Solving the Mystery of the Biblical Flood

The debate is not really on whether or not catastrophic flooding
ocurred, but whether the Biblical account is accurate.I have read articles that suggest there were three major flooding
events between about 20000 years ago and 8000 years ago (haven't
looked up the exact times quoted so might be a little off), and
that this was related to glacial melt-downs, ice-dams breaking
etc.That there was a single, global flood that lasted one year is what
is being disputed.YEC's try to find theories that allow this, so that they can
support their faith. To me this suggests that they have little
faith or else why go to such great lengths to shore it up ?

I agree with that.Dunno about the dinosaurs though ... perhaps TB or TC
could elaborate that.

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Originally posted by wmscott:
Peter

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If you would read the first post in this thread, you will see that I accept the age of the earth and have little in common with YEC other than a belief in the deluge.

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All I was trying to point out to axial-thingamabob was that
the existence of catastrophic flooding in the history of
the earth is not the issue with the Biblical account of the
flood.Most of us here accept that it is most likely grounded in
a true event, but that it has been turned into a more compact
form, suitable for story telling+shouting the power of God
story i.e. it has been fictionalised for some purpose or
other.Personally I am happy to accept the idea of glacial meltdowns
and ice-dam breaking causeing catastrophic flooding during
a several thousand year period starting some 11-12000 years
ago. I've read about these things, and interpretations of
the evidences seem credible to me.I think the issue might be that YEC's have a harder time
with their faith than the rest of us ... and need to confirm
it to themselves.