Noah, Utnapishtim, and the Flood

[AndrewA]

Here is an interesting thought; If you smoothed the earth out flat then the water on its surface will be a mile and half deep. There is more than enough water to flood the earth. Just back in days of NOah mountains were not as high nor where the sea troughs were so deep. Why is it that evolutionists claim that Mars was once complelty covered in water, yet scoff at the thought of Earth being covered.

Of course all these myths and legends are basd on Noah. Noah and his family repopulated the earth, the account of how Noah built the ark and the flood would have been told and beleived by a number of generations, but as the populations grew and centuries and milenium ticked on, these accounts would be forgotten or retold and reworked into different accounts and in different ways until entirly different stories came about.

[Floatingaxe]

Surely he would not have a problem with us asking questions of his creation, and his Word!

You must pick and choose your issues. The flood issue is not anything that is worthy of question. The Word of God tells us the story. Believe it. Where is your faith?

My Faith is in God and God's creation. My faith is in His Word. My faith is in Christianity. My faith is in Jesus Christ.

I also believe that the God who created us would not want us to merely submit to what one book says if it goes completely against our reason. Then, we should take the Bible in the context that it was written. From there, we can only have theories. None of us were there. I am not trying to be rude here. There are much larger problems, in my opinion, if we honestly will go against reason to say that the earth was once flat, or that the Bible is the sole ruler of authority over what has happened, and not what has actually happened. Some people say that only the Middle East flooded. Some say that the whole, flat earth flooded.

Some say that the Bible was inspired by God but written by fallible man. Some say that God physically moved the pen.

So then, who is right? The former or the latter? By whose tradition do we put the faith in the Word of God?

Again, these are questions. I am not calling the Word of God a lie. I am trying to force...nay, beg all readers of the Word of God to think. It cannot be sinful to think or to ask questions.

Like I said, pick and choose your issues. You can question yourself right into peril. The Word of God is worthy of challenge, but it isn't worthy of doubt.

[apothanein kerdos]

But no such evidence for the entire world??? Is the Bible guilty of hyperbole?

Considering that the Middle East comprised most of the known world back then, it was probably not a hyperbole to whoever wrote the story down.

Then how much of Genesis is hyperbole? Could the one who wrote the store down not ACTUALLY know how long the creation took the Almighty to complete? Could it be that he mistakenly exaggerated many things handed down through the oral traditions? These are merely questions...

Hyperbole isn't a mistake - it's very intentional. It stresses a point. Thus, much of Genesis, especially the first few chapters, has quite a bit of hyperbole in order to stress a theological point.

The creation story and the Noah flood story are most likely written as a theological response to pagan beliefs and lore about these events.

Thank you, AK, for thinking.

Not a problem. You'll find many people in life that are afraid to ask questions of their faith, and so when you approach them with questions their responses by be a bit harsh.

There is nothing wrong with asking questions, so long as you are willing to find the answer.

[CaritateDei]

Here is an interesting thought; If you smoothed the earth out flat then the water on its surface will be a mile and half deep. There is more than enough water to flood the earth. Just back in days of NOah mountains were not as high nor where the sea troughs were so deep. Why is it that evolutionists claim that Mars was once complelty covered in water, yet scoff at the thought of Earth being covered.

Of course all these myths and legends are basd on Noah. Noah and his family repopulated the earth, the account of how Noah built the ark and the flood would have been told and beleived by a number of generations, but as the populations grew and centuries and milenium ticked on, these accounts would be forgotten or retold and reworked into different accounts and in different ways until entirly different stories came about.

So are we Christians supposed to believe that the earth was once flat and then God inflated it like a balloon???

[Floatingaxe]

Here is an interesting thought; If you smoothed the earth out flat then the water on its surface will be a mile and half deep. There is more than enough water to flood the earth. Just back in days of NOah mountains were not as high nor where the sea troughs were so deep. Why is it that evolutionists claim that Mars was once complelty covered in water, yet scoff at the thought of Earth being covered.

Of course all these myths and legends are basd on Noah. Noah and his family repopulated the earth, the account of how Noah built the ark and the flood would have been told and beleived by a number of generations, but as the populations grew and centuries and milenium ticked on, these accounts would be forgotten or retold and reworked into different accounts and in different ways until entirly different stories came about.

So are we Christians supposed to believe that the earth was once flat and then God inflated it like a balloon???

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[CaritateDei]

Here is an interesting thought; If you smoothed the earth out flat then the water on its surface will be a mile and half deep. There is more than enough water to flood the earth. Just back in days of NOah mountains were not as high nor where the sea troughs were so deep. Why is it that evolutionists claim that Mars was once complelty covered in water, yet scoff at the thought of Earth being covered.

Of course all these myths and legends are basd on Noah. Noah and his family repopulated the earth, the account of how Noah built the ark and the flood would have been told and beleived by a number of generations, but as the populations grew and centuries and milenium ticked on, these accounts would be forgotten or retold and reworked into different accounts and in different ways until entirly different stories came about.

So are we Christians supposed to believe that the earth was once flat and then God inflated it like a balloon???

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Floatingaxe, it was a serious question!

[Floatingaxe]

Sorry, there!

I think the poster, AndrewA, was meaning to imagine the earth as flat, having no mountains or ocean basins...flat topography.

[sheya joie]

Sorry, there!

I think the poster, AndrewA, was meaning to imagine the earth as flat, having no mountains or ocean basins...flat topography.

Flat like a billiard ball, not flat like a table top.

[CaritateDei]

Sorry, there!

I think the poster, AndrewA, was meaning to imagine the earth as flat, having no mountains or ocean basins...flat topography.

Flat like a billiard ball, not flat like a table top.

So the flood covered the whole earth, or just the middle east?

Water causes erosions...not mountains. I just thought I would point that out. So where did the mountain that the ark rested on come from?

[Floatingaxe]

I believe that the waters covered the whole earth as the Word says. Why choose to believe otherwise?