to steal from gvih2g2, if there's no rain before the flood did god create the water cycle to start the flood?

Question

GOOD POINT Bad Liberal...where DID all that water go?

Sam Hunley--- go to the question gvih2g2 asked and you will see what other "christians" are saying about the existence of rain pre-flood.

Tim M... Genesis 8:2 is the end of the flood

Answer 1

More to the point, where did the water go afterwards..?

Answer 2

"Thus God created the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven." -Gen.1:7,8; "In the 600th year of Noah's life, in the 2nd month, the 17th day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was on the Earth forty days and forty nights" -Gen. 7:11,12. The creation of the firmament makes it clear that water- no doubt in the form of water vapour- was stored above Earth's atmosphere. Once the "windows of Heaven were opened" this vapour was loosed and became Earth's first rainfall, which lasted 40 days and 40 nights. Combined with the fountains of the great deep -and we all know about the water which is stored below Earth's surface- there was more than enough water to flood the entire Earth. Most scientists agree that the entire surface of Earth -including the polar regions- enjoyed beautiful, lush greenhouse conditions and water vapour stored above the Earth, such as described, would've definitely caused just such conditions on Earth.
As for where the water went; scientists have discovered that the floors of the oceans and seas did drop significantly several thousand years ago. There is actual, concrete, scientific evidence to support this claim. Combined with the polar ice caps, glaciers and the beautiful snow capped mountains the explanation and answer to that question should be obvious to anyone. I've listed an excellent resource below that will answer more of these types of questions. Will you have the courage to look it up and actually read it?

Answer 3

Water cycle, Hmm.
Well, here's what Genesis 8:2 says: "Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;"
Apparently, the water in the aquifers under the ground, and the moisture in the air both broke through at the same time, so it was not just the rain that caused the flooding.

Answer 4

God created everything, therefore God created the water cycle. Did it rly say there was no rain before the flood? i seriously dont remember that. I vaguely remember reading something to that effect....o well anyways in the case there was no rain before the flood then yes, God did create the water cycle to start the flood

Answer 5

Well, God created it , but for that purpose-who knows. Rain was not the only source of water for the flood. There were the fountains of the deep that broken open, and the expanse of water above the earth (canopy) fell.

Answer 6

For Creationists, the Bible speaks of waters below and above. The waters above formed a "vapor canopy". The waters beneath split the earth's crust, breaking apart Pangaea. All the water that was under and above the earth is still with us, most frozen in the polar ice caps. Many fear that global warming is causing the ice caps to melt faster, which means a global flood (see UK article).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor_canopy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1120-03.htm

Answer 7

It did not rain before the flood, and of course, God made the rain, just like He did all of the other elements of nature.

Answer 8

no

it says that dew warter the earth before the flood

He just changed a few rules that all

He is God He can do anything

Answer 9

a world without rain water - are you serious? I sure hope not.

Answer 10

there was rain even before....comeon