How did all the vegetation survive during Noah's flood?

Question

It seems to me all the vegetation except the most hardy would be destroyed in a flood like that?
Don't tell me it evolved back into the vegetation of today?

You cant grow corn in the bottom of the ocean or the bottom of ponds I'm not trying to make a point I just want to know how it survived and get you people to thinking about it. xx

Answer 1

Seeds. The seeds survived the flood and grew very, very quickly as the waters started to recede.

Very, very quickly like those sped up clips on the discovery channel.

Very quickly.

Answer 2

The flood story in Genesis is found in almost all Middle Eastern lore, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. Mythology this prevalent usually has something to it. It is highly likely that a localized flood of some sort took place in some part of the fertile crescent, and a man with a large boat survived it, along with his herds and family.

By the way, it is possible for the entire biosphere to be nearly destroyed, and for plants to nonetheless survive the extinction event. I'd note two events in particular.

1. The Yucatan asteroid that struck at the KT boundary - the dinosaur killer - has been shown to have caused fires almost everywhere on Earth. Along with depositing a layer of Iridium universally around the globe, the Iridium is immediately followed by ash, indicating forest fires on a global scale. All plantlife, just about everywhere, was burnt to the ground. Fortunately, plants are extremely hardy, and most species have seeds or spores that can survive years, sometimes even centuries.

2. The Permian/Tertiary boundary is the biggest extinction event there ever was. And yet despite 95% of all animals being wiped out, many plant species coasted right through this event too.

Answer 3

I can not see what point you are trying to make but... How does the vegetation survive at the bottom of the ocean????? Or in the bottom of ponds????

Try reading Genesis 7 : 21... ALL Flesh Died....vs. 22 Every living thing that had nostrils to breathe died, and creeping things and birds (vs 23)

And Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him on the ark (7 other people)

And now turn over to Chapter 8 and verses 21,22.........

And the Lord said in his heart....While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

God took his curse off the earth at this time.

I hope this answers your question and it was a good one and probably got a lot of people thinking.

Thanks.

Penny Mae

Answer 4

Seeds that Noah carried on the ark. Seeds buried in the flood regenerated also.
A dove was sent out to find land, it returned with a Olive Branch in it's mouth..where do you thing it cam from? I do not get the impression plant life all died out, just humans & warm blooded animals.

Answer 5

The tale of Noah is a fairy tale. Even if there was a great flood, no living creature (plant or animal) survived except the ones on the boat.

Answer 6

The floot is JUST ANOTHER STORY not to be taken litarally. Remember that people thought the earth was flat. Noah lived on a island and all they could see was the horizon. They thought their island wa s the earth and hence when this island disappeard in the floot Noah landed on another land where there was no floot!
As simple as that!

Answer 7

the earth is alive you might have had one pimple and you got rid of it but then another one pops up. its like if you shaved your head of all your hair new hair grow back you don't have to plant knew hair you might have seen places were a fire has destroyed everything but then new plants come back the earth is alive this isn't a dead planet. God made it that way.

Answer 8

The story of Noah and the flood was derived from an earlier Babylonian myth.

Answer 9

I think if you read between the lines you'll find that Noah had a lot of help from our awesome God and through God nothing is impossible.

Answer 10

I think I can help you here. The flood is a myth written by people who knew nothing about meteorology, the extent of the world or its ecosystem. It makes much more sense if you look at it like that.