A Flood of Flood Legends

Age of the Earth and the Flood Play List
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2 Peter 3:5-6 "For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished."

Today it is considered scholarly to reject the Bible's account of a worldwide flood. Some try to compromise by saying that the flood recorded in the Bible was only a local event. The problem with these scholarly claims is that there were too many witnesses who disagree with them.

We can test these scholars' claims. If the Bible's account of a worldwide flood is true, it was witnessed by every person on earth. The story of this event would have been passed down to their descendants and spread across the whole face of the earth.

Researchers have catalogued some 270 stories of an ancient destructive flood in various cultures around the world. A large majority of these stories have been shown to predate any Christian influence. As one would expect, details differ after such a long time. What's remarkable, though, is that where the details of these stories agree with the Bible, they also tend to agree with each other. For example, the ancient Greek flood hero was told to build and stock an ark because the god Zeus wished to destroy humanity. The Aztec story of a universal flood says it took place 1,716 years after the creation of the world -- almost the same as the Bible's date! The Babylonian flood story shares seven major details with the Bible's account. Similar stories are found around the world, including Australia, India, Scandinavia and China.

The universality of the flood stories and their similarity to the Bible cannot be explained unless they are based on an event that actually took place.

Prayer:
Father in heaven, I thank You that Your Word is sure and true and that it has been accurately preserved to our day. Help me to live Your Word in my life and tell others about the wonderful things You have done. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Notes:
Roth, Ariel A. 1990. "Flood stories -- can they be ignored?" Origins, v. 17, n. 2. p. 51.

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[GawdSwill]

It's actually kind of funny (and telling) that the more Flew's Mental Health deteriorated..

the more he began to make sense to you.

[GawdSwill]

@Meathead36 Highly unlikely.. but please do keep encouraging people to research the life of Flew so that they may also come to realize how full of shit you actually are.

LOL must stand for "Lying out Loud".

Reading that retarded gibberish of yours above for the second time it becomes obvious why when Flew was on his way to the Puzzle Factory and becoming fluent in Crazy..

he was finally speaking your language.

[Lombrette1657]

Here is something else Christianity has in common with other religions: a virgin birth. Tons of deities were supposedly born to virgin women. Does that mean that it was Jesus every single time? Or that Christianity is just like every other religion in the history of the world and is filled with similar myths that are nothing but superstition?

[thechessstick]

Evolutionists are such stupid cowards.

[pacbiggiecom]

Every culture has rivers and lakes and they all flood, this is why all of them have a flood story. He states this proves the Bible. Bull Shit! He’s using the power of words to make you think their story is true. This is a technique used by all religions. He states that the Babylonian flood story shares several details which agree with the Bible’s account of the flood. The Bible story is fabricated from the Babylonian story. Fact!

[Meathead36]

@GawdSwill I could refute everything you say but I already know it would be a complete waste of time. You think you're logical; you are not...

[GawdSwill]

@Meathead36 While the brain of a Simpleton who believes that a demented old Philosopher was the leading authority on Biodiversity and can't differentiate between Atheism and Evolutionary Theory and gleefully demonstrates on this very page that he has absolutely no clue as to what a Scientific Theory actually IS may not be technically "dead"..

It's fucking close enough.

[Meathead36]

@GawdSwill "brain dead" says the evolutionist.... LOL

[GawdSwill]

@Meathead36 I don't need to wiki Flew dipshit, I read several of his books while you were still in short pants and know his story well. The foremost expert on Evolution? You are unequivocally full of shit. Flew was a professor of Philosophy at the Universities of Reading and Aberdeen you brain dead cretin.. he was not only NOT a scientist he had no degree in Biology or any Natural Sciences.

And at the end he was undeniably nuttier than a squirrel turd..

[Meathead36]

@GawdSwill I will only respond once to this. Flew wrote his book stating the exact reasons why he no longer supported evolution as pertaining to origin of species long before he was placed in an exended care facility. You and I will end up at the end of our lives as well. Attacking his credentials is just plain lack of research on your part. Read his book, look him up on wiki. He was a Phd teaching at York and Oxford universities . He was THE foremost expert on evolution.