About 5 or 6 people actually said, "rain doesn't have salt on it" well, if the earth flooded, than the oceans all met, right? or did the earth NOT flood?
um......what am i missing here. i literally read the answers and wanted to to stick a pencil up my nose and give my brail a swirlee.
2007-12-04 08:19:09 · 16 answers · asked by Jeff S Phoenix_AM 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-12-04 08:19:47 · update #1
and they are giving each other thumbs ups? ugh. these answers really do make my teeth hurt.
2007-12-04 08:20:32 · update #2
hey icy, if salt water is heavier than fresh water, why are the top layers of the ocean still salty?
2007-12-04 08:51:30 · update #3
People that think the Noah story is real are not worth arguing with.
A 10 year old can understand why that story is fictional. One needn't get into hard science to explain it.
But holy mackeral that first answer is funny! :)
2007-12-04 08:23:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Well first, please get the pencil out of your nose before you hurt yourself, dear.
I'm assuming you are considering the primeval flood to have covered the entire surface of the earth? Have you considered the possibility that it covered the world as ancient man would have known it, i.e. the Middle East? (Which would also knock out all the questions about kangaroos and polar bears on the ark.) Also, a close reading of the passage shows that it says not only did it rain and the oceans swell, but the fountains, or well springs of the deep broke open, indicating some kind of tectonic catastrophe which would have released a great deal of underground water.
But really, is the amount of salt water the point of this story? I can better understand people who recoil at the idea of God drowning most of humanity. The point of the stories in Genesis is what they say about humans and their relationship to God and to other humans, not whether there were kangaroos on an ark or Adam had a belly button.
And you should really be including Jewish posters in your questions, because this story is straight from their Torah. It would be helpful to everyone, I think, to have their perspective. But, maybe they're all busy celebrating the first night of Chanukah. :)
Peace to you.
2007-12-04 09:06:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well smarty pants :b ..... it can't rain salt water! .. you don't know anything about meatiology do you?
And salt water is heavier than fresh water that's why oceans are salty and mountain streams are not... otherwise the mountain streams would all be salty too... so it's just common sense. I think what you are missin g is a basic education.
The Bible story about the great flood is a real story... that's why there are sharks teeth in rocks in Utah.. they swam to Utah during the great flood.
Sharpen your pencil... mate. You have to get up pretty early if you are going to tease Christians today!
*grins*
2007-12-04 08:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The flood was caused by a large passing planet. A catastrophic tsunami began at the south pole and reached all the way to the north pole, sloshing back and forth until it settled. Ancient history, if anyone can pull their noses out of the bible long enough to read it for themselves. You will also see what the bible was taken out of. You will then see how much the bible changed the true history of the world and humans.
2007-12-04 09:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mix salt water and fresh water together I believe it is still salt water just a little more diluted.
Edit: I just tried it. I used 1 cup salt water and 2 cups fresh, just to be safe, well it still tastes pretty salty. But I don't think the proper way to measure salt water is with ones mouth. Oh well.
2007-12-04 08:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by That's Why 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wow - I like that!!!!
Also - how is it possible there was no rain? How did plants grow?
People didn't have an understanding of water until 150ish years ago - they thought fresh streams were for drinking but water was mainly for sewage. So they didn't water their plants - how did they have food to eat other than animals?
(Hail Atheism!)
2007-12-04 08:26:04 · answer #6 · answered by LS 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well did you??? Give your brain a swirly??
Try this......... take half a glass of saltwater & taste.... then add fresh water.... to fill the glass up.. WHICH is more tolerable? isn't possible that it was diluted enough so that plants could actually grow in the soil........
2007-12-04 08:30:15 · answer #7 · answered by darkness breeds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL How's that brain swirlee treatin' ya? :o)
Yes, that's what they think. They think there wasn't as much salt in the water back then, or something.
2007-12-04 08:40:43 · answer #8 · answered by Linz VT•AM 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The thing is, we begin with different assumptions. You and I are looking for rational scientific explanations for these events. They begin with the premise that an omnipotent being exists. After that, literally anything is possible.
2007-12-04 08:23:50 · answer #9 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
the earth did not flood. But it was all water at one time. The was a show on history channel that i watch that talk about it but can't think of the name.
2007-12-04 08:24:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋