>         A propos of something else, the Bible indicates that there will be no ocean when the new
> earth comes about.  I guess that will relegate all of us to land and fresh water collecting (if
> you accept the book of Revelations, that is).
> Hm-m-m. . .     That would be the end of the marine vs. the non-marine collecting.

However, they must have some enormous unionoids (or possibly one of the Amazonian freshwater
lyonsiids) for each gate to be a single pearl.  No sea could make a lot more areas available for
easy paleontological collecting, but I would not put much confidence in any interpretation of
Revelation more specific than "God wins".

Dr. David Campbell
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