Geology
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Mountains, the foundations of the earth, waters above and below — the Bible's geology reflects a fixed, layered ancient world. Here it sits beside the moving, deep-time planet geology describes.
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Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
What it means: Earthquakes are caused by movements in Earth's tectonic plates - giant pieces of Earth's crust that slowly shift over time. When plates push…
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Earthquakes are caused by supernatural anger, not natural processes.
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Earthquakes are caused by someone shaking the Earth by its edges.
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Striking a rock with a stick can produce a stream of water.
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A skirmish killing 20 soldiers in a small field triggered a full earthquake.
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A single being's anger once caused the earth to shake and the sky to tremble.
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A powerful exhale through the nostrils can strip away oceans and expose Earth's foundations.
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All of Earth's continents separated from a single landmass within one human lifetime, roughly 4,000 years ago.
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A single being's physical presence caused an entire mountain to move and the sky to collapse downward.
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Solid rock can be transformed into a pool of standing water, and flint into a flowing fountain.
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A single being standing up can make the entire Earth shake violently.
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Stretching out a hand in anger can make hills tremble and shake.
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Sand forms an unbreakable boundary for the ocean — waves can never cross a sandy shoreline no matter how powerful they are.
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The sea once rose up and completely submerged the ancient city of Babylon under ocean waves.
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A mountain can spontaneously split in half, with each piece sliding in opposite directions to form a valley.
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A global flood once covered every mountain on Earth, killing all land life except one boatload of survivors.
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A major earthquake once occurred specifically to open a sealed stone tomb from the outside.
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An ancient city was destroyed by a rain of burning sulfur falling from the sky as divine punishment.
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Collective prayer can generate seismic activity strong enough to shake a building.
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A global flood destroyed all civilization except one family, confirmed by multiple ancient authors.
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Earth's oceans will one day completely vanish, leaving a planet with no sea at all.
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A wooden boat was navigated through a worldwide flood guided by an abstract concept rather than seamanship.
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A region exists where the land perpetually smokes, fruit trees never ripen, and a human body was permanently transformed into a pillar of salt that still stands as a monument.
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A large body of seawater once split apart to create a dry path across the seafloor, then closed again after people crossed.
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Drinkable water can be extracted from solid rock by striking it, producing enough water to sustain an entire nation.