The liberal "Christians" I know are willing to support the local flood interpretation because of the "proof". There is ample evidence of a local flood, so it is nothing that needs faith. I have never seen a conservative believer defend a local flood. Could you point me in the right direction?
Thanks.
Walter Kaiser, one of conservative evangelical Christainity's most respected OT scholars, apologists like Norm Geisler and J.P. Moreland, etc. The "global flood" is a beleif of "pop-Christianity" not scholarly Christianity.
God never asked anyone to believe the flood on faith. It is presented as a historical event. Historical events, by defintion, have evidence. If you want to believe something on faith, read Gilgamesh.