So christians....if it didn`t rain before the `great flood`` how did things grow?

Answer 1

the real hardcore creationists will fall back to water vapours "magically" coming up from the ground and a giant ice/water canopy covering the world. It always gets me giggling.

Answer 2

Miracle grow dude! Haven't you heard about it?

I think it was written that some sort of dew covered the plants. I could be wrong on that one. If you read the verse you could say that it rained in a way:

Genesis 27:28
Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;

But I'm not sure that it didn't rain prior to the great flood. I reread the story and actually didn't see anything that said it never rained prior to the flood.

Oh lookie what I just found. So this nullifies what I wrote at the very top.

If you look at Genesis 2:5 you see that there were no plants because it had not rained yet. This was during the early times of creation (keep in mind I'm not a creationist.)

Genesis 2:5-6
5 Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6 But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

Mist can be translated as flow. So from the above it looks like there was water in the earth but it wasn't until much later we got rain. I'm not a geologist or astronomer but it seems like maybe not everything was in place for an atmosphere or weather, etc. during that period.

-- Thumbs down? Didn't want the source of what we believe? Let me quess, if I said there was no flood, god is not real, blah blah blah, I wouldn't have gotten a thumbs down.

Answer 3

O come on, it had to have rained before the flood.

Even rain now is caused by water rising from the earth as evaporated vapors, turning into clouds and then RAINING. So what's so crazy about this idea.

Answer 4

God created all life and causes things to grow. He created water, rain & sunshine.

Gen 2:6† "streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground"

Answer 5

There wasn't really a "Great Flood", it was more like a localised flood...
There isn't enough water to cover the planet and if there was where did it come from ??
And if there was how did we maintain our rotation ??...
Life was abundant and everything grew, as it has always done....
Blessed Be...)O(

Answer 6

I've never heard the assertion that there was no rain in antediluvian times. I don't know any Christians who believe this. Most Christians don't consider the Old Testament to be a historical account of earth science.

Answer 7

well, having read the answers, i see that even though there was underground water and some of it rose up as mist, evaporation>clouds>rain hadn't happened yet then???

i got it now.

is it to do with the power of magick?

oops, no god isn't magick he's omnipotent

um..snake charmers encouraged plants to dance out of the ground?

aliens flew down secretly at night and watered them?

satan pushed them up from below and spat water at their roots?

dunno

give up

answers on a postcard....

:D

Answer 8

(Genesis 2:5-6) Now there was as yet no bush of the field found in the earth and no vegetation of the field was as yet sprouting, because Jehovah God had not made it rain upon the earth and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6 But a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.

Apparently, this situation continued right up to the time of Noah. The Bible says nothing different.

Answer 9

Where did it say it didn't rain before the great flood?
It rained just didn't rain as much nim nut

Answer 10

water came up from the ground, and apparently into the plant's roots. i guess. bear in mind you;ve got an omnipotent magical ghost behind all of this. he could've made plants magically not need water until after the flood.