Science & Scripture

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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• Underground reservoirs hold enough water to burst out and flood the whole planet.

  Genesis 7:11

  What it means: Every aquifer on Earth combined would raise sea level by only tens of meters if it all surfaced — nowhere near enough to drown mountains kilometers high.

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