Noah's Ark?

[joe371]

I haven’t dismissed the flood. But there is absolutely no physical evidence of a global flood. You cannot have a flood of the proportions of the flood of Genesis and not leave physical evidence.

Flood stories abound because civilizations grow in areas that tend to be prone to flooding. It is not unbelievable that there was a very large local flood that those stories are based on. But I will repeat - there is no phyisical evidence of a global flood.

Peace

Tim

Hey Tim. I’m not sure if there is sufficient evidence for a global flood. I would leave that to the experts. However there is evidence that Jesus existed, and we believe Him to be Who He claims to be, so a global flood must have occurred: “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. (Luke 17:27).

 

[joe371]

Hi, Kevin.

I don’t discount a local or regional flood. There have been studies in the Black Sea area that may have identified a major, catastrophic flood. That flood may be possible candidate for the event that spawned the stories such as those found in Genesis or the Gilgamesh epic.

A regional flood is not what has been claimed in this thread. That is also not what many fundamentalist protestants believe. Unfortunately, what I have read on this thread is a verbatum recitation of claims from fundamentalist web pages.

Peace

Tim

Should the following words be believed by Christians, even if there is no proof/evidence of a global flood? Just curious what you view happens to be…

And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirita] of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.

 

[joe371]

A good thing to keep in mind is that we are only required to believe that the Flood was anthropologically universal, not geographically universal. Here’s a good post on the subject:

unamsanctamcatholicam.blogspot.com/2007/09/as-lover-of-history-and-of-faith-i-have.html

 

[joe371]

I haven’t dismissed the flood. But there is absolutely no physical evidence of a global flood. You cannot have a flood of the proportions of the flood of Genesis and not leave physical evidence.

Flood stories abound because civilizations grow in areas that tend to be prone to flooding. It is not unbelievable that there was a very large local flood that those stories are based on. But I will repeat - there is no phyisical evidence of a global flood.

Peace

Tim

Tim, what would you consider to be sufficient evidence of a world-wide flood?