Geological Cosmogony, Or, An Examination of the Geological Theory of the Origin and Antiquity of the Earth and of the Causes and Object of the Changes it Has UndergoneRobert Carter, 1843 - 167 páginas |
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... region , " he continues , " was first , by atmospheric and geological causes of pre- vious operation under the will of the Almigh- ty , brought into a condition of superficial ruin , or some kind of general disorder . With re- verence I ...
... region , " he continues , " was first , by atmospheric and geological causes of pre- vious operation under the will of the Almigh- ty , brought into a condition of superficial ruin , or some kind of general disorder . With re- verence I ...
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... region . The elevated land was now clothed with ve- getation , instantly created . By the fourth day , the atmosphere over this district had be- come pellucid ; and had there been a human eye to have beheld , the brightness of the sun ...
... region . The elevated land was now clothed with ve- getation , instantly created . By the fourth day , the atmosphere over this district had be- come pellucid ; and had there been a human eye to have beheld , the brightness of the sun ...
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... region . Of necessity he has , however , recourse again to miracles , though , when controverting others , he says with much gravity : " I humbly think , that for the honour of God and the interests of ge- nuine religion , it is our ...
... region . Of necessity he has , however , recourse again to miracles , though , when controverting others , he says with much gravity : " I humbly think , that for the honour of God and the interests of ge- nuine religion , it is our ...
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... region of perpetual frost . There was not , he argues , water enough to cover it ; and if there had been , Noah and the ani- mals with him could not have descended its steep and slippery sides , without the aid of a GEOLOGICAL COSMOGONY ...
... region of perpetual frost . There was not , he argues , water enough to cover it ; and if there had been , Noah and the ani- mals with him could not have descended its steep and slippery sides , without the aid of a GEOLOGICAL COSMOGONY ...
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... region " or raise the Indian ocean at the required point of time . It is to the authors of such hypotheses that we are expected to look for the true construc- tion of geological facts . As a specimen of them Doct . Smith is doubtless ...
... region " or raise the Indian ocean at the required point of time . It is to the authors of such hypotheses that we are expected to look for the true construc- tion of geological facts . As a specimen of them Doct . Smith is doubtless ...
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antiquity apostacy appear atmosphere beds Caspian sea changes climate coal formation commenced comminuted condition created creation creatures crust crystalline rocks Deluge depth detritus dition dry land duration earth effects elevated evidence existed extent facts feet flood formed fossil fossil remains geological period geological theory geological writers geologists globe Gneiss gradual operation granite growth heat heaven hypothesis igneous fluidity inferences inhumed interposition limestone Lord lower luge masses materials matter ment miles millions miracle moral reason Mosaic record mountains narrative natural causes nebular nebular hypothesis Noah object occasion occupied ocean origin period phenomena physical plants and animals portion position primeval primitive rocks prior process of stratification produced regions relics render respecting ROBERT CARTER Scripture second causes sedimentary deposits sedimentary rocks six days soil spect strata stratified rocks stratum subsidence supposed supposition surface taken place terrestrial plants tertiary thickness Thou tion vegetable whole
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Página 140 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Página 165 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Página 163 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water, and in the water; 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished...
Página 147 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Página 140 - And I will establish my covenant with you ; neither shall all flesh be cut off" any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Página 139 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Página 148 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 163 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Página 164 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Página 163 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.