You need to read the book of Revelation with an open mind and heart. Towards the end of that book GOD reveals the look of the new earth. And one is hit with the realization that mountains as we now know them will no longer exist and that oceans as we now know them will be no longer exist. Now since GOD is taking those who believe and trust in HIM and returning them to a pre FALL of man condition, and that the new heaven and the new earth will be much as GOD originally created them ---- and that the FALL of Adam is what brought about the FLOOD and the environmental changes we now accept as "normal," then obviously, there were no ALPS but only rolling hills. The FLOOD was so catastrophic in nature that it contributed greatly to the landscape we presently have now. I believe as part of the FLOOD that meteors, comets, and what have you hit the earth and could have been the result of planets within the solar system being clobbered as a result of the FALL of ADAM. That fall affected the entire UNIVERSE because Satan is the chereb who was originally placed in charge of earth (and that likely means all planitiods everywhere). When Adam fell Satan could now accuse him and bring all manor of attack upon him and that included harming planet Earth. Ultimately, the buck stops with GOD; however, GOD can and does allow Satan to have his way on occasions when it suits GOD's eternal purpose.
-Open mind? What do you consider open mind? The way I read it, the only thing you are claiming is that somehow the Bible answers my questions asked. In order for your view of the world to make sense and give you your "open mind" I have to reject all what is known about science, in order to fit your biblical story that is in fact a derivative of the epic of Gilgamesh, not an early Jewish story.
Not for nothing that isn't an open mind, that is in fact the opposite. Rejecting all explanations that don't fit the religious account.
- I gave you frankly more respect then the article deserved. I sourced your article and I answered specific problems I have with the article. The only comeback you give is "read the Bible".