"There was no worldwide flood. Simply put: there is no evidence whatsoever for a worldwide flood. In other words, it’s impossible. It is time for Christians to admit that some of the stories in Israel’s primordial history are not historical. It is ok to concede that these stories were crafted in a pre-scientific period and were designed to offer ethical answers to questions of why and not questions of how." Link.1. Not all scientists agree that there is no evidence of a worldwide flood.
2. I think when people discuss think of the world as being seven continents in their current configuration. However, most geographers believe that there used to be one continent and because of plate tectonics it split into its current organization.
3. If at the time of Noah there was only one continent, then I think you could call it a local flood but then it would also be a world-wide flood. Even if you don't want to date the flood back that far you would have to agree that the continents would not be as far apart as they are today.
Debunking Christianity: There Was No Worldwide Flood, By Robert R. Cargill, Ph.D.
Marcus, Pangea broke up over the course of 175 to 140 million years ago. This is when the first mammals were evolving.
ReplyDelete6000 year ago, the continents we know today would have been in rougly the same positions they are today (give or take a mile or so).
Nice try though.
Ryan, who said Noah's ark was 6000 years ago?
ReplyDeleteSo you're saying Noah's Ark was 140 million years ago? Was Noah a small furry rodent like creature?
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, the continents have been in roughly their present positions for all of human history. Your theory cannot work because there were not humans (or even primates) when there was one continent.
Ryan you are right if your timeline and understanding of the origins of life are correct. However, The Bible does not tell us when Noah built the ark or when the flood happened. And given that the Bible records when the Continent broke (Genesis 10:25), I don't think you can count out my theory.
ReplyDeleteWell Marcus, the bible is wrong, unless of course Peleg was fluffy little proto-rodents.
ReplyDeleteThere is a problem with your analysis. The Bible is not wrong. You can't prove that it's wrong. How do you know your time line is not wrong. There are wholes in it.
ReplyDelete"wholes" Marcus? What "wholes"? Ha!
ReplyDeleteTypo and obviously you know that not everyone agrees with your time line you presuppose that is the biggest hole.
ReplyDeleteI understand typos. But using the wrong word is something else.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, certainly not everyone agrees with the timeline I presented, but it's the mainstream scientific consensue. I don't need evidence free fringe theories to make my "belief system" work.
hmm...arguing from authority works for you when it's convenient. and "holes" and "wholes" is most definitely a typo. Just because a typo results in the wrong word does not mean the wrong word was intended. Oh, And by the way: The Bible is right no matter what you, or I, or anyone else thinks.
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