The Bible never says there was a "global" flood. Why would it, since the biblical writers didn't know the Earth is a globe? It simply says "the whole world". When we read something written 5,000 years ago, in order to understand it, we have to ask what various terms meant to the writer, not what they mean today. What did "the whole world" mean to a shepherd living in the Mediterranean area that long ago? Obviously it did not include North and South America, Australia or Asia, since he didn't have a clue that such places existed. Even northern Europe and southern Africa would be unknown to him. His "whole world" was the area around the Mediterranean and Red Seas. The inland Black Sea is a remnant of that great flood.
The Bible says there was and I believe the Bible. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights which is no more impossible than the creation for an all powerful God.
There was no global flood: Abraham had over 300 servants, and fought armies of thousands, who had not been destroyed in Noah's flood. The old testament is the history of the Israelites, not the world.
The floods were periodic occurrences in the Mesopotamia when the four rivers there overflowed.
When writing the history of the Israelites, the Hebrew writers were unable to reconstruct the lineage of all their ancestors so they used the flood story to avoid the task.
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The Mediteranian Sea rose and broke into a then shallow Black Sea .
The Bible never says there was a "global" flood. Why would it, since the biblical writers didn't know the Earth is a globe? It simply says "the whole world". When we read something written 5,000 years ago, in order to understand it, we have to ask what various terms meant to the writer, not what they mean today. What did "the whole world" mean to a shepherd living in the Mediterranean area that long ago? Obviously it did not include North and South America, Australia or Asia, since he didn't have a clue that such places existed. Even northern Europe and southern Africa would be unknown to him. His "whole world" was the area around the Mediterranean and Red Seas. The inland Black Sea is a remnant of that great flood.
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https://youtu.be/P5LmZAw0NhA
The Bible says there was and I believe the Bible. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights which is no more impossible than the creation for an all powerful God.
There isn't a shred of geological evidence for a worldwide flood at any time in the earth's history.
There was no global flood: Abraham had over 300 servants, and fought armies of thousands, who had not been destroyed in Noah's flood. The old testament is the history of the Israelites, not the world.
The floods were periodic occurrences in the Mesopotamia when the four rivers there overflowed.
When writing the history of the Israelites, the Hebrew writers were unable to reconstruct the lineage of all their ancestors so they used the flood story to avoid the task.
There are flood stories from all over the world, suggesting there was a global flood.
YES!!! (and most likely happened around 3298 BC).
The following vids go into the details. Watch at least the first three and you'll be an expert on the subject compared to most people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7FHRlzmWPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVbMFBF660
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icOlD7F5guc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AVxRVXHYqo
Good luck and God bless.
Consider perspective.
No, a global flood in human times has absolutely been ruled out by the sciences.
Lots of why at the link.