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Is water on Mars proof of Noah's flood?
Today, water flows on Mars only when another object, i.e. a meteor, falls to Mars and melts some of the ice.
So Mars never had an ocean. Nor did the water disappear, as others have speculated before. It’s still on Mars, only frozen, either as blocks of ice or as frost mixed into the soil.
The objects that did the bombardment came from one event that threw vast quantities of water, rock and mud into space. That event was the Great Flood. That’s why the water is salty.
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- The BrainLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
no its not
its the proof of the flood from the gilgamesh epic not the noah story
- Anonymous5 years ago
You are assuming that the deepest parts of the oceans and the highest mountains were like that during the flood. Actually, originally the planet was a lot flatter than it used to be. There weren't the giant mountains or the deep ocean trenches. Tectonic plate movements forming these mountains and trenches are what allowed the flood waters to recede; after all, they didn't exactly have anywhere to go, what with the entire world flooded. Even today, if you were to hypothetically bulldoze all the mountains and dump them into the ocean trenches, the entire world would again be underwater quite a bit. EDIT: Referring to the accusations that the animals on the ark could not survive at Mt Everest level altitudes, even if that were the case (which it wasn't, as there was not mount everest then, as stated before), the atmosphere at the flood sea level would be the same as the atmosphere at pre-flood sea level. The flood water would push the atmosphere up. So no, a thin atmospher wouldn't be an issue in any situation here. And yes, the ark was seaworthy. It was meant to be more as a lifeboat than to be navigable, but it was at the perfect dimensions to allow for a balance of stability (so it wouldn't capsize), strength (so it wouldn't break in two) and comfort (so everyone would have enough room to move around in).
- 10 years ago
huh?
The global flood of Noah's time was on earth only.
It does look as if there was liquid (water) on Mars in the past.
You might find this article interesting:
In recent decades, unmanned planetary rover missions have sent back more and more photographs and other data from the mysterious ‘red planet’. Each time, it seems, most researchers are increasingly convinced that water caused the surface features of Mars. In fact, they have often proposed massive planetary-scale flooding. One imagined ‘epoch’ in Mars’ geological past, which is said to have coincided towards the end of that era with extensive flooding by water, is called the Noachian Epoch. An associated large southern landmass on the planet has been named Noachis Terra, or “Land of Noah”.
Whether or not these reconstructions of the geological history of Mars are accurate, it has always been particularly ironic to creationists. I.e. secular researchers have no problem accepting a global or near-global flood or floods on Mars, despite not having found a drop of liquid water anywhere on Mars to date (and even before there was any ice found). But a global Flood on Earth, a planet that is mostly covered by water? No way! How could that be? “Where is all the water for such a flood?”, they mockingly ask, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they are standing on a planet that is mostly covered by water.
Ask what happened to the water for the massive flooding on Mars, and there is no shortage of theories. It might have been locked up beneath the surface, then come out and since evaporated, dissipating to space. Or perhaps it has gone back down there again. Or both.
“Ah, you mean, like fountains of the great deep on Mars?”
“Yes, you could call it something like that.”
“So could that have happened here on Earth, like it says here in Genesis?”
“Whaat? No way!”
- 10 years ago
Since Noah's flood is nothing but pure myth, and is totally contrary to the evidence (despite the lies put out by the promoters of creationism), your question is pointless.
There is evidence that Mars did have an ocean early in its history. And some possible outflowings that have been noted have nothing to do with meteor bombardment.
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- ?Lv 610 years ago
"Today, water flows on Mars only when another object, i.e. a meteor, falls to Mars and melts some of the ice."
And you know this how?Most scientists would laugh at this statement.
- 10 years ago
How did a flood throw meteorites to mars? the water on mars is salty because there is salt on mars!
- Steve HLv 610 years ago
Why would a flood launch things into space? Even if you were right, if there were other more sensible explanations for water on Mars then no, it would not be proof of a flood. There are more sensible explanations.
- Anonymous10 years ago
I still haven't figured out how the water got from here to there. But then everything fundies think has to do with magic.
- ?Lv 610 years ago
No. Water is common in the solar system for the its two elements are in the top 10 of most abundant elements.