Definitely an interesting view! I've decided to think about what would be necessary for this to be true:
1. For the Earth to increase in size it must either:
i) decrease in density
ii) accrete mass
Since the claim is that the Earth expanded from the inside (hence the continental splitting), I'll discard ii) and work with i) .
Basic thermodynamics tells us that for a body of constant mass to decrease in density, it must increase in temperature. The only conceivable way for this to happen (other than a hydrogen-burning earth :p ) is to decrease the Earth-Sun distance.
The claim is that this expansion has happened gradually, so I think we can rule out the possibilty of a meteor strike causing a change in the Earth 's orbit.
Perhaps as the solar system orbits the galactic centre, changes in the gravitational field due to the galaxy could cause the Earth-Sun distance to change? It seems to me that this is unlikely since, at earth, the field due to the sun is larger than the field due to the galaxy (because of the inverse square law of gravity).
Anyway, the temperature change needed for the earth to DOUBLE IN SIZE is greater than the earth's current temperature.
2. The water in the seas must have come from somewhere. Clearly water in "shallow seas" and rivers would not be enough to fill the vast oceans we have today. Perhaps the ice-caps were much larger than they are now, and as the earth's temperature increased, began to melt and fill the gaps between the continental crust.
But remember, the proponents claim that the earth has doubled in size since the time of "dinosaurs and marsupials". This suggests than any temperature increase has been reasonably small, and cannot have been large enough to cause the melting of enough ice to fill the entirety of our oceans.
Anyway I'm not sure this is real. Seems a bit too much like satire to me, certainly a lot of effort though :S
1. For the Earth to increase in size it must either:
i) decrease in density
ii) accrete mass
Since the claim is that the Earth expanded from the inside (hence the continental splitting), I'll discard ii) and work with i) .
Basic thermodynamics tells us that for a body of constant mass to decrease in density, it must increase in temperature. The only conceivable way for this to happen (other than a hydrogen-burning earth :p ) is to decrease the Earth-Sun distance.
The claim is that this expansion has happened gradually, so I think we can rule out the possibilty of a meteor strike causing a change in the Earth 's orbit.
Perhaps as the solar system orbits the galactic centre, changes in the gravitational field due to the galaxy could cause the Earth-Sun distance to change? It seems to me that this is unlikely since, at earth, the field due to the sun is larger than the field due to the galaxy (because of the inverse square law of gravity).
Anyway, the temperature change needed for the earth to DOUBLE IN SIZE is greater than the earth's current temperature.
2. The water in the seas must have come from somewhere. Clearly water in "shallow seas" and rivers would not be enough to fill the vast oceans we have today. Perhaps the ice-caps were much larger than they are now, and as the earth's temperature increased, began to melt and fill the gaps between the continental crust.
But remember, the proponents claim that the earth has doubled in size since the time of "dinosaurs and marsupials". This suggests than any temperature increase has been reasonably small, and cannot have been large enough to cause the melting of enough ice to fill the entirety of our oceans.
Anyway I'm not sure this is real. Seems a bit too much like satire to me, certainly a lot of effort though :S
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
