I posted earlier that I had heard this on NPR, when they were discussing it they didn't say that the meteor was the whole cause of the die off, they believe that when the meteor impacted (in the ocean incidentally which may explain the lack of ejecta you speak of, though it seems unlikely) that the impact sent a shockwave in the core, causing siesmic and volcanic activity on the other side, which would be the main cause of the die off. Now I don't claim to know everything, I'm just quoting what I can remember, so if you can tell me a little more about why that would not be possible then I would be more inclined to believe that it was only volcanic activity. But the theory and it is just that, as all things speaking of events 250mm years ago, seems reasonable enough to me. Cause and effect my good man.
Now, i'm not trying to be a jerk, but if God is all-knowing, then who are you to say, that he didn't look like an amoeba, created them first, and knew what would come out of it?
This article is incorrect convieniently(sp?) enough I was listening to the NPR talk show yesterday and they very clearly said that is was 250 million years ago, which they said was the same that the tested core samples came out to be. They found the site they believed was it a crater on the sea floor with nearly a mile of dirt ontop of it, by using the same techniques that people looking for oil would. Incidentally the core samples were obtained 60 years ago while doing oil prospecting.
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I posted earlier that I had heard this on NPR, when they were discussing it they didn't say that the meteor was the whole cause of the die off, they believe that when the meteor impacted (in the ocean incidentally which may explain the lack of ejecta you speak of, though it seems unlikely) that the impact sent a shockwave in the core, causing siesmic and volcanic activity on the other side, which would be the main cause of the die off. Now I don't claim to know everything, I'm just quoting what I can remember, so if you can tell me a little more about why that would not be possible then I would be more inclined to believe that it was only volcanic activity. But the theory and it is just that, as all things speaking of events 250mm years ago, seems reasonable enough to me. Cause and effect my good man.
-RevSin
Now, i'm not trying to be a jerk, but if God is all-knowing, then who are you to say, that he didn't look like an amoeba, created them first, and knew what would come out of it?
This article is incorrect convieniently(sp?) enough I was listening to the NPR talk show yesterday and they very clearly said that is was 250 million years ago, which they said was the same that the tested core samples came out to be. They found the site they believed was it a crater on the sea floor with nearly a mile of dirt ontop of it, by using the same techniques that people looking for oil would. Incidentally the core samples were obtained 60 years ago while doing oil prospecting.
Hope that's atleast a little informative.
-RevSin