So some Christians *really* believe that it had never rained before the flood?

Question

Really?

Answer 1

i don't. that's the stupidest thing i ever heard!

Answer 2

1. The earth may in fact be millions of years old and the universe billions if not trillions of years old. The Bible does not say. Rather, it says, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth..." indicating the universe was created far before life on earth. Also, the Bible describes the condidtion of the earth before was as "formless and wasteless and there was darkness..." Carbon dating at best is a guess. The interaction between carbon and other atoms may have an impact on the decomposition of c14 and therefore is not 100% accurate. 2. Yes. Historical events as well as the creation account and Noah's flood among other things. However, some things are also symbolic. It depends on the context. 3.No. There may have been a water vapor surrounding the earth and springs of water may have pushed water forth on the surface. 4. Yes. Chronologically, it has been testified as true. The lineage of Jesus dates back to around that time with humans living to 900 years or so. Jesus himself believed it. Further it states some gave birth in their 200th+ year of life. Since humans were once in a state of perfection and have gradually gotten further away from perfection it certainly seems plausible they matured at a much later age. The Bible states after the flood humans would only live 70-80 years on the average. 5.Animal sacrifices were necessary according to the mosaic law and there was no option if you wanted forgiveness from God. 6.No and especially not humans. This question is misleading. What exactly are you suggesting- the death of Jesus or animals? 7.This question is not valid because "hell" in the Bible is not some burning, firey place of touture. Ever heard of hades sheol? Their both the same- it represents the earth. Once a human (or animal) dies, he is dead. His body decomposes and he knows nothing. 8. Again, see 7. There is a lot of information in the Bible if you cross reference it. Simply stated, "hell" as most people know it is a false doctrine. 9. No. He does not intervene in things that do not pertain to his purpose or will. 10. No. Currently examining religions. A little research goes a long way. Its amazing how many false teaching have corrupted religion and people are turning away from religion because of it.

Answer 3

Let me inform you, and some of my fellow Christians, where this idea comes from:

Gen 2:5 And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up, for Jehovah God HAD NOT CAUSED IT TO RAIN upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground. But there went up from the earth a mist and watered all the face of the ground.

Now, this is talking about the time before He created Adam. Yet there is no other verse to indicate that this changed in any way prior to the flood. When God flooded the earth;

Gen 7:11-12 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened up. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

The fountains of the earth, hmmm, do you know just how deep the Mariana Trench is?!?! This belief is an inference from what we are told happened at one point in time, with nothing to contradict it, until the time of the flood.

Answer 4

Some interpret Hebrews 11:7 as saying it had never rained prior to the Flood, “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.”

More than likely though, the correct understanding of “things not yet seen,” probably is referring to the Flood itself, which the world had never seen the likes of before, or since.

Genesis 2:6 says, “but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.” Before the flood (Genesis chapters 6-9), the earth was surrounded by a firmament of water, (some would argue a "greenhouse effect".)

These are the waters that God released, causing the flood. It seems that before the flood the dew and ample water supply might have been enough to keep creation watered.

The Bible does not specifically tell us whether if had rained before the flood or not, but Noah understood what rain was when God mentioned it to him (Genesis 7:4-5).

Genesis 2:4-6 mentions that God did not send rain on the earth until after He created Adam and Eve.

I would guess that it had rained before the flood, but again, the Bible does not specifically say.

Answer 5

Yes. Some secular scientists believe so too. They believe that there was a mist surrounding the earth, creating a tropical environment that needed no rain. These scientists believe the "something" pierced the protective shield causing it to rain and forever changing the earth's atmosphere, resulting in the dying off of the dinasaurs.

Answer 6

When you wake up early in the morning & look out your window at the grass & plants do you not ever see them covered with dew? Even though it hasn't rained the night before? Where does it come from? Common sense & little observance of the world around us it all it takes to understand that concept.

Answer 7

If there was no rain, there were no plants. Therefore there were no animals. Therefore there were no humans. Also, with plant life non-existent (except perhaps for aquatic algae), I don't know where Noah got the wood to build the Ark.

Answer 8

I don't believe that. I don't think that the bible said it never rained, just that it had not rained that hard before.

Answer 9

Are you serious? of course it rained! and of course rainbows existed before the flood, silly people.

Answer 10

Yes

Answer 11

it never rained...the mist would come out of the ground like dew