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==Biblical View==

==Biblical View==

Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He called Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>.

 

{{Bible quote|And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas."|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=9-10}}

This verse was one factor leading creationist [[Antonio Snider]] to propose in 1859 that the continents had originally been one and had moved apart.

 

{{Bible ref|Genesis|10|25}} says of [[Peleg]] that "in his time the earth was divided".

Some [[Young Earth creationism|creationists]] have seen this as referring to the tectonic plates moving<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>.

However, many creationary scientists consider this verse to be referring to the division of the people at the [[Tower of Babel]], and not to plate tectonics.

Instead, they propose that most of the continental plate movement occurred during the [[flood geology|great flood]].

Dr. [[John Baumgardner]], a geophysicist then with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, developed a sophisticated 3D computer model of plate tectonics, and believes that his model works best as a rapid process during the Flood.<ref>Batten, Don, et. al., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/cabook/chapter11.pdf What about continental drift?] Chapter 11 of the Creation Answers Book, 2007.</ref>

==References==

==References==

1.  www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/

1.  www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/

[[category:geology]]

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