Butterflytyrant asks:
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In your opinion, what would be the top 3 to 5 arguments to put on the table to support the position that the flood of Noah is impossible?
There seem to be lots and lots of arguments, I am really just interested in researching a few in depth.
I am particularly interested in the ones that discuss the earth heating to the point that it would kill everything.
Well, you've seen the ones about documentary evidence, fossil records, etc. Here are a couple more:
It's topologically impossible. 97% of all water on earth is in the ocean and yet, we still have dry land. There isn't enough water on the planet to flood it. If there were, it would already be flooded. It doesn't matter how little above sea level the highest point above sea level is. The fact that it is above sea level means there isn't enough water to flood it for if there were, it would be below sea level. The physical existence of dry land means there isn't enough water to flood the planet.
If the claim that the water was stored in the "vapor canopy" is brought forward, point out that in order to store enough water as vapor would require the atmosphere to be heated to well over 900 C in order to keep the water in a gaseous state and not precipitate out. The surface of the planet would be sterilized.
If the claim that the "fountains of the deep" is brought forward, point out that in order to bring that much water from underground to the surface, the kinetic energy of all that water rushing forward will superheat it and again, the surface of the planet would be sterilized.
If the claim that the topological features of the earth were altered during the flood, that the continents split apart and the mountains rose up because of the flood, point out that the biblical story puts all that happening in less than a year. The kinetic energy required to split the continents and raise the mountains would superheat the crust, liquifying it, and the surface of the planet would be sterilized.
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