tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775279775600371229.post8290130185288697617..comments2023-06-28T07:45:03.334-04:00Comments on Mister Tristan: The Earth is a Bit Older than 6,000 YearsGary...a relative of Mister Tristanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458735546068405044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775279775600371229.post-78775912853847775752014-03-27T14:27:48.439-04:002014-03-27T14:27:48.439-04:00Thanks for the comment. I'm not an earth scien...Thanks for the comment. I'm not an earth scientist or geologist, but do understand that there is near-absolute consensus on the vast age of the earth--much longer than a few thousand years. Your point about the earth masking crater impacts might hold true for small impacts, but in the piece I quote above, what about the "...250 craters with a diameter of 100 km?" Anything near that size would devastate the earth, much less 250 of them.<br />Please be aware that I am not dissing faith per se--I recognize that religious belief is of great comfort to many people. It's just that if God did create things, I cannot imagine that he would want people to check their minds at the door and totally disregard science. The creation account in Genesis is a beautiful story...but is symbolic, not a literal science text.Gary...a relative of Mister Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458735546068405044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775279775600371229.post-10222575911360511912014-03-26T08:51:24.723-04:002014-03-26T08:51:24.723-04:00Wouldn't the atmosphere of the Earth eliminate...Wouldn't the atmosphere of the Earth eliminate many craters though? There is no weather or water on the moon either for erosion to occur to eliminate these craters. And erosion can occur fairly quickly, see the huge canyon on Mars.<br />Take a planet like Mercury too that is similar, it's got a lot of craters too. Mars has a very think atmosphere and is closer to the asteroid belt (4 times as many asteroids cross Martian orbit than that of Earth), and it's loaded with craters. Mars also doesn't have plate technonics like Earth to further mask craters.I wonder if maybe Earth is just designed to be an amazing "fixes itself" structure, though I would like to know about possibilities of observing meteor impacts on the moon, especially the rather large ones. Then again, NASA has said 100s of meteors hit the moon every year, and on March 17, 2013 one so bright struck the moon it could be seen by the naked eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com