2006-11-01 13:39:10 · 9 answers · asked by connie 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
no
the story of noah's ark is part of christian mythology, you cant really apply science to it
2006-11-01 13:43:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. The whole world really never flooded
Two senior scientists from Columbia University have proposed a theory that a massive transfer of water occurred about 5600 BCE - They wrote: "Ten cubic miles of water poured through each day, two hundred times what flows over Niagara Falls." "The Bosporus flume roared and surged at full spate for at least three hundred days." 60,000 square miles of land were inundated.
The Black Sea shoreline significantly expanded to the north and east. The lake's its water level was raised many hundreds of feet. It changed from a fresh-water landlocked lake into a salt water lake connected to the world's oceans.
Some researchers believe that the story of Noah's flood in the Biblical book of Genesis is a myth that had its origin in this cataclysmic event.
2006-11-01 22:05:15 · answer #2 · answered by Nena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story of Noah's Flood is a legend that was common in the ancient Near East. Look up "Epic of Gilgamesh" for an earlier version.
It is in fact possible that the legend had its origins in the cataclysm mentioned by another answerer.
Many stories of this kind were adapted as cautionary moral tales by the compilers of the documents that came to be assembled into what we call the Old Testament.
As another answerer put it, believing in these stories as historical fact makes you one among the most gullible people of our time.
2006-11-02 00:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no evidence for a global flood. Don't try to get your science from the Bible - just go find a science book. There's also no evidence for god, the devil, demons, angels, creation, or the jews being lost in the desert for 40 years after escaping from the Egyptians (also no evidence of enslavement).
2006-11-01 22:12:41 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hey KIKI, sorry to break it to you, but there was no universal deluge and no ark. Sorry.
There was a Noah, there was a barge, monsoon rains, flood, he was adrift add a few millennia and presto you have another myth.
2006-11-01 21:56:12 · answer #5 · answered by Manny L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know you're jerking our chain so here's a little tidbit for you: The flood story is a rewrite of well documented pre-Old Testament mythology. Belief in it is the ultimate test of gullibility - if you believe it you'll believe anything!
2006-11-01 21:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Christians take the Bible literally. Others dismiss it as myth and fiction. The truth probably lies somewhere between those two extremes, and certain historical events are recorded there. There may in fact have been a great flood in historical times. However, continental drift happened long before, in very prehistoric times. There hs been no continental movement in eons.
2006-11-01 21:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. That's when all the unicorns drowned, the poor things...
2006-11-01 21:45:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.....the water is on top of land, land does not float on water.
2006-11-01 21:44:03 · answer #9 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋