This thread is to discuss personal opinions and also any evidence that people may have about the flood as referred to in the Bible. Any opinions are welcome either for or against its occurance, if it ocurred then when, and if it supports evolution or creation.
Personal opinion? How about we look at if it really happened or not instead? And since we're talking about a global flood a few thousand years ago, then no, it didn't happen.
This thread is to discuss personal opinions and also any evidence that people may have about the flood as referred to in the Bible. Any opinions are welcome either for or against its occurance, if it ocurred then when, and if it supports evolution or creation.
Frankly this post has nothing to do with evolution so I am moving it to the philosophy thread.
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This is my favorite Bible story to debunk so don't get me started. In my opinion it is the worst example of God's behavior, yet we teach it to our kids as a moral lesson. The recent tsunami has left many religious people in a quandry. To some, God was punishing the wicked. Others are giving thanks for their survival. The most confusing is thie perpetual excuse that God works in mysterious ways.
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If god existed then science would be meaningless
1. Not enough water (oops)
2. The thought of a 600 year old guy building such a large boat out of wood, with the technological knowledge of the time, is nothing but ridiculous
3. This supposed boat has never been found
4. The sheer management of all the animals, including the feeding and the waste disposal
5. How did the animals get to the boat?
6. How did they get back?
7. Whatever happened to the ancient civilisations and cultures in China, Egypt, etc.? Were they rounded up as well and then returned to their homeland where they restarted their culture as if nothing happened (exactly as if nothing happened, or we would have writings about it)
8. If god would want to save the world from sin or whatever the reason was, then why not kill all animals and humans, instead of just almost all? And why pull such a stunt anyway? Surely if god is omnipotent he could fix the flaws of his creation in other ways?
The flood didnt have to be global, only covering a good portion of what they knew
There world was alot less map back then.
God wanted to kill everyone and everything except for Noah, some animals and, apparently, a lot of birds and fish. How could he accomplish that with a local flood? And why would it then be necessary to round up all animals from around the world if only a small portion of the world would be flooded? God could then tell Noah to take two of every animal and walk a few kilometres to the west or something.
God wanted to kill everyone and everything except for Noah, some animals and, apparently, a lot of birds and fish.
how do you know who 'everyone' was?
besides, what seems more feasable on a boat, two of every species from a continent or from a planet?
the 'local' flood could have span a few countries, you can only walk so far in a day, in sandles, while holding 77 leashes in each hand.
in the desert, none the less.
Flood/no flood
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