[dartuser]

We have species on the brink of extinction today! ... Whats the difference whether they become extinct 20 years after the flood ... or 25,000 years after. I dont know Gods mind, maybe he didnt feel like re-creating them all again, he lets species become extinct today.

As far as Australian animals, some creationists support the idea of a single land mass until the flood/post flood ...

Anyway, why would a Jewish writing which documents the events in the history of a middle eastern nation and people mention anything about events in Australia, or North America?

Do you think most Christians think every question in life is answered in the text of the Bible?

[aShepard]

Do you think most Christians think every question in life is answered in the text of the Bible?.......

Yeah, my grown son is an ardent Baptist and unfortunately (or maybe fortunately, as he turned his life around) is guided by his belief 24/7/365.

[Dog Gone]

No, but I think Christians who are not open to the suggestion that Noah's Flood is an allegory have a challenge in defending it as a literal account. Christians believe in many other things in the bible as being symbolic or allegorical, but quite a few insist that the story of Noah must be entirely fact.

I try never to attack anyone for their personal religious beliefs, unless you happen to be a moslem who thinks Allah wants you to kill me. And to the extent I've done that on this thread, I apologize. I should have restricted my comments more to the fact that I used to believe the literal account of Noah's Flood, but no longer do. Nor do I think which side you come down on the issue is particularly important to God. It's an irrelevant side issue to the important things.