Bøger af Ben Tripp

The Great Genesis Flood was a violent chaotic affair; all land-based animals died and the Earth was subsequently 'remade'. There is substantial scientific evidence for the physical events which produced and resulted from the Flood, but there are also aspects of the Scriptural account which are clearly miraculous in nature. - perhaps most notably the 120 year warning and the gathering of the animals and their management in the Ark.The author explores these and other questions such as: how did the Ark survive the chaotic water movement? How did the creatures inside the Ark survive the darkness, cold and contaminated atmosphere? How did they avoid and survive Erratic Boulders? How did they endure the beginning of the Ice Age? Did these circumstances also involve direct Divine intervention; do they indeed represent Elements of Providence?

Unfortunately, even in this modern 'scientific' world many of the basic things that people have been led to believe are not the least bit credible but are never-the-less widely held to be basic well-understood truth. It is even more unfortunate that they are offered as 'scientific' truth and it is well understood that one cannot argue with basic science. It is the 'Golden Calf' of the present age. While the general situation is pretty bleak, there are reputable scientists who diverge from the mainstream and stick closer to observation than conjecture. An example is the energy source for the Sun. It is commonly held that the Sun's source of energy is nuclear reactions and the detection of the neutrino confirms.it. However if the Sun was being powered by nuclear reactions it would be steadily getting brighter and hotter. However observation and measurement indicate that it is getting dimmer and cooler instead. Of course, if one is to stick with mainstream thinking this must be instantly dismissed as an anomaly in the overall behavior of the Sun. However these observations agree with the notion that the Sun is powered by gravitational collapse. This clearly couldn't be possible because everyone understands that the solar system has been here for billions of years, not just thousands. Misconceptions can easily lead to more misconceptions and if they reinforce one another the matter is settled!Now that we have the Atomic Clock time can be measured very accurately and it is clear that the spin rate of the Earth is decreasing - at a very rapid and alarming rate. This in turn means that the axial stability of the Earth will be short-lived and could not have been in existence very long either. This is very upsetting. However like a warming Earth, sooner or later reality must be faced. Fairytales for adults deals with eight ideas. Four of them are valid and four are not. It is hoped that the discussion will help people clarify their thinking.

The set of circumstances which enables life to exist is compared to a mulyi-layered window wherein each pane is a life-limiting factor. If even one pane shifts too far in any direction, life would cease to exist. Drawing on his knowledge of physics and an extensive review of scientific literature and physical evidence, the author hypothesizes multiple asteroid impact as the catastrophic event which closed the "Window of Life", ushered in the great Ice Age and produced many of the physical characteristics and phenomena of our Earth and near universe which are otherwise not properly explained.The unthinkable chaos discussed herein has been described by Immanuel Velikovsky in his 1950's book entitled 'Earth in Upheaval'. Velikovsky understood that the major planets - possibly Mars and Venus- as well as certain comets were responsible for the disruption on Earth. This present work puts the blame on a swarm of minor planets (asteroids) instead. This position is easier to defend because there is no doubt that the Earth has been pummelled by numerous asteroids, several of which would have caused unthinkable chaos, a world-wide flood and a mass extinction.more info at http: //benatripp.wix.com/window-of-lif

For many centuries the western world has celebrated Christmas on December 25th. Some have wondered how this date was determined; it has been suggested that the early Church adopted the timing of pagan rituals associated with winter solstice, supplanting them with the celebration of the Light of the World, and that it is therefore unlikely that the date we have come to associate with the birth of Christ has any basis in historical reality.The author explores and correlates several lines of evidence from both scriptural and secular sources (as ancient as the writings of Josephus and as modern as NASA's lunar eclipse charts) to examine the accuracy of the date we have traditionally celebrated as Christmas. The author also discusses the challenges in understanding and aligning ancient and modern calendars and the 'missing' year from the first decade BC in order to arrive at a conclusion as to the year of the birth of our Lord.more info on website;http: //benatripp.wix.com/window-of-lif

While the number of stars in the universe is very large - some 300,000,000,000 in the Milky Way Galaxy alone - there are only a relatively small number which could provide life-supporting heat for a habitable planet The primary restriction is the necessity of being in the Galactic Habitable Zone. This is followed by the secondary restriction of being in one of the few arms of the galaxy. These two restrictions reduce the number of possibilities to just a few million. Next the star must be 'hot'. Red Dwarfs will not do as they are 'relatively-speaking' cool, which necessitates that any planet be quite close in order to be in their 'habitable zone'. However 'close' means that the gravity of the star would distort the planet causing it to lock up with one side always facing the star. While numerous planets have been discovered near Red Dwarf stars those in the habitable zones are always very close to the star and are commonly understood to be orbiting the star in just a few days. If a person could stand on one of these planets the star would take up a large portion of the sky and because the planet would be 'locked up', the hot side would be much too hot and the other side would be much too cold. In fact it would be so cold that even CO2 would be frozen on the cold side along with whatever water had been present. Therefore even being in the twilight zone would not enable habitability. Furthermore the proximity of the star and the overpowering pull of its gravity would eliminate any possibility of there being a moon. However we understand from the way that the Earth operates that an axial tilt is necessary and of course the Moon is the factor that sets up and maintains the Axial Tilt. Without a properly-sized Moon there would not be any axial tilt meaning that even the Earth would be barely habitable and possibly not habitable at all. So Red Dwarfs are out which eliminates 95% of all of the stars in the universe including those within the Galactic habitable Zone. The next factor of interest relates to singularity. A star must be singular in order for any potentially-habitable planet to enjoy a circular orbit. The only way to eliminate this restriction is for the planet to be so close to its host star that the other stars in the group will not cause its orbit to deviate from circularity. However as we have already seen 'close' will not work.Getting setup for habitability is not a trivial affair with temperature control being paramount. In the case of the Earth, there are numerous factors involved with temperature control and being properly distanced from the host star is at the top of the list. Mars is not habitable and any idea that it can be colonized is bizarre. While the temperature range is similar to Antarctica - which is certainly not habitable - neither is there a magnetic field. Hence there is no protection from cosmic radiation. The Earth has a magnetic field but even in this case it is a transient and will not be able to provide protection for very much longer. However it will probably be longer than the Greenhouse Effect will be able to regulate the temperature on the Earth's surface to within the habitability range. This would seem to necessitate that any far-away planet must also have a Greenhouse Effect in place to regulate temperature but as we observe what is happening on Earth there is a limit to what the Greenhouse Effect can accomplice. The Earth is warming up and will continue to warm up. While a few degrees does seem trivial, our scientists recognize that warming up will have major consequences.The Earth is barely habitable and will not be habitable for very much longer. What can we possibly expect from a far-away planet? It all boils down to the conclusion that 'Extraterrestrial Life is Impossible'.