Not necessarily, because freshwater is less dense and is KNOWN to be able to float on saltwater for a long time.
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As much as I like poking a fundie in the eye (and most of what Socrates is saying is absurd), salt water IS more dense than freshwater, and oceanic freshwater tends to float on top of layers with greater salinity. So there is nothing wack or wrong with this statement (out of context as it is) by Socrates. Let's not be so knee-jerk with the eye-poking, huh? It makes skeptics look like cynics.
Assuming this has to do with the flood, this statement must have been used to "prove" that a global flood happened. However, this would mean that we'd find saltwater at the bottom of every body of water, as the massive rush of salt water would penetrate any freshwater bodies. So, in order to prove your statement, Socrates, go find saltwater in everything that should be freshwater.
So, there are no bodies of brackish water then? Good to know...
Maybe the freshwater can float on saltwater, if there is no movement in either, but as waves tend to stir the water around, I guess the "a long time" would be restricted to "until the next tide comes in/goes out".
But most models of The Creationist Flood require vast churn. The waters below pumping up the layers of Earth in order to sift the bones of dinosaurs in deeper deposits than the bones of mammals. Fresh water would not float on top of salt water with such agitation going on.
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