Question about this so called World Wide Flood.

Now another question ... supposing (cause I know that this is a hotly debated topic and I don't even know where I stand on it) the hypothesis of an existing canopy of water over the earth collapsed during the flood, would that have necessarily been salt water? and would that have an effect on the salinity (sp?) of the water? Remember: emphasis on supposing

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Originally posted by funkmasterfreaky:
Assuming that the flood occured, and as the bible said it did, infers that God himself was in charge of all the events therein, and if all went as we are to understand from the story, I'm sure He made some 'provisions' for his favoured crew. If he made the universe he can surely make a fig tree, or keep a couple acres 'untouched'. who knows
that would be something to debate if and when the ark is found i guess

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It's okay Chara i think it would be harder for them to shovel the shit off this site than it would be take care of the animals on the ark. I agree. The biblical account of the ark was for simple people by simple people they had yet to digress into the trash we are now with the wasted use of head space. They didn't know alot of scientific things so why describe the whole thing in great scientific detail. They would never have understood.

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btw post #15 i think it was, was my loving wife, mock and die!------------------
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Originally posted by John:

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Originally posted by LudvanB:
It concerns life AFTER the alledged flood. 6 months of ocean water covering the entire earth would have killed all land vegetation and made it virtually impossible for anything to start growing right away.

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Of course this very reasonable conclusion is contradicted by the Bible in its account of the flood. There was at least one fig tree growing even BEFORE the water completely subsided as Noah's little birdie went out and plucked a branch.

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As for TrueCreation: I do wish you'd inform me of the Effects of the Flood, especially explaining how exactly plants could survive several months of submersion. Maybe I'm thinking wrong here but I have grass that won't survive three days under a sheet of plywood. Try sticking a fig tree in water for a few months, then get back to me. I doubt even mature seeds would remain viable.

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I don't see how the existence of a fig tree branch contradicts
the idea that all land flora would have been killed.There is no suggestion that the twig came from a live tree,
is there?I wouldn't expect all the trees to have been dissolved

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Originally posted by Chara:
Now another question ... supposing (cause I know that this is a hotly debated topic and I don't even know where I stand on it) the hypothesis of an existing canopy of water over the earth collapsed during the flood, would that have necessarily been salt water? and would that have an effect on the salinity (sp?) of the water? Remember: emphasis on supposing

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I don't see why a "vapor canopy" wouldn't be fresh, but then I have never seen any plausible explanation as to how one could exist at all. If you had a solid, dome-shaped "firmament," yeah, you might be able to keep some water on top of it, but our moon visits and other space probes would have encountered more problems than they did. And if you did have a huge source of fresh water, you would have killed all the corals and a majority of other sea life, and you still have to make that water go somewhere when the Flood subsides.

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Originally posted by Peter:
I don't see how the existence of a fig tree branch contradicts
the idea that all land flora would have been killed.

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There is no suggestion that the twig came from a live tree,
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I wouldn't expect all the trees to have been dissolved

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Actually, though I said branch, upon rechecking the passage says 'leaf' These would be expected to have rotted.Even so the Jewish Publication Society translation reads "an olive-leaf freshly plucked" I looked at the Hebrew and the verb used-- taw-raf'-- means something like rip, or rend. In other words, there are good indications that it is fresh.------------------
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There is no suggestion that the twig came from a live tree,
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If you take the translation to mean an olive branch, with leaves so that it is distinguishable from driftwood, I would think a live tree is called for. A year under seawater would make leaves look pretty funky.

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The biblical account of the ark was for simple people by simple people

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Indeed. That's why it has all the marks of fable.

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Originally posted by funkmasterfreaky:
btw post #15 i think it was, was my loving wife, mock and die!

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Share the name, share the consequences.And why exactly should I not say to your wife (who is stealthily posting under your name) percisely what I would have said to you?------------------
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Originally posted by funkmasterfreaky:
John we went over this once are you still scared of the wicked witch of the west.

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I'm sorry, but you are making less sense than usual. How does this comment follow from ... well.... anything?------------------
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Had to do with the appeal to magic comment. It was supposed to be funny. We all take ourselves too seriously on here sometimes.------------------
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Why on earth would you give an account of something to people that they could never understand. That doesn't make it less accurate. Less simply put, i thought it funny yesterday thinking about all these men mocking noah, a flood hahah you have to be kidding me you're so stupid and blah blah blah. Now today discussing the existance of the flood, men who don't love God say a flood hahaha that's the stupidest thing i ever heard you're an idiot how could you ever believe that. Ironic i think------------------
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