Thursday, October 22, 2009
A reader recently wrote to ask about the observed layering effect of ice cores taken from the arctic regions. It is my hypothesis that the layers resulted from the random way in which the ice was deposited at the time of the Flood. Rayleigh-Taylor instability would have resulted in significant variations in the downward rate of ice fall, resulting in an apparent layering effect. As for volcanic dusting, the Rayleigh-Taylor instability also likely resulted in some ice falling to the earth's surface from an altitude of 20 miles without having been slowed by the earth's atmosphere. If so, the impacts at the surface could have produced volcano-like effects.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Today a reader wrote to ask if the meteor that I suggest may have triggered the onset of the Flood would not have destroyed the earth. I wrote back to say that it all depends on its size. The meteor would likely have undergone erosion as it passed through the upwardly-moving and downwardly-moving snowballs of each integer revolution. By the time it passed through the last of the orbiting snowballs, it may have been completely destroyed without ever entering the earth's atmosphere.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
I received an email from Professor Van Dam of the Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches in Hamilton Ontario, inquiring if I would consider coming to speak at the seminary. He said, "Future leaders in the church should know firsthand from you about your work." It was agreed that we would work toward establishing a date sometime in the fall. Professor Van Dam closed with, "May the Lord bless your work and may it be an encouragement to many Christian scientists and science students." His words were an encouragement to me.
Friday, June 26, 2009
My wife's cousin David recently pointed out that I have a typo on page 80. Instead of Ecliptic Plane, the text reads Ecliptic Pane. He also pointed out that in the Preface of the book I claim to have retired from Airflow Sciences Corporation in 2001 whereas the back of the book reads 2002. I should have used David as my proof-reader. In defense of the date mixup, I retired at the end of 2001 so both dates are theoretically correct. However, I regret the confusion.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Yesterday I received an email from a 25-year-old college graduate who is looking forward to becoming a science and math teacher. He read my book and had some very nice things to say. Among them were:
- Your book was very interesting, and even though a little advanced for me, I was still able to read and understand a good majority of it.
- Your outline of how the Flood might have occurred was very exciting to read . . .
- I found the evidence that you have gathered and the conclusions you made from those evidences fits well with a scientific reasoning of what the Bible tells us happened during the Flood.
- I loved your book, I found it one of the best reads I have had in a long time.
I was encouraged by his words.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
During the month of May, I sent out emails to librarians and Old Testament professors at Christian colleges and universities across America. I found their email addresses by searching the schools' websites (found at www.netministries.org/college.htm). My emails announced the arrival of my new book and urged the librarians and professors to visit my website and learn more about it. From the data available from my website host, I was encouraged to see that many web page requests were made during the period. Also, I received a few encouraging emails in return. However, so far I have not seen evidence of many book sales. I must be patient and await God's timing.
Monday, June 1, 2009
A friend of mine noted that I made a mistake on the bottom of page xvi where I wrote, " . . . Noah and his sons closed the door (of the ark) and sealed it shut." My friend pointed out that Genesis 7:16 reports, "Then the Lord shut him in." My friend is probably correct. However, perhaps the verse was meant to be more overarching in nature, shutting Noah in so that no harm could befall him throughout the journey he was about to undertake.
Friday, May 29, 2009
A friend of mine who read my book recently wrote to ask what I thought about the many references in Genesis 7 & 8 to "water", not ice. I responded with the following three-part answer:
- From the standpoint of chemistry, liquid water and frozen water are the same substance.
- There is no evidence that Moses made a distinction between the two forms of water . . . he didn't use the word "ice" anywhere in his writings.
- Finally, I agree that liquid water did indeed fall as rain throughout the 40 day period. On page 79 of my book I wrote about the "stragglers" that required 40 days to fall from outer space as liquid water.