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How about the global flood, said to have occurred about 4200 years ago. Believe that?

Absolutely, absolutely, I believe that. No doubt at all about that.

(not sure about the 4200 year figure, though. Never been an issue with me, as far as the time it occurred, I just know it did)

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How about the global flood, said to have occurred about 4200 years ago. Believe that?

Absolutely, absolutely, I believe that. No doubt at all about that.

(not sure about the 4200 year figure, though. Never been an issue with me, as far as the time it occurred, I just know it did)

My sources for the about 4200 year figure are:

2252 BC -- layevangelism.com

2304 BC -- Answers in Genesis (+/- 11 years).

2350 BC -- Morris, H. Biblical Creationism. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1993.

The problem I see is that in the western US where I work (as an archaeologist) we have an unbroken series of radiocarbon dates from numerous occupation sites that span that period. There is no sign of a flood of the necessary magnitude, no sign of disruption of occupation sites what would occur with a flood of that magnitude, and continuity of mtDNA across that entire time period.