Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:45 pm
ace_012 wrote:it takes a lot more faith to believe everything was just random, and we came out of a random black hole or from some random explosion. To believe that we went from an explosion somewhere in space of which we don't even know where the space came from for that matter, to where we are now.
The best explanation that I heard was that the earth was formed 4.5 billion years ago along with the rest of the solar system when the remnants of a supernova explosion began to cool and condense. Back in those days there was a planet between Jupiter and Mars. There was a catastrophic collision with this body and half of it shattered forming the asteroid belt. The other half was knocked out of its orbit and eventually hit the earth almost destroying it and forming the moon. The moon is basically a ball of ash, the incinerated remains of a rocky world that absorbed the energy of impacting earth. The moon has no magnetic field to shield it from the solar wind and not enough gravity to hold an atmosphere. Any liquid or gas on this planet would have long evaportated or would have been absorbed by the earth.
Ask any geologist about the earths crust, Not the part you can see, but the part above the mantle. The crust is irregular particularly in the pacific basin. this would be a logical site for a tremendous impact. The thinness of the crust in this area also explains the ring of fire, the most volcanically active part of the planet. The irregular crust would also explain platetechtonics. This explains the sliding of the continents.
We have more crust than we have planet for it to rest on so the land masses slide around on a bed of lava. Imagine trying to wrap an orange peel on a smaller orange than the one you originally peeled it from.
All biologist agree that life started quite suddenly on earth approximately 3.8 Billion years ago. Geologists insist that the oldest rocks on the planet are 4.5 billion years old. That is a difference of 700 million years. That is a long time for life to spontaneously start from the primordial goo or plenty of time for a planet sized collision to occur thereby triggering life.
Keep in mind that what I am saying neither proves or disproves the existence of god. If there is no god however I know that we are lucky for several reasons.
1. We have a magnetic field. This prevents solar radiation from frying us and blowing our atmosphere into space. A lack of this by the planet Mars is the reason that it is a barren wasteland.
2. Our huge moon. No planet in the solar system has a moon proportionally as large as ours. The moon is responsible for keeping our magnetic poles relatively stable. Without this we would suffer great temperature variations from the earth wobbling in its orbit. Stable temperature allows life to adapt to its climate and flourish. Drastic temperature changes would never allow this to happen. The moon also acts as a shield blocking impacts from asteroids. I think it is kind of neat too how the moon is the right distance from us to make it appear the same size as the sun making solar eclipses interesting to view.
3. The planet has the right mix of water and minerals to support life. If the earth had no iron red blood would not exist and thus we would not exist or would exist as something else but clearly not human. Venus in theory should have a similar makeup as planet earth and so should Mars since they formed in relatively the same area but this is not so. Venus is mostly Carbon Dioxide, So is Mars. Earths Atmosphere is mostly Nitrogen. Both Venus and mars lack this element in any significant amount. I am not a biochemist but I do not know if bacteria could be responsible for this. I do know that a cosmic collision could explain it though.
4. We are the right distance from the sun so that we do not freeze or fry.
Anyhow this is what I believe.
I hate making really long posts but I will let all of you chew on this and wait and see what comes back.
