Proof that Noah's flood never happened?

how do you know the Methuselah tree is exactly 4800 years old and the flood happened exactly 4400 years ago. But seriously, there is a Methuselah tree? Never heard of it.

The Flood was 4122 years ago last January give or take a few weeks.

Unless I am mistaken, the Methuselah Tree is more properly defined as a community as an individual tree. They are ESTIMATED to be 4800 years ago, but that depends heavily on the atmosphere and soil being essentially the same throughout all those thousands of years as they are today, and that simply isn't true.

Well if both the flood date and the tree date are both non-exact - then its not much of a stretch to say perhaps the tree is a bit younger and the flood a bit further back in the past?

The Noachian Flood occurred more than 4,000 years ago. So there are no eyewitness survivors on earth to tell us about it. However, there is a written record of that catastrophe, which states that the floodwaters covered the tallest mountain of that time.

The historical document reads: “The deluge went on for forty days upon the earth . . . And the waters overwhelmed the earth so greatly that all the tall mountains that were under the whole heavens came to be covered. Up to fifteen cubits [about 22 feet] the waters overwhelmed them and the mountains became covered.”—Genesis 7:17-20.

Some may wonder if the story of the whole earth being covered with water is a myth or at least an exaggeration. Not at all! Indeed, to some extent the earth is still flooded. Seawater covers about 71 percent of the earth’s surface. So in reality the floodwaters are still here. And if the glaciers and polar ice caps were to melt, the sea level would rise to cover cities like New York and Tokyo.

Geologists studying the landscape of the northwestern United States believe that as many as 100 ancient catastrophic floods once washed over the area. One such flood is said to have roared through the region with a wall of water 2,000 feet high, traveling at 65 miles an hour—a flood of 500 cubic miles of water, weighing more than two trillion tons. Similar findings have led other scientists to believe that a global flood is a distinct possibility.

For those who believe that the Bible is God’s Word, though, a global flood is more than a possibility. It is a fact. Jesus said to God: “Your word is truth.” (John 17:17) The apostle Paul wrote that God’s will is that “all sorts of men should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.” (1 Timothy 2:3, 4) How could Paul teach followers of Jesus the doctrinal truth if God’s Word contains myths?

Not only did Jesus believe that the Flood took place but he also believed that it was global. In his great prophecy about his presence and the end of this system of things, he likened those events to the time of Noah. (Matthew 24:37-39) The apostle Peter also wrote about the floodwaters in Noah’s day: “By those means the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water.”—2 Peter 3:6.

If Noah was a mythical figure and a global flood a fable, the warnings of Peter and Jesus for those living in the last days would be meaningless. Instead of serving as a warning, such ideas would befuddle a person’s spiritual senses and endanger his chances of surviving a tribulation greater than the Noachian Flood.—2 Peter 3:1-7.

In speaking about his abiding mercies for his people, God said: “Just as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more pass over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not become indignant toward you nor rebuke you.” As surely as the Noachian Flood did overwhelm the earth, so God’s loving-kindness will be with those trusting in him.—Isaiah 54:9.

Where Noah's ark was at, there is evidence of such a flood. But this evidence has NOT been found in other places of the world. And back then, how would we know? No telephones, tv, etc. that went all over the world. I did not know that bible gave an exact date for anything.

Unless of course, you listen to Radio Church. They know the dates for everything. NOT!

Also, there's no trace of a single world-wide flood, that covered the tops of highest mountains (Gen. 7:20), thousands of years ago nor anywhere in the geological record.

@ Roger: Yes, there's a bristlecone pine named "Methuselah." It's age is about 5,000 years old.

Prove it. Man's methods of dating organic matter is often of questionable accuracy and faulty based upon faulty premises. This argument proves nothing.

Tree ring dating assumes a single year per ring, but in fact, it has been scientifically proving that in unusal weather patterns of wet and dry, more than one ring can be produced in a year.

Noah's flood may have happened millions of years ago.... people don't realize the geneologies and history books in the bible are incomplete

'wouldn't it be dead or destroyed because of the flood?'

evidently not

was that really your "proof"?