Christians: Can you please answer these 3 questions about the flood?
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1.  God did not command Noah to take 2 of EACH kind of animal.  Noah was commanded to take 1 male and 1 female of each unclean kind of animal, and 7 males/7 females of each clean kind of animal.  See Genesis 7:2-3.\n\n2.  Because God wished to continue the animal life He'd  already created. \n\n3.  Why not?  Asexual reproduction was not a factor in God's decision.\n\nPeace.
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this story is actually the reason why i don't believe the bible. for one all that water had to go somewhere. yes, people argue that it evaporated. but even now, just as it has always been, when the water evaporates it doesn't disappear. its still there just in the form of clouds. so wheres all this water at? and the 2 of every species thing is just idiotic...its almost like they don't want us to believe it by putting forth a story so ridiculous. i NEVER believed it. even when i first heard it around the age of 3 in Sunday school. how could you believe this?
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weird huh.\n\nconsider this too.  arn't we all really decendants of Noah?  after the flood he saved the animals and only his family.\n\npretty suspsicious.
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The Hebrew text of the Old Testament does not necessitate that **all** animals on earth were wiped out by a global flood.\n\nThe terms used in the text are consistent with a local/ regional flood and that the animals that were saved on the ark were ones that were relevant to the local ecology (that Noah and his family lived in).\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org\n[God and Science]
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.  \n \nGenesis 7:11 \n\ni like to emphasize that in this verse the great deep are broken up. below on the earth crust theres the aceous layer that lots of water. and their were broken. and the 40 days and nights rain make it a whole lot of water
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Great info! I would like to add that the bible speaks of wars and rumors of wars(Iraq and other places),floods (Hurricanes,etc...),plagues(bird flu,AIDS,etc...)Also people will become waxed cold turn against others(religions,cults,families and even those who are God's elect). It's happening now.
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Gen.1:1,2; All existed, time evident as billions. Gen.1:3-31[Earth is focus]; \n\n1656 to flood.[130-105-90-70-65\n0000-PLUS-162-65-187-182-600 = 1656, flood.\n1656 flood\n0000 Noah + 350 = 2006 Gen.9:28,29; + 2 + Gen.12:4; Abraham. \n0427 years to Abraham age 75 and he get the covenant year 2083.\n0430 years to Moses age 80 Exo.7:7; 12:40,41[430]; 1553 before Christ.\n0040 years to the Promised Land. Deut.1:3; 29:5; 34:7; 1513 before Christ.\n0480 years to Solomon year 4 king. 1Ki.6:1; \n0036 years [of 40], Solomon dies. 1Ki.11:42; 997 before Christ.\n0391 Judah Kings=Babylon captive. Matt.1:1-17;\n3460 + 2520 = 5980 after Adam and 606 years before Christ. Dan.9:24-27;\n0606 years Christ in Roman Empire. [3460 + 606 + 1914 = 5980].\n4066 years Christ in Rome,age 30 Matt.4:1-11; 4066 + 1914 = 5980 \n2006 years ago Christ Jesusin Roman Empire. 5980 & 6,072\n0000 Satan has 6,130 years from Eden to Rev,20:1-6;\n1000 year reign of Christ will end all perfect again \n7130 after Eden ends [7x 7,000 = ]49,000 years \nas earth the focus to be domesticated.\n2Pet.3:13; Rev.21:1-5; \n\nDaniel gives 2300, 2500, 2520, 2580 and 2670 after Babylon #3, Jesus comes in Rome #6 of Rev.17:1-6,10-14[World with Satan that will end]; Bible in #7 as KJV 1611 + 303 is excepted translation 1914 after Christ, Satan cast down by Michael Rev.12:7-12; has a short time of 150 years Matt.24:3,7,14,15,22,36[only God knows day and hour.\n6,130 years after Satan in Eden to Rev.20:1-6; 1000 year reign of Christ.
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Well the bible talks about Noah too--a story plagarized from the babylonian epic of Gilgamesh.  There was never enough water for a great flood, to load all the species on earth--Noah would have had to load 5 a second for 30 years.  Not enough genetic diversity, not enough water.  Point is--the story is untrue--they are fables designed for primitive people. It is not a book of science--much of it is allegorical---soo with an allegorical thought--Adam and Eve leaving the garden of eden could well be an allegorical representation of a hominid species becoming self aware.
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If it could be scientifically proven that no such Great Flood as mentioned in the Bible ever occurred it does NOT prove there is no God. It would prove that the Bible is not to be taken literally and that the fundamentalist Christian approach is less valid than viewing the colorful stories in the Bible as having a moral lesson to teach, but that is all. The nonexistence of God cannot be proven.
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You ask such a trivial question. Of course there were woodpeckers on the ark. Otherwise we would not have them today or if they had died out after the flood, like dinosaurs, or any phisical evidence that they had exsisted. Your second question is the most trivial. Look at the big picture. Think of all the animals on the ark. God must have given him instrutions on where he should keep each of the thousands of animals on the ark. there are some things a person should have faith in and in the big scheme of things not worry about. God is an orderly God and controls things to the smallest detail.
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FOR TIME PERIODS\nAdam 930th year died Gen.5:5; [ Lamech was age 56 plus Gen.5:28];  126 Noah born and he was age 600 Gen.7:6; He had 350 years life Gen.9:28,29 and 2 years later is\nAbraham born.\nAbraham  age 75, 427 years after the flood, [ 1983 BCE, he dies 1883 BCE ]Gen.12:4; 13:2; 15:13,16; Gen.25:7; [ Promised Land covenant [1983 BCE ], for 4th generation ]; Isaac Gen.21:5 [ 452 years after the flood ]; 25:26 age 60 has Jacob born [ 512 after the flood ]. \nJacob has the twelve tribes of Israel [ 642 after the flood ], Gen.47:9,11,28; He and his family of 70 are in Egypt 215 years after the Promised Land covenant, Moses will come to take them into the Promised Land after they have been in Rameses Egypt 215 years to 857 years after the flood. \nJoseph the 11th son of Jacob and governor of Egypt for 80 years dies 1698 before Christ and 712 years after the flood, Gen,50:26; \nLevi the third son of Jacob and producer of the priestline, dies 18 years after Joseph, and 730 years after the flood, Son of Levi is Kohath, son of Kohath is Amram and he married to Jochebed the sister of his father and his aunt, and had Aaron 1630 and Moses 1633 before christ, this is 777 years after the flood.\nExo.6:16-23,26; Generation four is Aaron of the priestline and Moses is a Prophet Judge.\nMoses was age 80 Exo.7:7; and Exo.12:40,41 430 years after covenant in 1553 BCE.\n\nMoses and half a million heirs exit Egypt to be 40 years before the Promised Land.\n\nNum.33:38,39 Aaron dies in the 40th year and Moses dies 7months later in the 40th year [ 897 after the flood ], Deut.34:7; after the Exodus of Egypt and 1513 Before Christ. Acts 7:1-60 and Acts13:17-23;\nMoses age 80 to 120, compiled Genesis and Job [ 1773 to 1633 and 777 after the flood ], wrote Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy [ 1553 to 1513 and 897 years after the flood.].\nJoshua sees the 40 years end Josh.5:6,10,12 the 14th day of the next year 1512 and 898 after the flood, Judges 300 years later Judges 11:26 is 1212 before christ and 1198 years after the flood.\nProphet Judge Samuel was from 1553 less Acts 13:20 450 years [ 1307 years after the flood ], to 1103 BCE.\nFrom Moses 1513 to Solomon's 4th year as king 1Ki.6:1 ends 480 years [ 1377 years after the flood ]; to 1033 BCE.\nSolomon dies in 36 [ of 40 years, 1413 years after the flood ] 1Ki.11:42; at 997 BCE
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The biblical creation dates back about 6,000 years.  As we know, there are fossil remains of humanoids that are in excess of 1M years.  Houston, we have a problem!\n\nActually the problem comes from the translation of the Hebrew and Greek into the English language.  To find the answers to this and a lot of other questions, we need to go back and look at the meaning of the original words.  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void…\n\nThe “creation” of the animals and Adam & Eve was not the first time that there was a creation.  We know this because the Greek word is not “created” but is “restored.”  We also see that in Genesis, Lucifer had already commanded cities and had been alienated by God.  One would surmise that the cities contained inhabitants.\n\nThe fact is, there is a whole lot of stuff that happened before Genesis 1:2 that isn’t dwelt upon very much.   It is apparently of no consequence to us or God would have elaborated on it more.  It isn’t going to affect your doctrine of salvation but it is rather interesting to think about.\n\nOther items of interest (but not of great importance)… People used to live to be several hundred years old.  Were the years in error?  Let’s take a look: \n\n Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel and Seth never saw the sun or the stars.  Why not?  Because there was a layer of water suspended about where the ionosphere is today.  This layer of water caused the temperature of the entire planet to me almost equal.  (and very humid)  The humidity allowed plants to prosper without rainfall because of the ambient moisture.\n\nAlso, the weight of the water caused the atmospheric pressure to be considerably greater than our 14.7 psi.  Some scientists believe it was at least 29 to 30. (It was discovered that astronauts healed of minor cuts & scratches much more quickly when they were kept in an artificially high pressurized chamber.)\n\nThe layer of water protected earth from the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation from the sun.  (We know what drastic effects are caused by just a thinning of the ozone layer.)\n\nWhen you read your bible, take note of when people lost their longevity.  Right after the great flood of Noah, there were some significant differences.  Noah and his family were apparently the first people to actually see the sun, moon and stars and to discover why there was day and night.\n\nJohnny
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in the FLOOD mentioned in Genesis...
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1. I don't know it must haave rained and rained and rained and rained some billions of years ago. 2 Probably some billions of years ago.3 For us to live duh
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Well, I have studied mythology from a lot of various religions and the story of a great flood seems to be the one mythological story that is universal (the characters are always different and sometimes they don't build a boat, they climb a certain mountain or hill as instructed by the divine with all the creatures, but it is always basically the same story).\n\nScholars say that the oldest version of the story, atleast that is recorded, would be the one told in Hinduism about a man named Manu who finds a fish in a stream while bathing there. It is little and the fish asks Manu to take it home for safety to help it. So Manu does and the fish continues to outgrow its home and is transfered from one container to the next before finally being so large that Manu finally takes the fish to the ocean to set it free (not sure why the fish went from being a fresh water fish to a salt water fish, but it's a mythological story so let's just accept the story for what it is). Anyways, the fish thanks Manu and then tells Manu that there is going to be a great flood because waters from the North are coming and the ocean is going to rise because the waters of the North along with the rains will cause there levels to rise higher than normal. He advises Manu to gather up two of each animal and two of every seed (plants are included in the Hindu version) and to put them on a boat. Manu builds the boat and does as he is asked and just as the fish predicted, the waters start to rise. Well after a month of the ocean rising, the waters start to recede. The fish returns, but this time with a horn on its head. He calls out to Manu to tie a rope to the horn on the fish and so Manu does. The fish then toes the boat to the top of a nearby mountain and tells Manu to let everything go (the mountain in the story is not specified). Manu, having realized that the fish is God (the aspect of Vishnu) offers praise to God and is grateful for the help. (It is important to remember that in this story God is not punishing mankind or nature, but instead that the flooding is caused by natural things. the waters of the north are thought to refer to the ice melting and this along with the rains, implying that it is the normal cycle of rains, is what made the waters rise. Thus in this story God is preserving all life not punishing it. It's important to remember that Hindus believe that life reincarnates so more than two of the animals and seeds; male and female; would have been sufficient just to repopulate that type of creature and the others that may have perished would have been reincarnated. A bit different than the later versions, the Biblical version, where the flood is a punishment from God and only two of every animal are also spared; apparently even the animals were being bad??). This story is in one of the oldest Puranas of Hinduism (the only books older are the Vedas and the Upanishads). \n\nNow, many scholars believe there may be older versions of the story. However, being a practicing Hindu there is one aspect I can't help but overlook and that is that when Hinduism tells a mythological story then it isn't to be believed that the things actually happened just as the story is telling you. In fact, most Hindu mythological stories have a deeper meaning to them. The symbolism of the story represents aspects of our inner self and all the various symbolism is describing things about ourself and the processes we go through on our spiritual journey. That said, the flood may have in fact never happened and that the flood may be a symbolic tool used in the story (along with Manu, the fish and all the containers...because the story makes a point to describe all the containers which seems excedingly boring to read actually and sort of over makes the case that the fish is getting bigger). \n\nFrom Hindu India, the story then changed when it entered Zoroastrian Persia (Zoroaster is actually mentioned in the Hindu Vedas as a teacher that later it say
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LOGIC! How refreshing! That and some of the disasters aren't recorded ANYWHERE else but in the Bible... Modern Christianity is based on misdirection and the threat of Hell.
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2. You're wrong about the second scripture. God told Noah to take in two of every unclean animal, but to take in the clean animals by sevens. You were close, though. Thanks for shooting down a common myth. \n3. Yes. He had to tell the truth in the book of Job, when God asked Satan what he had been doing in the world. \n6. Yes. God will come down to establish a 100-mile high and 100-mile wide city on the earth. \n7. Abraham did have two sons. He had Isaac and Ishmael. The Jews that descended from Abraham, though, are also counted as his children.