From what I've heard Christians anwer before, they said that the water became the oceans of today. But that doesn't make sense. Why? Because the oceans must've already been filled with water before or during the flood in order for the world to be flooded to the highest mountain peek. How could the world be flooded if the oceans aren't also filled with water? Now, how did the water go away? If it evaporated, it would've rained down again. And it could'nt have gone to the oceans either because the oceans are already filled with water.
2007-11-11 14:56:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The people who believe in the flood story do not know anything about the physical geography of the earth. But that's OK. They will just say that god did it.
2007-11-11 15:11:42 · answer #1 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it evaporated it would rain down again? I sure wish we who live in the southeast could get our evaporated water back in the form of rain. We're in a drought. Small details confound the wise. If God could cause a worldwide flood, drying it up would not be any more difficult.
Remember, we do not know what the terrain would have been like on a pre-flood earth. I just read a few weeks ago that they still do not know the exact height of the mountains. It's a guess. And the mountains are still changing to this very day. If you read the description of the flood in Genesis, you'll see it wasn't just a drizzle. And it wasn't only the rain that caused the flood. If God can create man from dirt, a little water dissipation is nothing.
Gen 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
2007-11-11 15:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by JohnFromNC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Personally I don't believe it was worldwide. In a lot of ancient cultures from the Mid East we have found stories. Check out "The Epics of Gilgamesh". It was written long long ago by the Sumerians. These people in the Mid East believed that the earth was flat. According to Geological research a flood did occur, but I see no evidence of it encompassing the entire earth. As for what happened to the water, we have much water contained underground. That's why people dug for wells a long time back. Bible says that water was even coming up from the Earth. There is the issue of runoff and evaporation and Icecaps. So, all in all, it was probably all of the above. I firmly believe in the Flood in the Mid East. To much data which proves it. What happened to it? Where does it go any other time of flooding. Not a priority with me.
2007-11-11 15:37:48 · answer #3 · answered by Nevermore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, here's what I think. I consider myself a Christian, but I don't necessarily believe the whole entire Earth was flooded. From a scientific AND a Godly point of view, God created the Earth with a certain number of H2O molecules, right? Since matter can neither be added or destroyed, the same amount of water or moisture existed in the atmosphere before and after the flood. This tells me the Great Flood might have just been a regional flood just as floods are today. But don't let this harm your faith in the Bible. In my humble opinion, the Bible is God's way of helping us know how to live our lives.
2007-11-11 15:14:00 · answer #4 · answered by RDog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im going to bee thumbs downed a whole bunch of times for saying this, but it is my opinion.
To me, it didnt really happen. That would have been impossible. 40 days and 40 nights? How would you know this? And the rainbow. That would have been seen in the rain before. If the legend is true, the animals that were on the ark would have been the last animals ever. Then we would have 3 eyed deers and 6 legged donkes. Heloooooo, inter breeding? Why do you think the ancient egyptians died out?
I know, i sound really arrogant dont i?
I do bielive in god, just so you know. i just really dont know how to {worship?} him. All of the {christian) religions dont make any sense to me right now.
2007-11-11 15:06:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jenna-Kate 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In some areas (country) there is rain, typhoon or shall we call it wet areas, while some areas (country) are dry. Evaporation take place in the dry areas absorbing water in the flooded areas. Great Flood are maybe fiction, and may be happen only on the affected areas. There were no CNN or foxnews during the time to verify the authenticity of the story.
2007-11-11 15:13:48 · answer #6 · answered by leo_arn69 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i'm assuming you mean noah's ark flood? that story was written a long time before people knew about the entire world (they hadn't discovered many countries, drawn world maps etc) therefore i personally believe that the water didn't actually cover the entire world, but just a large area of land. people in those days didn't understand the scientific eanings behind natural disasters, which explains why they thought God was punishing them,
but that's just what i think. i could be completely wrong, but it makes sense
2007-11-11 15:03:43 · answer #7 · answered by bucketforacrown 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Understand, that if water reached to the highest peak (over 29,000 feet). All you people saying it evaporated are fools. Your ignorance is inexcusable in this age of the internet. Riddle me this, where the **** did the water go?? We're talking about well over a billion billion cubic feet of water here!!
2007-11-11 15:15:57 · answer #8 · answered by Dashes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do we know how the ice caps were formed? Scientist say if they melted it would flood most the the northern hemisphere.
2007-11-11 15:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by Zookeeper's Boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude the water is now the ocean because the flood calmed down and went to the lowest parts and left the higher grounds which are the ones we live on. DUde u make things complicated just trust god. DUde you are like saying why do i have two arms and two legs come on dude its simple
2007-11-11 15:01:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋