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328 pages of results. 241. Catastrophism And Evolution. Ch.15 Cataclysmic Evolution (Earth In Upheaval) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]
... From "Earth in Upheaval" © 1955 by Immanuel Velikovsky | FULL TEXT NOT AVAILABLE Contents Catastrophism And Evolution THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION dates back to the age of classic Greece, one of its proponents having been Anaximander, and from time to time philosophers have offered the evolutionary explanation of the origin of the multiple forms of life on earth ... flint) and extinct animals are met in the same formations, side by side. This opened wide the doors to Darwin's theory. By that time the doubts of the catastrophists, who could not understand why there were signs of more than one deluge and why there should be no human bones left of all the sinful generation that perished in ...
242. Our Universe: Unlocking its Mysteries [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... diversity of early cultures independently depict man's fascination with and fear of what he observed. Myths and lore tell of strange and violent events - terrifying dramas in the heavens and catastrophic changes in the cosmic order itself. Early man built temples to the heavenly figures that he worshipped as gods. The myths and pictographs of antiquity clearly show that, ... some of the generally accepted hypotheses of the history of our solar system and conventional theories of cosmology. Many of these iconoclasts were influenced early on by the writings of the catastrophist Immanuel Velikovsky. Although there is general disagreement among this group with many of Velikovsky's specific scenarios, most of them agree with his thesis that Earth and our solar system ...
243. The Great Debate [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... From: Catastrophism and Ancient History III:2 (July 1981) Home | Issue Contents INTERACTION The Great Debate Dudley Bromley Here lies the core of the problem: Did the earth change in a slow process, a year added to a year and a million added to a million, the peaceful ground of nature being the broad arena ... saying that in order to wreak the havoc described by the evidence it would be necessary to "shake the entire framework of the globe," which was exactly what the catastrophists maintained. Darwin explained the apparent conflict between his theory and the observable evidence by postulating that enormous gaps existed within the fossil records, "blank intervals" during which ...
244. The Mesoamerican Record [Journals] [Pensee]
... : Pensée Vol. 4 No 4: (Fall 1974) "Immanuel Velikovsky Reconsidered IX" Home | Issue Contents The Mesoamerican Record William Mullen MYTH AND THE SCIENCE OF CATASTROPHISM Dr. Mullen is Assistant Professor of Classics, Boston University. Ever since the appearance of Worlds in Collision those who have taken it seriously have been aware that it ... the end of them. The fact seems to be that this kind of interpretation, when applied to sites of the period of La Venta, affords the spectacle of the catastrophists and the uniformitarians approaching from opposite directions and meeting at the same place. Velikovsky has argued that the obsessional fear connected with the termination of the 52-year cycle is to ...
245. Society News [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... From: SIS Chronology and Catastrophism Workshop 1992 No 2 (Jan 1993) Home | Issue Contents Society News The Autumn Meeting 1992 This was held on October 10th, once again in the comfortable venue at Nottingham. An increased audience this year was suitably rewarded for attendance by two extremely interesting and interdisciplinary lectures which dovetailed nicely together to give ... as a storm god and the associated importance of bull worship, with its horns symbol, was due to the sound of thunder and the obvious damaging power of storms. Catastrophists would suggest that this is too mild an explanation for the cataclysmic symbolism of the bull of heaven', But nevertheless, Dr Meaden's imagery derived from this is not ...
246. Nemesis for Evolutionary Gradualism? [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 1988 (Vol X) Home | Issue Contents Nemesis for Evolutionary Gradualism?by Trevor Palmer Dr Trevor Palmer is Head of the Department of Life Sciences at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, and a member of SIS Council. He is author of Understanding Enzymes, now in its second edition, and of ... Hallam, Professor of Geology at the University of Birmingham. Hallam is not interested in defending outmoded gradualism. He agrees with Stephen Jay Gould [2 , 4] that catastrophists such as Cuvier were the true empiricists of the day, interpreting the stratigraphic record as it appeared, for instance in the abruptly changing succession of fossil faunas, and ...
247. The Conservative Approach to Planetary Catastrophism by Donald W. Patten and Samuel R. Windsor [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... From: SIS Chronology and Catastrophism Workshop 1993 No 2 (Jan 1994) Home | Issue Contents REVIEWS The Conservative Approach to Planetary Catastrophism by Donald W. Patten and Samuel R. Windsor (Pacific Meridian Publishing Co., 1992) (available from publishers at: 13540 39th Avenue, NE Seattle, Washington 98125, USA, for ... correctly be seen as more than a little sceptical, I still subscribe to the view that these books (and probably the booklets as well) remain of major interest to catastrophists, as was also expressed, at least to some extent, by earlier and more eminent reviewers. They present ideas which open up alternative accounts of the the history ...
248. C&C Workshop 1993, Number 1: Contents [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... From: C&C Workshop 1993, Number 1 Texts Home | SIS Workshop Home Society for Interdisciplinary Studies CHRONOLOGY & CATASTROPHISM WORKSHOP 1993, Number 1 Society News 1 ARTICLES Chronological Implications of a Proper Identification of the Labyrinth: Part II by Jesse E. Lasken 3 Geological Genesis (Revised version) by Harold Tresman 9 Compelling Insights: ... Green, Darley Heights, Stopsley LU2 8TR, Bedfordshire, UK. About Workshop The SIS was founded in 1974 in response to a growing interest in the works of modern catastrophists, notably the highly controversial Dr Immanuel Velikovsky. In his books Worlds in Collision, Earth in Upheaval and Ages in Chaos he argued that the ancient myths and sources ...
249. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... even further back "out of harm's way", so that, if he exists, he doesn't bother all the happy humanists in their frolicking. In my opinion, catastrophism neither proves nor disproves religion. No matter how far back you go in the chain of cause and effect to explain the Exodus miracles, or Genesis I, you ... great fun with Mr Derek Douglass's letter in Workshop 4:1 . He starts off with special pleading that the atheist declaration "must evoke .. . sympathy from the catastrophist". Why? He does not deign to tell us. He then goes on to make a number of totally irrelevant statements, e.g ., the ...
250. Uniformitarian Or Catastrophist? Ice Age Theory [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... which is how a small increase in the average reflectivity in the Southern Hemisphere would trigger an ice age in the Northern Hemisphere. Researchers also find no evidence for the resulting catastrophic rise in sea level. Despite the crude modeling effort of Donn and Shaw, [W . L. Donn, D. M. Shaw, "Model of ... From: The Velikovskian Vol 3 No 2&3 (1997) Home | Issue Contents Uniformitarian Or Catastrophist? Ice Age Theory Charles Ginenthal The cause of the Ice Age is yet another unexplained dilemma that has not been resolved over the past century. As Schultz expresses it, ". .. with a wealth of scientific tools and ...
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