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Originally Posted by Stranger
So if the water falls over the edge, where does it go?
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There are two schools of thought on this: First, the water gets recycled by God into the waters in the sky (you know, the ones that make the sky blue, see Genesis 1:7), then fall upon the Earth as rain or dew. Second, the water goes into the fountains of the great deep (see Genesis 7:11), which slowly let the water back into the seas. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
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and how do the oceans stay at the same level?
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Who said the oceans stay at the same level? I never saw that in the Bible. The oceans have currents, so obviously they are higher in some places than in others. Similarly, ocean levels change as the tides change.
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if an earthquake happened, wouldn't that send more water over the edge due to the force of the earth on the water and thereby decrease the water level until the water reappears
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Yes. Earthquakes in the seas cause tsunamis, which increase the amount of water flowing over the edge at any given time. This is why tsunamis eventually stop--if the oceans were a closed system, with no outlet, then each tsunami would continue zipping across the oceans basins forever. You have to understand, though, that the amount of water in a tsunami is small compared to the total volume of water in the oceans, so a little extra water going over the edge does not dramatically affect sea levels worldwide.