Questions addressed in; The Window of Life;
1. How did the Woolly Mammoths die? 21. How old are the coal beds really?
2. What are the NECESSARY conditions for an ice age? 22. Was life on Earth created?
3. What are submarine canyons and how did they develop? 23. Is the Earth really 5 billion years old?
4. How did the impacting asteroids cause the great Ice Age to happen? 24. When did the rivers of the Earth start to flow?
5. Was there an accompanying world-wide flood? 25. Why does one side of the Moon always face the Earth?
6. Why does the Earth have a wobble? 26. Why are 90% of the craters on Mars on one side?
7. Why are the trees of the Liakhov Islands of Russia piled up? 27. Which Window of Life will close first?
8. Did the asteroids impact the Earth over a long period of time? 28. Why isn't the hot/cold criteria recognized by other writers?
9. How did any animal survive the asteroid impacts? 29. How do we explain the trees of Axel Heiberg Island?
10. Why are there deep gouges in the surface of Antarctica? 30. Why is 'fresh' carveable ivory currently available fro northern Russia?
11. How did a whale get 3,000 feet above sea level in Antarctica? 31. Have any other writers offered asteroid survival explanation?
12. What caused the 3,000,000 square mile Canadian Shield to form? 32. Is the Theory of Evolution valid?
13. Why is there a fault down the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean? 33. Is the Moon just a light in the sky?
14. What do the magnetic stripes on the ocean floor tell us? 34. How fast did the mid-latitude Ice Age ice melt?
15. Is it possible that the length of the year has changed in the past? 35. Why are Erratic Boulders found all over the world? 16. How long will it be possible for life to continue existing on the Earth? 36. Why are the remains of Champsosaurs found in the high Arctic?
17. What caused the flat-topped undersea mountains to form? 37. Why is there so much snow on Kilimanjaro? (3 degrees n latitude)
18. How long did the great Ice Age last? 38. Could there ever have been life on Mars?
19. Could it happen again? 39. How many mass extinctions has there been?
20. What caused the Himalaya Mountains to form? 40 How could the present diversity of animal life have developed from
the surviving cohort from the last mass extinction? (i.e. the last impact)
All of these questions, as well as others directly related to the topic, are discussed at length and
answered to provide an internally consistent, coherent and scientifically defensible theory of the Earth.
Some claims made and substantiated in The Window of Life
1. There has only been one Ice Age
2. The Milankovitch or Astronomical Theory of the Ice Age is false.
3. There will never be another ice age
4. More than 2000 feet of ocean had to evaporate during the ice age.
5. Once the Earth was both warm and illuminated from pole to pole.
6. The next impact of a large asteroid with the Earth will terminate life on Earth.
7. There is no life elsewhere in the universe.
8. No animals survived the ice age.
9. The Earth was once enveloped in a layer of water vapour.
10. Life on Earth will not continue indefinitely.
11. There certainly was a world-wide flood.
12. All of the mountains of the world formed within a one year time period..
The principle claims made and substantiated are;
Identification of a. the causal link between the asteroid impacts, the world-wide flood, the Great Ice Age and
b. the necessity to have both heat and cold not only to have an ice age but to retain the Greenhouse Effect.
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About the Author
Ben received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario and has worked as a consulting
engineer on such projects as controls for large telescopes and test equipment for the CanadArm. He holds patents for numerous
innovations involving the recycling of used tires into fence boards and a novel ground coil arrangement for geothermal heat pumps.
Ben's interest in the current topics and his background reading and research span several decades and have culminated in what he
purports to be credible theories of the Earth. His approach is the systems engineering approach wherein all of the relevant evidence is
recognized and accommodated. This is particularly evident throughout his discussion of the Great Ice Age where the necessity to have
both heat and cold is recognized - not only to actually have the Ice Age but to retain the absolutely-necessary Greenhouse Effect without
which life on Earth would not be possible. While there has been an abundance of theories of the Earth in recent years, none of them have
recognized the Greenhouse Effect and hence have little credibility. In fact the Ice Age alone boosts more than sixty theories but not a single
one of them recognize the Greenhouse Effect. Further, the truth of Holy Writ is recognized throughout all of his writing and shown to be in
full accord with science (nature) .
It is his hope that these observations, opinions and conclusions will be helpful to many in their own investigations and search for truth .
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Books by Ben Tripp M.A.Sc. P.Eng.
1, The Window of Life
A Theory of the Earth based on Asteroid Impact
2. Elements of Providence during the Genesis Flood
The Flood was a tumultuous affair - survival is hard to explain
3, Fairytales for Adults
Theories of the Earth in Disarray
4, Concerning the Birth of Christ
A Discussion of the Timing of Christ’s Birth
5, The Asteroid Theory of the Flood and the Ice Age
The Necessity and Sufficiency of an Asteroid Shower to cause an Ice Age
6, The non-Myths of the Bible
The 'Bible contains myths' declaration is the main reason for the decline
of the Christian Church. However, the Bible contains no myths.
7. The Impossibility of Extraterrestrial Life
There are a great number of stars but very few in the Galactic Habitable Zone
. 8. Too Much Carbon
400 ppm carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is too much
9. Climate Change and Holy Writ
Climate Change is an End-Time scenario. The Bible also has end time scenarios.
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Books 5., 6., and 7., are listed on exterr-life -no way website
Books 1., 2., 3., 4., 8., and 9. are listed below
The Window of Life
A Theory of the Earth Based on Asteroid Impact
by Ben Tripp, M.A.Sc., P. Eng.
About this book;
The set of circumstances which enables life to exist is compared
to a multi-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 catastro-
phic 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 not
otherwise properly explained.
The 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 dis-
ruption 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
pummeled by numerous asteroids, several of which would have
caused unthinkable chaos, a world-wide flood and a mass
extinction.
The Flow of Thought
1. Several currently popular notions of how nature operates are refuted, in particular the idea that an ice age would happen if the Earth became
chilled is shown to be contrary to basic physics and our knowledge of greenhouse gases.
2. Life's enabling criteria are numerous, complex and simultaneously necessary. Several of these criteria (Windows of Life) are discussed.
3. Trouble did come! The Earth was pummeled by an asteroid shower which totally disrupted most life-enabling factors.
4. The great Ice Age developed. The absolutely necessary conditions for an ice age are spelled out and it is pointed out that the asteroid impact
event would have generated these conditions.
5. How did anything survive? The literature is void of any survival discussion with only two previous exceptions. Now a third one has been added.
Questions addressed in; The Window of Life;
1. How did the Woolly Mammoths die? 21. How old are the coal beds really?
2. What are the NECESSARY conditions for an ice age? 22. Was life on Earth created?
3. What are submarine canyons and how did they develop? 23. Is the Earth really 5 billion years old?
4. How did the impacting asteroids cause the great Ice Age to happen? 24. When did the rivers of the Earth start to flow?
5. Was there an accompanying world-wide flood? 25. Why does one side of the Moon always face the Earth?
6. Why does the Earth have a wobble? 26. Why are 90% of the craters on Mars on one side?
7. Why are the trees of the Liakhov Islands of Russia piled up? 27. Which Window of Life will close first?
8. Did the asteroids impact the Earth over a long period of time? 28. Why isn't the hot/cold criteria recognized by other writers?
9. How did any animal survive the asteroid impacts? 29. How do we explain the trees of Axel Heiberg Island?
10. Why are there deep gouges in the surface of Antarctica? 30. Why is 'fresh' carveable ivory currently available fro northern Russia?
11. How did a whale get 3,000 feet above sea level in Antarctica? 31. Have any other writers offered asteroid survival explanation?
12. What caused the 3,000,000 square mile Canadian Shield to form? 32. Is the Theory of Evolution valid?
13. Why is there a fault down the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean? 33. Is the Moon just a light in the sky?
14. What do the magnetic stripes on the ocean floor tell us? 34. How fast did the mid-latitude Ice Age ice melt?
15. Is it possible that the length of the year has changed in the past? 35. Why are Erratic Boulders found all over the world? 16. How long will it be possible for life to continue existing on the Earth? 36. Why are the remains of Champsosaurs found in the high Arctic?
17. What caused the flat-topped undersea mountains to form? 37. Why is there so much snow on Kilimanjaro? (3 degrees n latitude)
18. How long did the great Ice Age last? 38. Could there ever have been life on Mars?
19. Could it happen again? 39. How many mass extinctions has there been?
20. What caused the Himalaya Mountains to form? 40 How could the present diversity of animal life have developed from
the surviving cohort from the last mass extinction? (i.e. the last impact)
All of these questions, as well as others directly related to the topic, are discussed at length and
answered to provide an internally consistent, coherent and scientifically defensible theory of the Earth.
Some claims made and substantiated in The Window of Life
1. There has only been one Ice Age
2. The Milankovitch or Astronomical Theory of the Ice Age is false.
3. There will never be another ice age
4. More than 2000 feet of ocean had to evaporate during the ice age.
5. Once the Earth was both warm and illuminated from pole to pole.
6. The next impact of a large asteroid with the Earth will terminate life on Earth.
7. There is no life elsewhere in the universe.
8. No animals survived the ice age.
9. The Earth was once enveloped in a layer of water vapour.
10. Life on Earth will not continue indefinitely.
11. There certainly was a world-wide flood.
12. All of the mountains of the world formed within a one year time period..
The principle claims made and substantiated are;
Identification of a. the causal link between the asteroid impacts, the world-wide flood, the Great Ice Age and
b. the necessity to have both heat and cold not only to have an ice age but to retain the Greenhouse Effect.
Elements of Providence
during
The Genesis Flood
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 the 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?
Concerning
The Birth of Christ
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 festivals associated with winter solstice, supplanting them with the celebration of the birth of the Light of the World, and it is therefore unlikely that the date we have come to associate with the birth of Christ has any basis in historical reality. This would, however.have been an unwarranted conclusion.
The birth of Christ, according to scripture, would have preceded the death of Herod the Great by a brief period of time involving several weeks. While the time of Herod's death is one of the most recognized dates in ancient history, and hence indicative of the time of Jesus' birth, other lines of evidence including the time of Zachariah's priestly duties, the beginning of Jesus ministry, the dates for the reigns of both Tiberius and Augustus, (Roman rulers of the first century AD) and the eclipse of the Moon mentioned by Josephus, (Jewish historian of the first century AD) all correlate the conclusion that Jesus' birth occurred during the period from late in the fourth year BC to early in the third year BC. (which would also have been the years 4 BC and 3 BC) December 25th is well within this birth window. Since the timing of these events includes portions of both the previous era and the present era, a discussion has been included to explain the 'missing year' from the first decade of the previous era. The ancient lunar eclipse dates for the first few years of the previous era (from NASA website) were very helpful in this regard as they closely identify the time of Herod's death thereby helping to identify the time of Jesus' birth..
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Too Much Carbon
While our scientists to their credit do some pretty awesome work, they like the rest of us, are subject to peer pressure as well as their own biases. There is certainly no question that, due to the inherent instability of our environment, as well as the heat-retaining characteristic of the Greenhouse gases, the Earth is warming up. In recognition of the disaster that this would cause, our scientists have declared that if we could just limit our carbon emissions so that further temperature increases were restricted to 2 degrees (C), we might avoid disaster - which in this case would be an inhabitable Earth. This, while probably well intentioned, is a false pronouncement.
The Earth has already warmed up and will continue warming up (due to several feedback loops) even if our emissions were cut to zero.
What must be done instead is the removal of the excess CO2 that is already in the atmosphere, Then all of the excess emissions must also be offset by removing them as well. If that was achieved the Earth would remain habitable. Otherwise it will not and within another 200 years will be about as habitable as Mars..
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