Glenn Morton hypothesis: The Flood could ONLY have happened 5 million+ years ago

Three plus years ago I started the "Links and Information" topic Glenn Morton's attempt at reconcilling the Genesis story and the worldly story. That topic contains the link A Theory for Creationists , where Morton proposes that the Genesis flood story best connects to the filling of the dry Mediterranean basin, apparently some +/- 5 million years ago.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Had the wrong link for the first cite.

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

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"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

While I am inclined towards the "far more mundane origins" (and perhaps even Glenn Morton is), it is his here effort to fuse worldly history with Biblical claims. A real, major flood that happened at about the same time as earliest hominid history.Now, I don't recall what Glenn's opinions about the ark are, but I'm very much inclined to think the whole ark concept is silly. Would all (or even much) of humanity and the Earth's creatures of that time be living within the Mediterranean basin? I don't think so. Also, for the ark to land on Mt. Ararat (Turkey) would require much more than the Mediterranean flood. Now, in the context of a powerful creator God, I don't see this as a problem. God could have relayed the history of the flood to Moses lo those millions of years later (I'm serious, this isn't the sarcasm mode).

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

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"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

Glenn, your scenario seems to require that all animal life was within the Mediterranean basin. This makes no sense to me. Wasn't the basin environment highly uninviting?Even if such were the case, why didn't God just have Noah and familiy and animals make the hike to higher ground, rather than blowing a bunch of time building an ark?Moose

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

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"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose