Still, if there really was a global flood (despite the lack of any physical evidence), there’s no way the ark would’ve stayed in the same region of the world, given global currents and wind patterns.
Where did the ark ORIGINATE?
We know it landed in the Near East, and the survivors named the region after places they knew.
Isn’t it then possible they could’ve originated in ancient America?
Bible Scholar time!
Genesis 2:10-15
10. A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
11. The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12. (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)
13. The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.
14. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. (We know approximately where this area is today.)
Genesis 5:1-32
1. This is the written account of Adam's line. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
2. He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man. "
3. When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
4. After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
5. Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
6. When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
7. And after he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8. Altogether, Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.
9. When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.
10. And after he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11. Altogether, Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.
12. When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.
13. And after he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14. Altogether, Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.
15. When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
16. And after he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
17. Altogether, Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.
18. When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
19. And after he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20. Altogether, Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.
21. When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
22. And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23. Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years.
24. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
25. When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26. And after he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27. Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
28. When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29. He named him Noah and said, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed."
30. After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31. Altogether, Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.
32. After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
130 + 105 + 90 + 70 + 65 + 162 + 65 + 187 + 182 + 500 = 1556 years
So how far would 10 generations living 1556 years have traveled since Adam? How much land would they need?
It's not recorded; is it?
We could GUESS and THEORIZE and ASSUME, but, in reality, we'd have to say that, "We don't know."
...and the survivors named the region after places they knew. <--- this is a GUESS, and THEORY and an ASSUMPTION.
I stand by my original assertion. In fact, the burden is on you to prove the places mentioned ante-deluge are the same post-deluge.
You seriously expect me to believe eight people, from a local region where distant travel was virtually nonexistent, were such skilled cartographers and geographers that they could accurately identify mountains and the terrain of where they landed after floating upon the water for 150 days? Did they have an anchor? Were the earth’s ocean and wind currents non-existent during the flood?
Hmmm, let’s see. A typical ocean current can move a floating object anywhere from 7-120 km in one day. This means the ark could’ve been pushed by the current anywhere from 1050-18,000 km from its original location during the 150 days it was floating on the water.
Sure, it’s believable it just went up and down - NOT!
Regardless, I don’t believe in a literal flood that covered all the earth, so I don’t really care.