There is something that has been touched on in many threads here at EvC, but that if IIRC, we have never discussed in depth.
If the Biblical Flood happened, what evidence would we see in the genetic record?
Of course, there is not one flood story in the Bible but rather a hodgepodge mixture of several different myths, but basically they all agree on a few things.
- the only humans left were seven (or eight) members of one family.
- there were only two (or four depending on whether the number is of individuals or pairs) of unclean critters.
- there was either 2 (or four see above) or 7 (or fourteen see above) of clean critters.
- all the other animal life was killed off.
Based on those factors, what should be seen in the genetic record?
Would we not see signs of a genetic bottle neck where variety is reduced to only a few possible varieties and in humans, to one maternal line that occurs in EVERY species living today and all pointing to the same time period in the VERY recent past?
Suggest either The Bible: Accuracy and Inerrancy or Biological Evolution.
Edited by jar, : appalin spallin
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