(January 7, 2015 at 6:19 pm)Godschild Wrote: You enjoy showing you arrogance or stupidity take your choice.I don't recall stating anything yet, just waiting for your christian scientists.
(January 7, 2015 at 6:19 pm)Godschild Wrote: Let me say this though, the moon is moving away from the earth and at the rate it's moving away, the moon would have been so close to the earth 20,000 to 30,000 years ago gravity would have pulled it into the earth.
I'm not even sure what point you are trying to make here (other than show the upper boundary of ignorance perhaps). If this is something your friends have conjectured then they have demonstrated that they have no place in science.
This wiki link has a very good description of the facts, and also a good number of links to sources. Read it please before you reply.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_acceleration
Extract:
This mechanism has been working for 4.5 billion years, since oceans first formed on Earth. There is geological and paleontological evidence that Earth rotated faster and that the Moon was closer to Earth in the remote past. Tidal rhythmites are alternating layers of sand and silt laid down offshore from estuaries having great tidal flows. Daily, monthly and seasonal cycles can be found in the deposits. This geological record is consistent with these conditions 620 million years ago: the day was 21.9±0.4 hours, and there were 13.1±0.1 synodic months/year and 400±7 solar days/year. The length of the year has remained virtually unchanged during this period because no evidence exists that the constant of gravitation has changed[citation needed]. The average recession rate of the Moon between then and now has been 2.17±0.31 cm/year, which is about half the present rate.
