Were is the Evidence for a great flood?

There are several problems, as I see it.

The first is that the flood was likely recorded or started by those who experienced it. Given the level of travel and general knowledge of the time, I seriously doubt that it was a global flood.

The second is that some people like to consider the Bible as being literal in every respect, despite the fact that much of the Old Testament is written in poetic form and that the Bible contains many sections that are symbolic, at best.

Finally, we are dealing with the most ancient of records in the Bible (regardless of when it was written). As such, and because it is so ancient, it is credited to Moses, as the author. That alone causes one to wonder if the telling is accurate, particularly as we might interpret the words used.

One of the facts that many believers point to is that almost all ancient societies have a "flood" story in their mythology, suggesting that such a story had merit. However, I still have to think that the story was local to those who remembered it and passed it down to later generations.

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Limestone, coal, chalk, oil, natural gas. And those are just the sedimentary rocks and deposits made out of dead things. Then there's sandstone, shale, slate, etc. from flood runoff. Also, if you take all the water out of the oceans and view the earth from space, you can see every scar where the "fountains of the deep" ruptured and water came pouring out. The largest such scar is the well-known Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Then there are all the fossil graveyards; pieces of plants and animals that didn't get compressed into coal, oil or natural gas, but petrified instead. Oh, and let's not forget all the flash-frozen mammoths with food still green in their mouths and stomachs. How quickly would water have to accumulate and then freeze in order to preserve a mammoth AND its lunch? Then there's the clams in the mountains that are still closed--indicating they were buried alive, not left to die and settle.

1. The water came mostly from great underground lakes and aquifers. Before the flood the aquifers were so full that they resulted in a tidal mist that watered the earth. There was only one ocean at the time, and a lot more land covering all that subterranean water. The water that fell in the form of rain came mostly from the hydrosphere, a layer of water (or more probably ice) resting on top of the atmosphere.

2. Toward the end of the flood, the tectonic plates that were cracked and ruptured in the flood shifted again. Subduction zones were formed, and so were all the coastal mountain ranges we know of today, along with the Himalayas. The continental plates were literally tilted, resulting in flood runoff and establishing the paths of many of our modern rivers. At the poles, some of the water was still locked up in the glaciers. After such a blow to the global environment, the climate fluctuated wildly for years, resulting in advancing and receding glaciers on the northern continents--the Ice Age. At the end of the Ice Age, the ice sheets receded, the seas filled to their present level, and the major landmasses were completely separated.

Questions?

Wow these answerers trying to answer the question have little knowledge. Whale bones in the desert is because the desert use to be an ancient ocean and erosion are exposing the fossils. Sea creature in mountains is the up lifting crust due to plate tectonics, continental drift. The mountain was a ancient sea bed. The Noah's flood is not possible. Geologist can answer all your questions are show you how it happened.

local flood

that's what the history channel said when they did a story on the great flood.

just a myth based on a massive localized flood.

if i remember correctly it had something to do with erosion and water that was essential dammed up broke through there flooded the area.

the history channel even indicated where it happened.

1. The mass fossil graveyards where all the animals are all jumbled together.

2. The sea shell fossils on top of high mountains

3. About 70% of the earth's surface is sedimentary rock which shows that at one point the earth was covered by water.

Where did the water come from?

Rain and underground rivers and lakes.

Where did the water go?

Evaporation and became the oceans and lakes.

There likely WAS a "great" flood, but, as you stated, it's pretty clear that there's no way it was of "biblical" proportions (i.e. there's no way it actually covered the ENTIRE Earth).

Many religions have a story of a great flood, so it's likely that such a historical event actually DID happen, but it's so far removed from the societies that wrote about it that it became a tall tale (i.e. legend) and thus, the details got exaggerated.

While I don't agree with everything in the link below, they certainly show some evidence of a great flood. Your assertion that there is no evidence anywhere is simply wrong.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plaisted/ce/flood.html

Why do scientists keep ignoring why whole whale bones lay scattered in the Sahara desert. How did they get there?

nope :) perhaps the earth was once a primordial soup

The fact that just about every single culture in the world, mentions it in their mythology...?