[quote=PanTerra;11969496]You did see that "most likely" in there didn't you? You evidently are not aware that we have seen stars being born, and stars dying. Until one comes along that explains ALL the evidence, using only the evidence, even better, I suppose we'll stick with that one.
Plainly, I say to you that such theories are in fact "most unlikely".
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Well, knock me over with a feather. hehe
Geologists ARE scientists.
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At the start I thought you seek after evidence and in scientific way; but now I see you only try to overcome in words.
Your following words are in disorder; mostly they circle around:
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Which mountains were formed on the earth and which were not? List them.
Can you name the ranges?
Which are older?
Can you direct me to one of these ranges? I don't think you can.
You claimed that both are here, now. How do you tell the difference? No answer, eh?
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There are general features; I said in a previous reply that I cannot say this or that mountain is for certain has been cast by God in the Earth.
The general features of the newly-formed mountains are as follows:
>> The mountains due to volcanoes are obviously clear.
>> The mountains that form the longitudinal mountain ranges are almost due to the depression of one part of the land and the elevation of the neighboring part.
>> The newly formed mountains by the rain and torrents drafting substances to another place and by time another mounatain is formed.
These are written in 4 numbers at the start of our link, which I don't think you have read it carefully:
http://www.quran-ayat.com/u/new_page_2.htm#Mountains (broken link)
The mountains due to the falling of planetary portions on the Earth:
>> Almost they are
the high mountains.
>> They are
mountains nieghboring each other to form some chains.
>> Some solitary mountains that cannot be explained by any geological factor menitoned above.
In a previous reply, I gave some images of mountains that IMO are due to falling of meteoritic portions of the destroyed planets on the Earth; but I cannot say that for certain; I don't know exactly which moutain belongs to this or that group.
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Which are older?Older than the Himilayas? You already wrote they were formed tectonically.
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I did not say about Himalayas for certain; but I said the tectonical factor does work in addition to the other geological factors; this concerning the newly formed mountains.
Another method to differentiate is that the older mountains are almost those that fell from the space. Particularly, if you see the mountain is older than the surrounding areas.
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Having mapped a few ranges, I have not found any that would indicate that they were formed elswhere.
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How did you know that they were not formed elsewhere? did you find a letter specially written for you and telling you that?
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If they were former meteors, they would have huge amorphous iron cores.
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Not all meteorites have iron; yes indeed some of meteorites include iron in its free form, but not all of the meteorites are like that. And since the mountains were portions of the past planets; they are like the earth in its general constituents.
BTW, the iron in its free form is found only in the recently fallen meteorites; as in the Quran 57: 25 God - be glorified - said the iron came down from the sky:
وَأَنزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ...الخ
The explanation:
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We sent down the iron [included in the meteorites falling down from the space], in which are both keen violence and [many] advantages to people, …etc.)
It means: He sent down iron, included in the meteorites. Because the extraction of the pure iron was not known by tha ancient people; so they used to exploit the free iron present in the meteorites for many advantages.
The Universe and the Quran 2 (http://www.quran-ayat.com/u/new_page_2.htm#Mountains - broken link)