobsen from Northwestern University in the US co-authored the study published in the journal Science and said the discovery suggested Earth’s water may have come from within, driven to the surface by geological activity, rather than being deposited by icy comets hitting the forming planet as held by the prevailing theories.