Do you think?

Question

I heard this story that when the rainbow appears it means god is keeping his promise to noah? is this all rubbish is there another reason for the rainbow? i think its a bit far fetched but my mate disagres

Answer 1

The rainbow was a sign that God would never flood the earth again. Well, has He? Nope, I guess He kept His promise :)

Answer 2

Depends on which mythology you follow/believe. Many cultures have stories that attempt to explain the phenomenon, and rainbows and stories about them appear in a wide array of mythologies, not just the Christian mythos.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_in_mythology for some of the beliefs.

The rainbow has a place in legend due to its beauty and the difficulty in explaining the phenomenon before the work of Descartes in the 17th century (although, as mentioned above, Theodoric of Freiburg had given a satisfactory explanation in the 13th century.)

In Greek mythology, the rainbow was considered to be a path made by a messenger (Iris) between Earth and Heaven. In Chinese mythology, the rainbow was a slit in the sky sealed by Goddess Nüwa using stones of five different colours. In Hindu mythology, the rainbow is called Indradhanush, meaning the bow of Indra, the God of lightning and thunder. In Norse Mythology, a rainbow called the Bifröst Bridge connects the realms of Ásgard and Midgard, homes of the gods and humans, respectively. The Irish leprechaun's secret hiding place for his crock of gold is usually said to be at the end of the rainbow (which is impossible to reach). In the Hebrew Bible, the rainbow is a symbol of the covenant between God and man, and God's promise to Noah that He would never again flood the entire Earth. The Rainbow has even become the symbol for a modern movement within Judaism called B'nei Noah. B'nei Noah are non-Jews who continue to follow in the ways of their ancestor Noah. The Noahide movement has its roots in Jewish Tradition, specifically the Talmud.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow#Rainbows_in_religion_and_mythology

Answer 3

Your mate is absolutely right. That is the only thing a rainbow stands for. It says so in the Bible. Even if you doubt the religion, know that God does not lie and the Bible is not only inspired of God, but most can be verified through archeology and historical data. So why doubt?

Genesis 9:13: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

For the skeptics: Author Donald Ahrens in his text Meteorology Today describes a rainbow as "one of the most spectacular light shows observed on earth". Indeed the traditional rainbow is sunlight spread out into its spectrum of colors and diverted to the eye of the observer by water droplets. The "bow" part of the word describes the fact that the rainbow is a group of nearly circular arcs of color all having a common center.

Answer 4

Rainbows are light being reflected off water in the air. We can create them, it is not hard. If I can make rainbows with a garden hose, I must be god. Anyone that actually believes the flood story of Gilgamesh/Christianity is too far gone to understand grade school science.

Answer 5

The rainbow was God's sign to Noah. Think about it, God had just flooded the Earth, thats something pretty incredible. The people on the ark were probably thinking something along the lines of "Wow....what if next time we don't survive?" So God gave them the rainbow, so after every time it rains we can see it, and know that God still remembers His promise to not flood the Earth.

Answer 6

To have a rainbow you need water droplets to hang in the air. Water is heaver than air. by the law of gravity any body should fall at a rate of 32feet per second per second.

but yet on a windless day just after a gentle rain there is a rainbow that can hang there for hours.

You do not see something about that?

Answer 7

The noah theory is based on superstition and conjecture by ignorant people. A rainbow is the same principal as light traveling through a prism. it separates lights into its separate wavelengths by travelling through the droplets of water in the air and reflecting it back to you at different lengths of waves.

Answer 8

Genesis 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Remember prior to the flood it had never "rained" on the earth... the word says the earth was watered by a mist. After the great flood God promised he would never destroy the earth and all inhabitants by water again. Yes there have been many floods, but none that caused the devistation of all of mankind and animals aside from a few.

Answer 9

Are you serious? The rainbow appears because the light of the sun reflects in the humid air, after it rains. That is proved science.

Answer 10

No one knows if there were rainbows before God made the promise. But God makes the rules. If God wanted to make it so there were rainbows He could...Which He did