Comments on: Cyclic Catastrophism and the Touchet Formations http://acksblog.firmament-chaos.com/2009/08/05/cyclic-catastrophism-and-the-touchet-formations/ Ancient myths were actually observations of Mars, Venus and Mercury which repeatedly passed close to the Earth between 3700 and 700 BC. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Ackerman http://acksblog.firmament-chaos.com/2009/08/05/cyclic-catastrophism-and-the-touchet-formations/#comment-185 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:28:44 +0000 http://acksblog.firmament-chaos.com/?p=83#comment-185 Your comment helps me understand why the thinly veiled atheistic interpretations of the world and the PhDs that believe them are the way that they are. Unfortunately, the world has been dominated by your (academia) ideas far too long. You get your sheepskins by mimicking your professors and you pass the same faulty ideas on to the younger generation just like sheep. You never question any of the precepts because, if you do, you will not be allowed to enter the privileged tenure club, and if you rebel after that your papers will not be published and you will be ostracized.

The gradualism born in geology came from a lack of a larger perspective, that of planetary science. Unfortunately that discipline was poisioned from the get-go when new planetary science departments were populated by geologists and geophysicists.

You can’t explain the origin of Earth’s oceans.
You can’t explain the current isostatic rebound of the Hudson Bay region.
You can’t explain the recent stretching of the Middle East faults toward the Himalayas.
You can’t explain the Messenean Salinity crisis.

Wake Up Doc!

]]> By: John Ackerman http://acksblog.firmament-chaos.com/2009/08/05/cyclic-catastrophism-and-the-touchet-formations/#comment-167 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:20:23 +0000 http://acksblog.firmament-chaos.com/?p=83#comment-167 Hi Lee,
I have been concentrating on the extremely unique features on Earth and on Mars, as
illustrated by my latest post. So many other authors, including Velikovsky, De Grazia,
Bretz and Vitale, have done so much investigation on geological mysteries, that I could
hardly equal in the short time I have left. I have offered explanations of a number of
them in my books and articles. Maybe I should go back and reread Earth in Upheaval,
in light of the new knowledge I have developed in the last few years. As you suggest,
the greater Hudson Bay region is one area of particular interest. Another, which I have
not read about – just based just on topo maps, I believe there maybe scablands in the
desert of southern Israel carved by the waters attracted by priori-Mars each time it
approached the Earth.
Bests,
John

]]> By: Lee Sutterfield http://acksblog.firmament-chaos.com/2009/08/05/cyclic-catastrophism-and-the-touchet-formations/#comment-162 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:51:52 +0000 http://acksblog.firmament-chaos.com/?p=83#comment-162 John,

Again, excellent post. Have you thought about doing a book devoted strictly to the geological evidence as Velikovsky did in his “Earth in Upheaval?” I know that is an easy question to ask and a very hard thing to do. But, the evidence mounting about the very recent history of the great lakes and other major features in North America seem to be falling in line with your scenario. I’m still fascinated by your work.

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