God is said to have killed every living on earth except Noah and the inhabitants of the ark, he killed everyone by drowning them! Even the babies and the unborn, what sin could they have committed?
2007-06-16 16:11:06 · 19 answers · asked by NIHIL VERUM NISI MORS 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As in every disaster many innocent die and this was true for the babies and unborn at Noah's time. God took them right to heaven and since heaven is the best place you can ever go to, I don't think they regretted being taken there.
2007-06-17 01:13:19 · answer #1 · answered by Friend of Jesus 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it is debatable.
history shows that China never did get flooded at that time. it is possible that He did wipe out everything, but look at all of the hurricanes and monsoons we have today, the tsunami's that wipe out whole islands and small countries. Did God do that too because of our sins??
The Bible was written by man....did he witness it? did he copy off of an others notes? Did God really tell him? Where did all of the other species come from on earth that were not on the boat? He gave the promise of the rainbow to promise he would not flood the earth again.
Our history can agree on most of the stories and explain the theory behind why the story was written as it was so described. e.g. plagues, locust, etc. were not so much used as curses, but as nature taking care of itself.
We still have those same things here today as back then, we have advanced in our tactics on handling them and we are more sophisticated with our technology that they are not as much of a threat as they were to them in their time.
2007-06-16 16:32:06 · answer #2 · answered by donna D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I need to preface my answer with the information that I am agnostic (a nontheist so far as organized religion is concerned). Having said the preceding, my understanding of the story of Noah and the Ark and the Flood is that they have no basis in any reality! The story is mythological and allegorical and is not intended to be interpreted literally. There are those who decipher the bible based upon esoteric concepts and the system named Qabala (which is Jewish mysticism and is complex and arcane). The bible is considered by some (heretically) to be a grimoire (a magical manual). It is not designed to be understood easily.
2007-06-16 16:30:36 · answer #3 · answered by Lynci 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the earth was filled with lots of violence. the bad angels took over the bodies of man because they liked the women on earth. so they started having sexual relations with them and these women had babies that ended up being giants and they were evil and mean. the only way he could get rid of this was if he destroyed all the BAD people. likewise we today are living like in the days of Noah. except it is much worse. so God will destroy all those who are bad and he is patient and giving all of us a chance to be righteous and he will protect his people and will destroy all bad people. even babies and unborn children, why? because these parents have the responsibility to be good and choose not to.
2007-06-16 16:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are missing the point; God did not destroy the earth mankind did this without God's help, God knew what was coming and showed Noah a way out but nobody believed him except his own family and the animals that came into the Ark until it was too late. So do not put the flood on God, yes he knew it was coming but he warned people how to get through it and just like today no one is listening even though history is repeating again today. Fire is coming, maybe atomic fire from heaven in the form of bombs but you cannot blame God for this either? Well I guess the bombs are God's fault also because he made man and man will drop the bombs, but God made a way out today but no one is listening.
2007-06-16 16:22:05 · answer #5 · answered by sirromo4u 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Well, I think He got His point across pretty much. He does not appreciate a bunch of humans (His creation) dissing Him. He expects a certain amount of respect. Still does. He's just giving us all a period of grace in order that we all come to Him in repentance....before He zaps us with Armageddon. He doesn't have to give us this grace period, but does it in the hopes we will all be saved before it's too late. The Bible says He's long suffering (suffering man's disrespect) willing that none should perish.
As for the babies that were killed, He actually saved them by taking their lives early, before the age of accountability. Had they grown up, He knew they would choose to turn against Him. It's a spiritual thing. Their souls were saved which is the eternal part of them.
2007-06-16 16:25:38 · answer #6 · answered by Joyful Noise 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I trust alien Jesus, I study the Theogeny in college, the Greek creation delusion, and it is truly equivalent to Genesis. yet even if the former testomony is older that Hesiod's poem, the Theogeny. exciting question, I watch for solutions from those who're extremely creationists.
2016-10-18 22:25:00 · answer #7 · answered by kenton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God didn't kill every living thing on the earth except Noah and the inhabitants on the ark. That is what you heard that the Bible says, read it for yourself
2007-06-16 16:18:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
SIN ,every form and fashion of it, just like now, and it's like when you get a disease in a crop or in cattle,or poultry ,in the old days they burned the crops and had to start over, same with cattle, get hoof and mouth disease, chickens..bird flu, they would have to kill them all, burn the land and the animals......in Noah and the flood, God had to clean everything of sin...he also said he'd never destroy the people again with water......next time it will be fire. SIN.....look around....it's getting close....I don't see how he can tolerate the sin that is running ramped now....
2007-06-16 16:27:55 · answer #9 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since Adam sinned in the Garden, there is no such thing as an innocent person. Wickedness was pervasive in the whole earth.
Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
2007-06-16 16:18:53 · answer #10 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋