Plate tectonics, mountain building, and the Flood

Theories are built on evidence, not on lack of contrary evidence. Not only have you offered no positive evidence, much evidence to the contrary exists. First, God's word is captured far better in the earth and skies than in man's meager attempt called the Bible. To which record of God's word are you going to give the greater weight?Second, in the world of science you choose the view best supported by evidence. Your ideas are comprised primarily of scenarios for which you yourself are apparently unaware of all the contrary evidence.--Percy

What is it about current theory that doesn't make sense to you? What is your evidence that our sun was once part of a binary system? When choosing between competing theories one needs to be aware of the evidence supporting each. I'm aware of the evidence for current theory, but not for yours, though I did see some errors. For example, in Message 136 you said: Given that the universe is around 14 billion years old, and given that the sun and solar system are only about 5 billion years old, there was about 9 billion years of time available for material to travel from distant supernovas to here.Only the elements up through iron (Fe) can be produced within normal stellar processes. Heavier elements can be produced in novas, and even heavier elements in supernovas. Our solar system includes elements that require a supernova to produce them. Since your theory postulates a binary system, let's only consider Type 1 supernova, which are produced in binary systems consisting of a white dwarf and a star very much like our own sun. Once enough material is pulled from the sun-like star to the white dwarf a runaway nuclear reaction takes place resulting in the enormous explosion we call a supernova. The star-like sun may possibly survive, but only as a dense core. The remnants of a supernova bear no resemblance to our sun.--Percy

True, but perhaps only half of the elements heavier than iron, and only up to Bismuth. Red giants where the s-process takes place produce a specific spectrum of heavy elements, one which our sun does not possess. But certainly red giants contributed to the material from which our solar system formed.But the important point I was trying to make was that supernovas are required to produce a good number of the elements found in our solar system, and since quite obviously a supernova has never taken place here, nor was there ever a red giant here, the heavy elements in our solar system came from elsewhere in the universe.--Percy

Science is not limited to the study of that which can be directly observed. It is not direct vs. indirect that is key, but whether there is an established chain of causation from the event itself to the human observable expression of that event.We understand the processes taking place in the interior of stars very well, and astrophysicists would not deem this understanding "speculative" as you have claimed. Well, of course. Nova and supernova are occurring everywhere throughout the universe, and the ejected material becomes randomly distributed throughout space. In some places it eventually condenses into gas clouds called nebula. Such nebula would consist of all material scattered into the void by nova and supernova, and that includes the heavy elements. On the contrary, such nebula condense from the material available in space, and that includes the heavy material contributed by nova and supernova.I don't know if your rotational requirements for nebula are correct, but the requirements will be similar whether for a solar system like ours or a binary system such as you postulate.Differentiation, what you called "sorting", occurs by the simple laws of physics once sufficient condensation takes place for gravitational effects to become significant.Our solar system includes elements that require a supernova to produce them. Your theory postulates a binary system, so we can only consider the Type 1 supernova, produced in binary systems consisting of a white dwarf and a star very much like our own sun. The dwarf pulls in material from the star and eventually explodes into a supernova, either blasting away the star completely or leaving only a dense core. Our solar system bears no resemblance to this.--Percy