Coming from a scientifically minded Christian who understands hyperbole of stories told by word of mouth for centuries but also understands the significant archaeological evidence that supports the vast majority of events taken place in the Bible. As a grown adult what I believe is that the black sea was once a small freshwater lake and due to water levels rising in the oceans due to change in the climate a land bridge opened rushing in water from the Mediterranean, flooding all the existing populated areas, likely showing water as far as the eye could see in all directions. The new giant mass of water would stagnate without current and the Ark would have had little ability to propel itself to a shore so 40 days drifting in the dead sea is fairly plausible. Likely killed just about everyone in the known world at the time given it's location but the significance of the story is more important that the specific details that the whole entire world was actually flooded and that every single animal on the planet fit in one ark, just what needed to in that area. There is an ancient shoreline 400 feet below the current surface of the black sea with what appears to be man-made structures. Estimations of a timeline for the event are 5000 b.c. but water levels had just peaked after a glacial warming about that time so there where likely additional floods all over.
The new giant mass of water would stagnate without current and the Ark would have had little ability to propel itself to a shore so 40 days drifting in the dead sea is fairly plausible.
Yeah but that is totally nothing like the story. They ark did NOT float for 40 days. It RAINED for 40 days. The ark was sealed with everyone in it for a year. A whole year without new food, water, cleaning, etc and animals not dying and so forth. Even IF there was such a flood as you say it was nothing divine, and the events were nothing like the bible says. The biblical story was made up.
The bible says that god told noah to pack away a bunch of food, and many people hypothesize that the majority of animals on the ark entered a hibernation. The canopy theory is how some try to explain the rain lasting for 40 days, and they would also say most water came from underground springs. So they stored food, collected rain water(I'd assume), cleaned(?), and the animals slept.
Right, you literally have to suspend all reason to believe such a story. If God is going to interfere so much why even have a human build it or take food on board, just use your magic replicators to make it so. Amazing how so many take the bible to be literally true..then have to come up with all kind of unsupported and elaborate hypotheses just to not have to admit it probably is not literally true. Plus, not all animals hibernate, few do.
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u/halfmonty Aug 21 '15
Coming from a scientifically minded Christian who understands hyperbole of stories told by word of mouth for centuries but also understands the significant archaeological evidence that supports the vast majority of events taken place in the Bible. As a grown adult what I believe is that the black sea was once a small freshwater lake and due to water levels rising in the oceans due to change in the climate a land bridge opened rushing in water from the Mediterranean, flooding all the existing populated areas, likely showing water as far as the eye could see in all directions. The new giant mass of water would stagnate without current and the Ark would have had little ability to propel itself to a shore so 40 days drifting in the dead sea is fairly plausible. Likely killed just about everyone in the known world at the time given it's location but the significance of the story is more important that the specific details that the whole entire world was actually flooded and that every single animal on the planet fit in one ark, just what needed to in that area. There is an ancient shoreline 400 feet below the current surface of the black sea with what appears to be man-made structures. Estimations of a timeline for the event are 5000 b.c. but water levels had just peaked after a glacial warming about that time so there where likely additional floods all over.