As far as other posts:
Sadly, Hindu beliefs/legends are confined to that group. But the flood? It is legend/oral history in nearly EVERY civilization.
"Cultures around the world record a world-destroying flood in their oral or written histories. Dr. John Morris wrote regarding the existence of a past worldwide flood the following: 'One of the strongest evidences for the global flood which annihilated all people on Earth except for Noah and his family, has been the ubiquitous presence of flood legends in the folklore of people groups from around the world. And the stories are all so similar.'
Today 60% of Americans accept as true the Biblical account of the Great Flood,[2] and the olive branch returned by a dove to the Ark after the Flood is universally recognized as a symbol of peace."
That came from http://www.conservapedia.com/Great_Flood as it is entirely too early in the morning (or late at night, I can't decide which) for me to form a coherent post with proper spelling, grammar, etc.
All of life involves faith. Even those poor souls who choose to turn their backs on their creator. If you've ever made plans for the future, said "See ya later!" or put money in a child's college fund you've got faith.
The simple question is not whether faith exists within you, it's whether or not you've the courage to look beyond yourself to the loving, merciful God. Science looks at a bird fallen in death and sees....well nothing special. But my Father...
Matthew Chapter 6:26 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Chapter 10:29-31. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew Chapter 6:26 26 Look at the birds of the air;
they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of
more value than they?
Chapter 10:29-31. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground
without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head
are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of
more value than many sparrows.
[... As you said, “All of life involves faith”...}
Even the animals understand that life comes from God.
“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And
the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. Or
speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the
fish of the sea declare to you. The life of every living
creature and the spirit in every human body are in God’s
hands.” (JOB 12:7-10)
This is a religious belief. It is flatly contradicted by scientific findings.
Here is one such finding: In a cave in southern Alaska a partial skeleton was found, and dated to 10,300 years ago. The mtDNA was sequenced and found to be a particular haplotype (D4h3). That same haplotype was found in living individuals stretching from California to the tip of South America.
This contuity of mtDNA across the date purported for the global flood (4,350 years ago) shows that there was no depopulation in the western US with repopulation by the mtDNA haplotype of Noah's female kin from the Near East.
And this is just one of many bits of evidence which disproves the flood myth.
Believe what you want, but don't bet the rent money on it.