[JoeFromSidney]

A worthwhile book is Ian Wilson's Before the Flood. The thrust of the book is that the various Flood legends of the Middle East, some Pacific Islands, and the west coast of North America, are based on the sea level rise that took place a the end of the last Ice Age, when the glaciers melted. In particular, the Noah story, and the Gilgamesh story, are based on the flooding of the Black Sea, drowning what were settlements on what became the sea-bottom. Well worth your time.

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The “ice age” was the direct result of the super-heated water of the genesis flood.
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