[Junior]

The flood lasted a year. The rain lasted 40 days and 40 nights. The olive branch part of the story is specifically there to show the flood was not universal.

[HeadOn]

Yes, you are correct. I was asleep at the wheel again.

But, please see my post #47 to Old Dominion.

[OldDominion]

The olive branch part of the story is specifically there to show the flood was not universal.

I am assuming you trust the words of Jesus when He stated, (Luke 17:26-27) "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all." (NIV)

Surely you must see that a local flood could not "kill them all" if it was local in nature? Right? Certainly a local flood could not cover the highest mountains. Correct?