A rational explanation for Noah's flood.

[MoonlightShadow]

If you consider The Bible to reflect societal history of the times, then it is no more inaccurate then the equivelent media today.

I suppose it all depends on how much credulity you give to something that came out of the Middle East a few thousand years ago. If The Media cannot even get it right with their output today, along with all the technology available to ascertain what is fact, then what hope does The Bible have.

On the Creation story, did they know of the six periods of punctuated equalibrium, or whatever its called, that science puts out today?

Perhaps, if The Bible was inspired by God, then maybe it is supposed to be figurative rather than literal?

 

[Jaytac]

Of course their is a rational explanation for not only Noah's flood, but all the Bible stories and all the Gods..............just not the explanation that the beleivers want to hear. So they don't.

 

[snowleopard]

Another biblical story thought to have a scientific basis is the plagues of ancient Egypt. It started with the nile turning red which would be an algal bloom. That resulted in frogs leaving the water, the algae would have poisoned certain foods which would normally have been given as a treat to the eldest son resulting in death of the firstborn and so on. Link

The parting of the Red Sea could have been a wind holding back the tide in a shallow lagoon, followed by a sudden bore-like tidal influx that drowned the pursuers.

 

[spannerman]

Why are we not allowed to see the dead sea scrolls?

You can, if you go to the British museum, there a parts of the scrolls on public display.

 

[armchairsailor]

Niagara Falls is between Lakes Erie and Ontario; Lake Superior is three lakes upstream (past St Clair and Huron). As Superior is so much deeper than the rest, the better part of southern Ontario would need to be eroded to drain it.

I stand corrected! Couldn't remember my N American geography.