REAL Flood Geology

This YECer believes that the earth was relatively (I say 'relatively') smooth at the crust and surface with much lower mountains/hills and shallow smaller oceans, having a canopy atmosphere. My understanding is that the ocean bottom crusts are an average of 3 miles thick while the continents average around 20 miles thick. Logically the amount of water required to cover the hills would be far less than what would be required today. The weight of the water sank down the thin crusts into the molten core, pushing up the mountain ranges like the Himalayas as the tetonic plates gave way to cause extreme geographic upheavel in some areas and extreme depression in the weaker protions of the crust, et al.The above is not falsifiable but a logical hypothesis to answer the question as to how a global flood might make the earth appear from a YEC perspective.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW ---- Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28

Hi Shytot. We welcome you to EvC. As per my message 96, imo it would have broken up the tetonic plates sinking deep depressions in the thinner areas of earth's crust to create our deep oceans. Whereas about 70 percent of the earth's surface is ocean, likely before the flood it was maybe 20 or 30 percent with the water both subsurface and in the atmosphere to effect the flood. Of course a large amount of it would have evaporated to create the post flood atmosphere.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW ---- Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28

OK folks. I'll let the scientific minds debate the science. I answered the question posed to YECers with my own views. Would an earth covering amount of rain crack and depress a three mile thick earth crust? Would it depend some on the unknown properties of what's down under the molten outer core?

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW ---- Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28

There is a considerable amount of water in our atmosphere now, of course. I'm suggesting that there might have been much more due to unknown pre-flood earth/atmosphere properties, orbit, et al.I'm not debating you folks. I likely should have kept my thoughts to myself since this is a science thread. Thanks for your responses.

I was thinking a max of something like 3000' and a much lower sea level, say a 1500' or so lower and relatively shallow oceans of say a max of 2000' or so below sea level. This would suggest a great deal of erosion and platonic seismic activity, would it not?I believe Ballard's Black Sea discovery of a lower pre-flood sea level confirms that pre-flood seas were much lower than what is observed today.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW ---- Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28

I meant to say 1500' to 2000' max ocean depth. Woops. Make that plate tectonics.I believe Ballard's Black Sea discovery of a lower pre-flood sea level confirms that pre-flood seas were much lower than what is observed today. This is the controversial stuff which more scientific apprised creos debate about. I go with the Noaic floodist side of the debate, but whereas our scientists are able to debate the science and geology, I am not. I have the Grand Canyon video of ICR on flood geology relative to the canyon. It made sense to me as a layman as I viewed the video and listened to their views on it. I also have their Mt. St Helens video in which they applied it to a flood model, et al and as a layman some arguments in it made logical sense to me.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW ---- Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28

I understand your concern here as to my ideological integrity. What you are not understanding is my problem with the corroborating evidence which I observe regarding the accuracy of the Biblical record. What do I do with all those fulfilled prophecies which conform to the historical record. What do I do with all the other evidences of Biblical accuracy such as social, political and cultural aspects.I see the prophecies either having been fulfilled or on track for fulfillment. I see the cultural, physical, moral and social benefits of Biblical principles in history and in observing the nations and cultures of the world with the Biblical fundamentals bringing the benefits to those cultures and nations which follow them.I see the problems with evolution such as the absense of so many transitional fossils missing, et al and I say to self, 'self, go with the Biblical flood, et al, since the observables are there to see, whereas much of the debatable stuff on flood, et al are open to interpretation of what is observed and the margin of error in interpretation caused by unknown pre-flood atmosphere, et al.'

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW ---- Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28