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Originally posted by John:
Put a seed in water and it will absorb water and pop. Or it will start to rot. I've done this. It is an easy phenomena to observe. Try it. I can't find any research on the topic however.
Correct me if I’m wrong, folks:
--Natural barges/rafts float and carry vegetation, viable branches, spores, seeds, etc., especially following deluges.
--I’ve seen tree branches spring to life after being cut off by the roots (several months). You may have to.
--Don’t olive trees have a tendency (more than other trees) to resist destruction by the elements? They live very long
--Recent islands (Galapagos) contains trees and creatures (turtles) that may perhaps have ‘rafted’ in as such.
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Originally posted by John:
Grains are especially vulnerable to this effect-- a fact that is more damning to creationism than the olive we are discussing. No grain, no staple food source for most of the plant-eaters on the ark; as stated in the original post by ludvanB (though grain was not mention by name).
--Incidentally: Grains are especially vulnerable to this effect-- a fact that is more damning to
evolutionism than the olive we are discussing. Which grains don’t require a ‘care-taker’ before they become extinct (let alone evolve).
--IOW, somebody stop me: it’s a young earth after all!
(Doubtless now you’ll vehemently give grains more credit for autonomous survival
sans man and/or
sans catastrophies).
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