your thoughts on the flood?

[blackjesus]

first, this is not about religion. so don't bash any religions here at all.

alright what i wanna know is your thoughts on the great flood of noah's time. i think its definately possible seeing as there are "great flood" stories that wiped out all life on earth except for one man's family and a bunch of animals, in almost every culture. what are your thoughts? you can refer to religious things such as the christian version, or other religions versions, but if you disagree with it just because its a religious story, try to keep your opinion on the religion itself to yourself. okay go.

[gringokiller]

to an ancient civilization a flood of any decent size could be considered big enough to wipe out the world, given their scope of vision

[blackjesus]

thats true, most people back in those days assumed their civilization was the world. however, the fact that so many spread out civilizations from one end of the world to the other have the same basic story that supposedly occurred at the same time makes me believe its true

[chowchig]

It would be impossible, simply because there is not enough water on earth to cover all the land at its current shape.

Also I believe what this guy has to say.

Columbia University geologists William Ryan and Walter Pitman wondered what could explain the preponderance of flood legends. Their theory: As the Ice Age ended and glaciers melted, a wall of seawater surged from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea.

• During the Ice Age, Ryan and Pitman argue, the Black Sea was an isolated freshwater lake surrounded by farmland.

• About 12,000 years ago, toward the end of the Ice Age, Earth began growing warmer. Vast sheets of ice that sprawled over the Northern Hemisphere began to melt. Oceans and seas grew deeper as a result.

• About 7,000 years ago the Mediterranean Sea swelled. Seawater pushed northward, slicing through what is now Turkey.

• Funneled through the narrow Bosporus, the water hit the Black Sea with 200 times the force of Niagara Falls. Each day the Black Sea rose about six inches (15 centimeters), and coastal farms were flooded.

• Seared into the memories of terrified survivors, the tale of the flood was passed down through the generations and eventually became the Noah story.

[Raivu]

sounds like a familiar event that might be starting to take place, with the melting ice caps and it being 85 degrees in February (in Maine).

[Chad]

Pssh. Religion. Makes me laugh. I'm not even an Atheist. But I see a flood happening and taking tons of animals and possibly humans out but who knows if a man is responsible for saving most species? History is full of liars. So how would you know what to believe?

[blackjesus]

It would be impossible, simply because there is not enough water on earth to cover all the land at its current shape.

Also I believe what this guy has to say.

true but the bible states that the water came from the heavens, and i know i said this isn't about religion, but that could mean that something happened and the clouds got so full that this happened, or anything like that

[noob]

The Ice Age. Period.

When it ended, a lot of Europe and the Americas were covered in glaciers. They melted, and brought mass flooding, which naturally would have caused its share of casualties and environmental (in those times) damage. Changing weather conditions also brought famine, as hot winds began blighting temperate and frigid lands alike.

On an unrelated note, this was when mankind succeeded in first attempting to domesticate wild wolves as pets, before they evolved into the modern Canis familiaris, or as we know them, dogs.

[C0FFINCASE]

The flood serves more than just a historical account, like most religious stories and myths. So yes there is some event in the past that was able to effect all the people that existed in the world at that time. This is not a crazy notion since we all descended from one group of people that split over time for various reasons. On top of the stories telling that this happened you have religions and cultures add elements to the story to teach values, lessons, and enforce religious ideas. ie God doesn't like sinners and/or God is loving of the just and/or this is what a rainbow is.