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The great flood recorded in the Genesis which Noah survived by building an Ark.
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Where were Satan and his angels when God devastated the Earth during Noah's Flood?
There is no doubt that angels (both the Holy and the Fallen) had a strong influence in the antediluvian world. Satan was the serpent of Eden. But, during Noah's Flood, where was he, what was he and ...
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What are reasons (scientific or otherwise) to reject a literal and historical take on Noah's Flood (Genesis 6:9-9:17)?
Some Christians (e.g., Young-Earth Creationists) believe in a literal interpretation of the Genesis account. In particular, they believe in the historical occurrence of a massive worldwide flood that ...
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How do those who understand Noah's Flood to be a global flood explain what the carnivorous animals ate after disembarking?
How do those who understand Noah's Flood to be a global flood explain what the carnivorous animals ate after disembarking, if there were only 2 of all the other species left? Eating 1 would stop those ...
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How do those who hold to a literal interpretation of the flood account respond to the criticism that Noah building the ark would be unfeasible?
In Longman and Walton's book The Lost World of the Flood (2018) they argue that the account of Noah's flood in the book of Genesis, although based on an historical event, employs rhetorical devices ...
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What was the reason for the suspension of the “vegetarian mandate” in Gen 9:1-3 after maintaining it for over 1500 years? [closed]
Three points:
#1 The “vegetarian mandate” was part and parcel of God’s original plan for creation. If one looks closely, one finds that the first chapter in Genesis is consistent in showing that the ...
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What is the "violence" (Gen 6:11) that prompted God to bring on the Great Flood during the time of Noah?
In Gen 6:11, the narrator says, "The earth was filled with violence." It is this "violence" that moves God to plan the Great Flood.
The 2014 movie, "Noah," dramatizes ...
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Was it on the basis of the devastation of the flood that man was allowed animal flesh?
Genesis 9:3 NASB
3 Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I have given everything to you, as I gave the green plant.
In the narrative in Genesis 9 after the flood man is allowed to ...
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What is the Full Preterist view on Noah's flood and how it compares to the second coming of Christ?
Matthew 24:36-44 (ESV):
36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of ...
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Was Noah and/or his family fully or partially descendant from Cain?
The patrilineal lineage of Noah is, according to Genesis, descendant from Seth. However, Genesis doesn't mention anything about the wives of those fathers, nor does it mention anything about the ...
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How does a literal teaching of the Great Flood explain the spread of ethnicities? [duplicate]
There are many issues raised if one follows a literal teaching regarding the Great Flood in Genesis but here I'm asking specifically about different people-groups.
We're told that the whole world was ...
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What scientific evidence is there for a global flood? [duplicate]
An atheist has asked me for scientific evidence of a global flood.
He's claimed "ZERO EVIDENCE of a global flood".
I'm not well-read on that.
What scientific evidence is there consistent with Noah'...
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Issue comprehending Genesis and the Great Flood
Ok so just from an empirically measurable perspective, we know that inbreeding leads to deformed offspring, why didn't this happen with Adam and Eve, and Noah and whoever he choose to go on board the ...
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Christian apologetics regarding the killing of innocent children during the Genesis flood [closed]
I'm trying to catalog the various justifications that are put forth when it is claimed that killing innocent children in the Genesis flood was some combination of immoral, cruel, or unjust.
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Why are the White Cliffs of chalk not taken out by the Flood?
So The Great Flood God sent out in the time of Noah. Why did the flood not take out the chalk wall in Dover because chalk is so easily washed up.
catastrophist have made attempts to tackle the ...
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The flood and living organisms
If the flood according to the book of Genesis cover the whole earth, then where are the various varieties of birds, insects and mammals from? Obviously they weren't all in the ark.
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Which was written first Noah’s Flood or the Gilgamesh Epic?
I am finding conflicting information on the web...
Was it Book of Genesis or the Gilgamesh Epic that was written first?
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Where did all the water come from and go during the flood? [duplicate]
The Bible states that the waters went 15 cubits or 22.5 feet above the highest mountain during the flood.
Genesis 7:20 KJV
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains
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Referencing a Biblical narrative for a piece fiction I am writing?
I have a fiction where I need to reference why the great flood in Noah's day and when man turned back to evil after the flood. Is it legal to reference a Bible story?
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If the flood was recent and local, then when did humans become omnivores?
After the flood, in Genesis 9:2-3, God gives humans permission to begin eating animals.
We are finding traces of human civilization going back tens of thousands of years for Native Americans, so they ...
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Did God really "regret" making man? (Catholic perspective)
On the cusp of the flood and God's covenant with Noah, "who found favor with the Lord," Genesis 6:6 [New American Bible] states
[T]he Lord regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart ...
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Where do those who say Noah's flood was an actual event say the water went?
According to those who say Noah's flood was an actual global event, Where did the flood waters go when they subsided? Myself and others have researched this and could not answer it honestly and ...
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Spectrum of Interpretation on Great Flood
The Great Flood of Noah is a classic Bible story - and a contentious one. Many would argue that traditional or literal interpretations cannot be squared with modern scientific thinking - others reject ...
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How do we explain the flood happening on 2348 BC with Pyramid and Chinese that's been around long before that? [duplicate]
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/37222/are-there-continuous-lines-of-cultural-records-throughout-the-period-of-the-bibl
According to calculations, the flood must have happened on 2348 BC ...
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Are there any complete tables that can accurately pinpoint the year of the flood?
Answers in Genesis -> Timeline for the Flood says that the Flood happened in 1656 Anno Mundi.
However, they don't provide similar table to tell that the exact same Flood starts at 2348 BC. Instead it ...
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What are the main similarities and differences between the Genesis and other major ancient flood accounts? [closed]
Have any of you read the Atrahasis Epic? It's the Babylonian/Akkadian version of the Great Flood. I found it had striking similarities with the Flood Account in Genesis!! (Read it if you have not ...
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Do any young earth creationists believe that a change to the earth's axis tilt was God's way of shortening human lifespans?
Scripture tells us in Genesis 6:3 that God saw fit to shorten the lifespan of mankind. He did something that dramatically reduced humans years from close to a thousand years (Methusala) to 100 or less....
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What is the biblical basis that Noah died just before the birth of Abraham?
In its article on the decline of human life spans, CreationWiki states,
Interestingly, Noah died only two years before Abraham was born.
Unfortunately for readers they provide no biblical support....
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Dinosaurs offspring of demons?
Have there been respected theologians that offer the possibility that dinosaurs were on the earth at about the same time as Nephelim and were the offspring of demon angels defiling the other species ...
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Do JWs believe the water canopy theory and do they think it will be restored?
Many creationist have beliefs concerning the pre-flood environment on earth.
Are Jehovah Witnesses adamant about the water canopy being the source of flood waters? Do JWs believe the restored earth ...
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Is there any Christian theological model for a non-literal ark?
The most common debate about Noah's flood is whether the flood was global or local. I want to put this particular debate aside for a moment, and ask a different question: Did the flood happen at all?
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Is interpreting Noah's flood as a civilization-wide event compatible with Roman Catholicism?
I heard an idea a while back that perhaps the flood described in the Old Testament wasn't necessarily a global, worldwide flood, but that it was a worldwide flood in a human civilization sense. In ...
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Why did human lifespans drop after the Flood?
In Genesis 5, a brief account of the lives of Adam's descendants is narrated. All of them had long lives, for instance, Adam lived 930 years, Seth lived 912 years, etc.
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How do local flood proponents explain God's promises to never do it again?
Some Christians believe that Noah's Flood was a local event, and that the author of the Flood narrative never intended it to be understood as global in scope.
My question is, how then would we explain ...
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Clarification about "sons of God" who caused flood? [duplicate]
In Genesis 6:2, it says, "the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose." I thought that the only Son of God was Jesus. Does this mean that ...
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Why don't young-earth creationists just explain things (usually considered as miracles) as miracles?
I've observed some young-earth creationists attempt to link the worldwide flood of Noah's day with melting icebergs. While not critical of the science behind such an explanation, I would really like ...
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Did Noah's family still have Original Sin? [closed]
From what I understand, God created Adam and Eve, banished them from the garden, and humanity became corrupted and stained with Original Sin.
Some time passed. God said enough was enough, and started ...
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Where and/or when did the tradition that Methuselah died seven days before the Flood (for a period of mourning) originate?
A few answerers to the question Significance of Methuselah's death year replied with the claim that Methuselah died seven days before the Flood began, thus leaving Noah and his family as the only ...
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Has the Catholic Church outlined specific Biblical passages which should not be taken literally?
I feel humiliated when I ask people to explain Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, and the temptations of Christ in the desert and people say something like "I'm bored by questions about Adam and Eve and Noah's ...
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Animals eating animals - Noah [duplicate]
I have a question, its bothering me.
Noah saved all the animals from the flood, when the flood was over Noah released the animals as well including lions tigers and other now known to be meat eaters. ...
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Do the Majority of Denominations believe in a literal flood or a metaphorical one? [closed]
The Bible says in Genesis that all of humanity was wiped out by a massive, world-encompassing flood. Only Noah and his family were saved because they were Godly people. Floods, even small ones and ...
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If God is omniscient how can he regret? [duplicate]
It is said in the bible that God is omniscient but if he is omniscient how can he regret his actions?
I'm especially interested in this question in context of Genesis 6:6:
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If Noah's Flood was a historical global flood then how is the evidence that Egypt was founded before the Flood explained? [duplicate]
The common consensus is that Noah's flood occurred around the 2200-2300 BCE. If this is so, then how could Egypt have been founded by Narmer in 3100 BCE? Is Mizraim the founder of Egypt? Or is Mizraim ...
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Have Archaeologists recovered pieces of Noah's Ark? [closed]
I was just wondering:
Have Archaeologists recovered pieces of Noah's Ark?
And did the Bible tell them where to look?
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Does Scripture mention whether it rained before the flood?
I've often heard it said that the flood of Noah was the first time that the earth experienced rain. This is the passage people use:
Genesis 2:5-6 ESV When no bush of the field was yet in the land ...
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What was the population of the world at the time of the flood?
I understand that from the perspective of those who take the Bible literally, the global flood took place about 2400 B.C. and that the world began about 4000 B.C., giving 1600 years of human ...
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If an asteroid obliterated Planet Earth, could that be interpreted as God's "Second Flood"? [closed]
I have a hypothetical question, in search of a Biblical-based doctrinal answer.
A man and a woman participate in NASA's very first two-way expedition to Mars.
After reaching Mars, they look back and ...
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Why did people stop worshipping God after experiencing the flood?
I have just started reading Genesis and have a question about Noah's family. If Noah and his family were the only people left on earth after the flood, why did most of the world forget God and worship ...
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Noah's flood and Giants [closed]
What is the biblical bases for giants living through Noah's flood?
Before flood:
Genesis 6:4 KJV
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
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How many of each species went onto the Ark?
"The animals went in two-by-two, hurrah, hurrah!" - we're taught this nursery rhyme from a young age, and go throughout life believing that one male, and one female of each species was present on the ...
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Why don't creationists teach a literal firmament anymore?
People don't seem to believe in the firmament as a literal barrier of water up in the sky that collapsed at Noah's flood. I want to say they don't believe in the firmament anymore, but I am doubtful ...
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