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The Flood and predictions.

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jar
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Message 1 of 29 (446879)
01-07-2008 12:39 PM

There is something that has been touched on in many threads here at EvC, but that if IIRC, we have never discussed in depth.
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If the Biblical Flood happened, what evidence would we see in the genetic record?
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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.
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  • 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.
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Based on those factors, what should be seen in the genetic record?
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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?
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Suggest either The Bible: Accuracy and Inerrancy or Biological Evolution.
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Edited by jar, : appalin spallin
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Edited by jar, : put comma in right place
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Message 4 of 29 (447062)
01-07-2008 10:37 PM

Bump
To see if any of our bio folk can help.
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Message 8 of 29 (447280)
01-08-2008 6:01 PM

The thread is not about Bariminology.
The thread is about what we should see in the genetic record if the Biblical Flood happened. Please, can we try to head back to the topic?
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Edited by jar, : No reason given.
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Message 10 of 29 (447313)
01-08-2008 8:14 PM 		Reply to: Message 9 by nwr
01-08-2008 8:05 PM

Assuming that this was a global flood, and not merely a local flood, the exotic animals of Australia would not exist, and there would be no Australian aboriginals.
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Likely true, but I'd really like to keep this limited to the genetic record. Is there something in the genetics of Australian Animals that we can see?
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Message 12 of 29 (447780)
01-10-2008 7:16 PM

Bump to see if the Biblical Flood is even possible.
Still looking for input. Is the prediction made in Message 1 reasonable and is there any way there could have been a Biblical Flood without leaving such evidence?
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01-11-2008 12:26 PM 		Reply to: Message 13 by Quetzal
01-11-2008 12:09 PM

Re: Bump to see if the Biblical Flood is even possible.
Thanks, that is kinda what I expected.
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