In order for the highest mountain to be covered by water how many inches per hour would it have to rain?
2007-06-22 18:29:45 · 7 answers · asked by islandsigncompany 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry, yes for the 40 days and 40 nights. Guess I'm getting a little sleepy.
2007-06-22 18:34:19 · update #1
Aussie that is not the direction I was thinking. Your intelligence is not that which is now in question.
2007-06-22 19:03:04 · update #2
Mount Everest is the highest elevation at 29,029 ft. There are 960 hours in 40 days and 40 nights. So, by basic math, that would be 362.8625 inches/hour. But as stated you must take in to account the earth water cycle. Below is a link for 6th grade earth science. To those that wish to add the whole "canopy of water", even if possible the added water would still remain in the water cycle. So any 6th grader, should have the education to dispel this myth.
Therefore instead look at the flood story as a just a story. What does it say about mankind and his relationships with each other and God.
2007-06-23 04:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not up to the math equation but it was not just rain that caused the great flood. The bible says that also the springs of the great deep burst forth.
To Lorreign: There was also a canopy of water around the earth as it had not rained prior to then. How do you explain all the sea life fossils found in the mountains?
2007-06-23 01:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Joy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I read several articles, one good one in National Geographic, that said the Black Sea flooded the entire area of "the holy land" at the same time the flood was mentioned in the Bible. Seems one of the straits to the entrance to the Black Sea was filled with ice and melted causing the water from the Meditterean Sea to rush in and cause a massive flood.
Maybe it wasn't all rain.
It was something, however, because it remained an oral Hebrew tradion for thousands of years.
Oh, most of "the earth" was terra incognito at the time.
2007-06-23 01:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by Max 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
still wouldn't happen as rain is water already in the atmosphere and on the planet. There isn't enough water on the planet, even frozen, to cover the earth. Rain doesn't come from an unlimited source. Evaporation.
2007-06-23 01:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends, how long will the storm last? 5 minutes, or 40 days and 40 nights?
2007-06-23 01:32:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't enough water on the earth for this to happen.
2007-06-23 01:36:22 · answer #6 · answered by Amy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As previously mentioned, there isn't enough water on the planet to do this and please don't insult my intelligence by saying something stupid, like God did it so he made more water...
Blessed Be... )O(
2007-06-23 01:54:25 · answer #7 · answered by Bunge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋