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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?
Well.
Turns out a bunch of Christians "put their money where their mouths are" and actually built the thing. I'd say that pretty well puts to rest any ridiculous claims about it being "...
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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?
If you don't accept the underlying premise of this story that there is a God who interacts with his creation and is perfectly capable of doing things that would naturally be impossible (i.e. what we ...
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Where do those who say Noah's flood was an actual event say the water went?
Creationists who believe the flood was a real global event say the water is still here, in the earth's oceans.
The oceans are much deeper than the mountains of earth are high, and they cover a much ...
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Why did human lifespans drop after the Flood?
Answers in Genesis and Creation Ministries International, two young-earth creationist organizations, have similar answers to this question. They don't attribute a direct supernatural cause, but ...
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What is the biblical basis that Noah died just before the birth of Abraham?
What is the biblical basis that Noah died just before the birth of Abraham?
Noah lived 350 years after the Flood (Gen 9:28).
Arphaxad was born 2 years after the Flood (Gen 11:10)
Salah was born 2 + ...
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Spectrum of Interpretation on Great Flood
There are 4 basic views regarding the interpretation of the great flood. Generally speaking, these connect to the interpretation of Genesis 1-3 as well.
Global Flood
The first camp is from those who ...
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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?
With respect to the narrow claim of feasibility, I was surprised recently to learn about the existence of Russian disposable timber ships. Wikipedia says that a belyana could be up to 390 ft long. ...
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Dinosaurs offspring of demons?
The first step in looking for a respected theologian who can propose this view is to define how we know a theologian is respected, and I suggest a minimum requirement is that he or she is a theologian ...
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How do local flood proponents explain God's promises to never do it again?
One prominent adherent to the idea of a local flood, Hugh Ross, has maintained that the flood of Noah wiped out all of humanity.
"In both its linguistic and historical context, world in the Genesis ...
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How do local flood proponents explain God's promises to never do it again?
Local-flood proponents generally fall into one of two camps:
That the narrative is told from the point of view of the author, and from the author's point of view, the flood covered the entire (known) ...
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Is there any Christian theological model for a non-literal ark?
I don't know of a detailed exposition that focuses specifically on the story of the ark, but in the Medieval ages it was common to say that each piece of scripture possessed the following levels of ...
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Is interpreting Noah's flood as a civilization-wide event compatible with Roman Catholicism?
The Catechism divides Scripture, according to intent of the writers, in the following ways:
115 According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and ...
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Do JWs believe the water canopy theory and do they think it will be restored?
The belief of Jehovah's Witnesses and other religions regarding a water canopy that existed at the time of earth's creation is not a concept that is a result of doctrine but one that is advanced in ...
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Why are the White Cliffs of chalk not taken out by the Flood?
Who says they weren't?
The famous cliffs of Dover looked very different thousands of years ago. Prior to the flood, during the time of Doggerland, there weren't any cliffs there at all, just rolling ...
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Issue comprehending Genesis and the Great Flood
Young earth creationists do indeed believe that Adam and Eve's children would have paired up to reproduce. They do not believe that this would have caused deformed offspring because at that time ...
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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?
This is not really explained. I would go along with your analysis in that in Genesis 1-2, animals are not food. How could they, if there is no death yet? But as soon as we leave the garden, the first ...
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Why did human lifespans drop after the Flood?
An alternative (or additional) answer would be that the age before the flood was counted in seasons, which would correspond with Seth being born when Adam was around 33 and Enosh when Seth was 26.
It'...
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How do local flood proponents explain God's promises to never do it again?
The Flood was a universal judgement.
"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that ...
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Is there any Christian theological model for a non-literal ark?
Yes, there is a Christian theological model for a non-literal ark. Such a model is provided and developed in great detail by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) in his massive work Secrets of Heaven, ...
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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?
As indicated in this overview of YEC theories regarding the decline in lifespans, environmental changes (such as might be caused by a change in the earth's axis tilt) are not typically cited as a ...
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Are there any complete tables that can accurately pinpoint the year of the flood?
If you're talking about the date of the Great Flood within the generational dating of the book of Genesis, there are many tables that show this. Here is one example:
(Note: Posting of this table does ...
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Where did all the water come from and go during the flood?
This subject is dealt with, in impressive detail and in a scientific manner, by Morris and Whitcombe in their famous book 'The Genesis Flood'.
They draw attention to the mention of waters 'above 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?
You ask, "To what degree does the film's portrait of "violence" find confirmation in the text of Genesis? [and] To what degree are the movie makers distorting Genesis in order to ...
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Is there any Christian theological model for a non-literal ark?
Biologos ("leading the way in setting the tone for thoughtful and productive dialogue on the topic of harmony between science and faith") provides a theological model in 'How should we interpret the ...
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Why did people live so long before the Flood?
The Bible tells us that the Earth was a very different place back in Noah's time and there were several factors which allowed people to live extremely long lifespans.
Back before the flood, it did ...
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What did the carnivores/predators eat on the Ark?
When we read in Genesis Ch.7 that Noah was to take with him seven of all clean animals, of course taking both male and female/ and two of all unclean animals, also male and female.
Scripture then ...
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Has the Catholic Church outlined specific Biblical passages which should not be taken literally?
All scripture is to be understood literally
When the term are properly understood, all passages of the Bible should be taken both literally and spiritually. As the Catechism says:
According to an ...
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Has the Catholic Church outlined specific Biblical passages which should not be taken literally?
Many teachings of the Catholic Church are held ambiguously or pronounced in such a way that their meanings can be revised with the passage of time. Only when the pope speaks ex cathedra does he speak ...
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What is the biblical basis that Noah died just before the birth of Abraham?
That’s only possible to get Noah being contemporary near and around Abraham if you go by the Masoretic text (MT) which a far more recent piece of work than the manuscripts
Greek Septuagint LXX,
the ...
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Did God really "regret" making man? (Catholic perspective)
At the very perimeter of this question it's important to remember that:
... God himself, who makes the revelation and can neither deceive nor be deceived.
First Vatican Council Decree
So, if he didn'...
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