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Wasn't everybody a creationist in 1859? [[User:DevonJ|DevonJ]] 18:22, 5 February 2011 (EST) | Wasn't everybody a creationist in 1859? [[User:DevonJ|DevonJ]] 18:22, 5 February 2011 (EST) | ||
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| + | *1587- From looking at the shape of the continents, Abraham Ortelius, a respected Flemish cartographer, suggests that America may have once been part of Europe and Africa and had been torn apart by earthquakes and floods. [http://www.scientus.org/timeline/Galileo-Contemporaries-Timeline.html] | ||
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| + | I found the above quote on a website that exalts the early scientific work of Catholic priests, and denies the modern notion that religion and science are (necessarily) at odds. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 19:30, 5 February 2011 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 00:30, February 6, 2011
I think it makes sense to move this information to plate tectonics. I just wrote a small introduction to that article, and most of this would fit nicely into it. --SStaples 00:19, 6 March 2009 (EST)
Creationist?
Wasn't everybody a creationist in 1859? DevonJ 18:22, 5 February 2011 (EST)
Other proponents
- 1587- From looking at the shape of the continents, Abraham Ortelius, a respected Flemish cartographer, suggests that America may have once been part of Europe and Africa and had been torn apart by earthquakes and floods. [1]
I found the above quote on a website that exalts the early scientific work of Catholic priests, and denies the modern notion that religion and science are (necessarily) at odds. --Ed Poor Talk 19:30, 5 February 2011 (EST)