[Arkinsaw]

I like the story of the flood being when the Black Sea was formed.

[muawiyah]

How 'bout them beer jugs, eh?!

[wildwood]

there are LOTS of stories in LOTS of cultures about a great flood. they only serve to affirm the biblical account.

ah, the bbc....ever reaching to discredit anything western, Christian or conservative.

[TomServo]

A 'return the favor' ping!

[blam]

There's a one hour documentary that covers this very story. This article nor the documentary mentions a flood story like this that is at least 500 years older than the Gilgamesh story.

[pkjeff]

...widely regarded as a myth... There are many problems with the story...

Just highlighting the different conclusions that come from a different world-view

[dartuser]

Leave it to the BBC (probably should rename themselves the BBS!!) to be ignorant of current thinking in Creation Science. Some of the stupidest arguments are still perpetrated in the name of bashing creationism.

"it would have taken 35 years for Noah and his family to load two of every animal on earth."

The text doesnt say that Noah and his family went out and loaded the animals ... perhaps the author of this nonsense should read the text ... (hint for author: try the Old Testament first)

"And a flood that engulfed the Earth would have left a signature for geologists - yet none has been found."

LOL! ... what would you expect to find if the whole world were covered in water. You would expect to find a whole bunch of dead things in the mud layers that eventually turned to rock. What do we find? A whole bunch of dead things in the rocks ...

"there are about 30 million species of animals in the world. For so many creatures, a fleet of enormous arks would have been needed."

How many species were there at the time of Noah? THAT is the question ... not how many there are today. And how many species can be generated from an example of each animal? We would need some kind of canine to make wolves, cocker spaniels, german shepards ...

"Geologists have also proved that there is not enough water in the world to cover all the continents, then or now."

And naturally geologists know exactly what the topology of the earth was long ago. Creation scientists believe that during and after the time of the flood, there was alot of volcanism. I.e. formation of mountains, formation of deep ocean trenches ... take away the highest mountatins and the deepest trenches and there is plenty of water to cover the earth.

"We have to forget the idea that such a huge boat carrying all known animals existed, that it came to rest on Mount Ararat in modern-day Turkey, and that a flood covered the entire Earth."

Yes, whatever you say.

"Could this story have provided the inspiration for the Book of Genesis 2,000 years later?"

Of course it could never be that the actual events were handed down orally and were spun into stories fitting each cultures needs. Christians believe that Moses took his oral and written sources, whatever those might have been, and his direct communication with the Almighty to produce a story reflecting the actual events.

"And behind that story we can just glimpse a real man, a real boat and a real adventure."

ZZZZzzzz....

"Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child ..."

[Southron Patriot]

NOTHING is beyond God's power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If He said there was a flood then there was a flood.

As for the Ark, the Bible says that God caused the animals to come to Noah Two by Two, Noah did not have to gather the animals at all. As for the number of animals God sent to the Ark, that number is a lot less than you would think.
Go to http://www.creationmoments.com/resources/article.asp?art_id=33 and here http://www.creationmoments.com/resources/article.asp?art_id=87 and here http://www.icr.org/pubs/btg-a/btg-116a.htm


To flood the world while preserving Noah and his family is nothing to the one who created the Universe. God is real and he cared enough for mankind to send His only Son to die for our sins so that we could have ever lasting life with Him!

[Old Professer]

And it wasn't really clay from which Adam was made, but silly putty, right?

[billbears]

Could this story have provided the inspiration for the holy men who wrote the Book of Genesis 2,000 years later?

No it couldn't have. This is just another example of the world trying to explain away the glory of God. It happened as it is stated in Genesis to Noah and is not some restated Babylonian myth.

[ErnBatavia]

[RightWhale]

There are many problems with the story.

The Deluge was the official beginning of modern property rights law and governmental bureaucracy--the recorder's office.

[HHFi]

The saddest part of the Noah's Ark story was when the Dallas Police shot the male gorilla.

[CDHart]

I've often wondered if maybe Noah took the DNA of all the creatures, not the creatures themselves.

Carolyn

[Chewbacca]

According to the Bible the great flood happened about 1657 years after the world was created if you follow the lineage from Adam to Noah.

The interesting thing is Noah's father dies about 5 years before he finishes his ark and the flood happens, and Noah was 500 years old.

[LiteKeeper]

First, there is strong evidence that the Book of Genesis was written by eye witnesses, including the sons of Noah. It clearly pre-dates the Epic of Gilgamesh...and is much more credible, given that the "Epic" is mythology, and Genesis 6-8 appear to be eye-witness accounts.

I am willing to provide evidence later to my assertion above.

[VaBthang4]

http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/index.htm

[farmfriend]

Gods, Graves, Glyphs
List for articles regarding early civilizations , life of all forms, - dinosaurs - etc.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this ping list.

[Junior]

A "testing the waters" ping.

[Henchman]

You mean God told Noah to bring two of each kind of BEER! Go, Noah.