The 2nd paragraph says that although the operations of God are amazing most of the time they are accomplished by the course of nature. Since they are so scientific they refer to another theory "cosmogony" again referring to the rings of the previous pages. Evidently this is what caused land to appear:
These, according to the Divine intention, so increased the pressure on the crust of the Earth as to cause it to buckle or wrinkle. These depressions became ocean beds and the upheavals became mountain ranges...This draining must have required a long time.They also mention that Europe, Asia and Africa were "thrown up" first and that North and South America was thrown up later. It's also mentioned that the kind of vegetation growing on the 3rd day was those which "prosper best in darksome shades."
Now remember in previous pages we learned each creative day supposedly lasted 7,000 years. I'm not sure their vague ideas about "long time" and "much later" mean that much. What could the significance of North and South America being 2 or 4 thousand years younger than the other three mentioned? Pretty weird.
Of course JWs no longer teach a younger North and South America. And we've already discussed the whole theory of the rings. So far they aren't winning any points.
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