why does the ring of fire excist?
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The ring of fire is caused by plate tectonics.  \n\nIf you look at lava such as the slow moving lava in Hawaii you will see patches of cooled surface.  Some edges grow as lava rises whilst others slide under.\n\nThis is what happens with tectonic plates.  Spreading ridges in the middle of the ocean are where lava is slowly creeping up pushing the continents apart.  Iceland is a place where a spreading ridge has come to the surface causing volcanoes and clearly showing the rift opening.\n\nThis is balanced by subduction zones where the plate slides beneath another.  This causes mountains to be formed and volcanoes to form and erupt.\n\nAnother effect is that as plates slide past each other they can stick and then release suddenly causing earthquakes.\n\nWhilst all this appears dramatic and can be devastating to people living in these areas it is good for the earth and it's population.  The planet stays alive and warm.  Volcanic soils are some of the richest and explain why so many choose to live so dangerously close to volcanoes.\n\nThe process has dramatically changed the earths continents and oceans and been a fundamental part of evolution.
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The Ring\nDarkness Falls...\n\n\nhey same as urs!\n\noh ya... and ...    The Exorsist
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The "Ring of Fire" is an arc stretching from New Zealand, along the eastern edge of Asia, north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and south along the coast of North and South America. It is composed over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.
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It's called superheating. I don't quite understand it myself.
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because singapore didn't lies in the ring of fires...\n\nThe Ring of Fire is a direct consequence of plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of crustal plates [3]. The eastern section of the ring is the result of the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate being subducted beneath the westward moving South American Plate. A portion of the Pacific Plate along with the small Juan de Fuca Plate are being subducted beneath the North American Plate. Along the northern portion the northwestward moving Pacific plate is being subducted beneath the Aleutian Islands arc. Further west the Pacific plate is being subducted along the Kamchatka—Kurile Islands arcs on south past Japan. The southern portion is more complex with a number of smaller tectonic plates in collision with the Pacific plate from the Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Bougainville, Tonga, and New Zealand. Indonesia lies between the Ring of Fire along the northeastern islands adjacent to and including New Guinea and the Alpide belt along the south and west from Sumatra, Java, Bali, Flores, and Timor. The December 2004 earthquake just off the coast of Sumatra was actually a part of the Alpide belt. The famous and very active San Andreas Fault zone of California is a transform fault which offsets a portion of the East Pacific Rise under southwestern United States and Mexico. The motion of the fault generates numerous small earthquakes, at multiple times a day, most of which are too small to be felt.
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I've wondered this one myself.  I always do take a few steps back in case God is up there going "Ok, you asked for it."  Unfortunatley, it has yet to happen and I'm always disappointed when it doesn't end like a Pratchett book.
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The scientific explanation is that it doesn't happen. They're still arguing over it.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion
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Our ancestors looked at the darkness beyond their campfires and saw that it was filled with frightening things--bears, serpents, lions, etc.  They saw lightning and heard thunder, and had no explanations for them. Earthquakes shook the ground and they did not know why. It would not have taken long for the strong to exploit the weak, to offer them protection from these things in exchange for, say, the best portions of the hunt. The shaman or witch doctor or high priest had only to proclaim that he had a special knowledge of the invisible gods that caused the thunder and lightning, or that he could talk to the spirits of the animals and make them behave, and with some clever acting and special rituals, the people would believe him, and a religion would be born.\n\nThey still believe it, too, leading me to think that humans haven't really evolved much since then. Many of them still want to believe that there are demons in the darkness, which can be dispelled with the right chants or prayers; or that a hurricane can be turned away if only enough people have faith in some unseen deity in the sky; or that particular individuals--called pastors, priests, rabbis, ministers, popes, apostles, etc.--have a closer relationship to the big deity in the sky than ordinary people and can therefore pursuade the deity to give the people protection...for a price, of course. Will the human race ever mature beyond such childishness?
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If you have two magnetic rings (that have two opposite sides) you put them through a straw. One ring levatates above the other because of the force that pulls them apart. It's kind of hard to explain. I hope this makes sense.
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Lord of the Rings is one of J.R.R Tolkin's stories about a fantasy land named Middle East with lots of races, Humans, Elves(Tolkin Elves are tall, beautiful and very fairy), Dwarves, Ents, Orcs and Hobbits.\nThis is the story of Dark Lord Sauron who forged lots of magical rings with a group of elves for all the races consist of human, elves and dwarves and a special one for himself which he put some of his corrupted magical power in it.\nSauron was defeated many years ago but his ring wasn't devastated so he didn't vanished. His ring can only be destroyed in the fire where it forged, mount doom in the middle of Sauron land.\nRing took a very strange trip and 2000 years later found by a Hobbit(a race which was created by author of books).\nIn the meantime Sauron became strong again(he was from a heavenly race who lives forever) and came back to his old land. He started a search for the ring by his heinous troops.\nAt the same time a wizard known as Gandalf found that ring  hobbit found is the one ring. A council of high elves, wizards, men and dwarves decided to send the ring to mount Doom to destroy it while all Sauron army started a massive invade to mens land. They selected Frodo the Hobbit to do this mission.\nThis is where the story begins. Story contains lots of beautiful points about power and corruption , good and bad ,trust and betray and nature and love.\nMovies are great, just watch them.\nAlso books are a classic masterpiece with lots of poems and more which wasn't at the movies.
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Der Ring des Nibelungen, or Ring Cycle
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The origin of the ring was to prevent interference from outsiders! In the 1800's fans would punch fighters. See the movie far and Away with tom cruise and nicole Kidman for a portayal of this.\n\nThe square ring allowed for better viewing and safe distances.\n\nhowever, i do have a picture of a round ring that was used on a ship during the WWII era. Most arenas are set up for basketball and hockey so the Square ring is best. It also allows for 3 judges and a ring announcer like Jim Lamply at HBO to have a full but different view!\n\nhope that helped and continue to enjoy the Sweet Science!\n\nDe La hoya Mayorga should be great!
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It doesn't. All go to hell at death including children and Christians.The original Hebrew word was Sheol and the Greek word was Hades, properly translated they mean: the grave or a pit.Another word also translated as hell was Gehenna(Greek),this is an actual place now known as the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem. This is a place that always had a fire and they burnt trash, animal carcasses, and live babies were sacrificed to molech the great owl god.Look at a map.In Psalm 16:10, & 49:15 David knew he was going to hell (grave) and would be resurected from it.Many of the older Bibles such as Geneva properly translated these words as grave or pit. It is impossible to have three totally different words and translate them all as hell. In the 1600's when the KJV Bible was made ,the meaning of the word hell was to put in the ground so when they changed the wording to hell they understood what it meant.If you look up Gehenna in Websters dictionary today you will see it tells you the same thing I said. Apparently its to difficult for most Christians to actually look up the meaning of a word, they prefer to listen to the lies that their preacher spews from the pulpit. My God will put you in hell when you die,the grave, and regardless of your beliefs or how you lived you will be resurected for judgement. To receive eternal life you must know Christ as saviour, if not you will be thrown into the lake of fire Rev. 20:14,this is the second death, where people are consumed instantly and permanently. No eternal suffering and torment.I am a Christian and I think its a shame that churches use these kind of scare tactics to keep people in church.
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Fire is an exothermic reaction because it releases energy.\nIf the temperature increases, it's because the heat is getting out of the molecule and therefore the reaction releases energy: which means it is exothermic.
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What will happen to the wicked in hellfire? \n \n"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Revelation 21:8.   \nThe wicked are not immortal. The Bible says they will "perish", "burn up" and "be destroyed".  \n\n\nAnswer: The wicked die the second death in hellfire. If the wicked lived forever being tortured in hell, they would be immortal. But this is impossible, because the Bible says God "only hath immortality." 1 Timothy 6:16. When Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden of Eden, an angel was posted to guard the tree of life so that sinners would not eat of the tree and "live for ever." Genesis 3:22-24. The teaching that sinners are immortal in hell originated with Satan and is completely untrue. God prevented this when sin entered this earth by guarding the tree of life.\n\n\nBible Clear--Wicked Obliterated\nThe Bible says the wicked suffer "death" (Romans 6:23), will suffer "destruction" (Job 21:30), "shall perish" (Psalms 37:20), will "burn" up (Malachi 4:1), "shall be destroyed together" (Psalms 37:38), will "consume away" (Psalms 37:20), "shall be cut off" (Psalms 37:9), "shall be slain" (Psalms 62:3). God will "destroy" them (Psalms 145:20), and "fire shall devour them" (Psalms 21:9). Note that all of these references make it clear that the wicked die and are destroyed. They do not live forever in misery.
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"If God is good\nwhy do his peoples\nput lightning rods\non top of steeples?"\n\nLove that quote. Love your question.\n\nAlthough I too find this amusing, the real reason for the lightning rods is so that if lightning were to strike the town, it would strike the church, hereby possibly saving someone's life. That's also the reason why churches were always built on the highest point of town once upon a time.\n\nHope this has helped.
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Sodom, if it had ever existed, was situated somewhere deep underneath what is now known as the Dead Sea. So, if it is was a volcano that erupted and destroyed it, that nameless volcano is also buried in the same locale...   \nIn Genesis, God is claimed to have 'rained burning coals and embers from above' - namely the skies ! If so, it would more possibly have been a meteor, and not a volcano...\nBut, I would rather share the opinion of most historians - that the whole episode is a fabricated myth, to scare and frighten the poor 'believers' about the 'wrath of God' !