Below is the online edition of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood,
by Dr. Walt Brown. Copyright © Center for Scientific Creation. All rights reserved.
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If the canopy theory is correct, the flood water came from above Earth’s surface. Why then did the rain fall for only 40 days after all the fountains of the great deep burst open, while the flood waters continued to rise for 150 days, until they covered all Earth’s preflood mountains? (Genesis 7:12–24)
However, if the flood water came from below Earth’s surface, where pressures are extremely high, that subterranean water would be forced up to the Earth’s surface until most subsurface water was depleted—perhaps after 150 days. If the subterranean water was initially far below Earth’s surface, maybe 60 miles below, once all the fountains of the great deep burst open, that water would be ejected high above the Earth (as fountains) and fall as rain—perhaps for 40 days.
With this simple logic, confidence in the Genesis account of the flood, and an understanding of dozens of scientific problems that have perplexed scientists for decades, the hydroplate theory (explained on pages 113–441), falls into place and provides compelling insights into the history of the Earth, the Solar System, and the deadliest physical event of all time. Seeing dozens of scientific problems solved, raises confidence in the Genesis account even more.