First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation." They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water, through which the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire! But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. (2 Peter 3:3-13)
Notice that St. Peter uses the flood as the context in which to identify the scoffers in the last days. St. Peter mentions the flood and Noah three times in his two epistles. He treats it as a real event. So either he was right or he was a false prophet.
Think about that before you scoff at those who accept the flood as a fact. We are numbered with St. Peter. Are you?
Or <sigh>"misunderstood" or "poorly copied"...
I choose to believe the evidence. If Scripture, or any interpretation of Scripture, does not match reality, then accepting that Scripture over reality is the very definition of insanity.
You can throw Bible verses around all you like; using the Bible to support the Bible is a circular argument. And, notice the easy out it gives you: "We're right, and everyone else is wrong -- and if those others say we're wrong, they're lying and going to Hell, regardless of any evidence they have to back up their assertions."
Note: the Bible doesn't actually have to answer any hard questions this way. It can simply assert that God did it in a particular manner and anyone questioning that has to be evil. Can you not see the problems inherent in this approach?
Just more evidence that organized religion is a confidence game used to milk the gullible and the vulnerable.