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 A Global Flood???

A Flood and a Tower of Babel?! Now I know you're not being serious.... WAIT just a second; give me a chance to explain. ;o)

*I dedicate an entire section of my book (The Philosophy of History) on the historicity of a true global flood, a distribution of the populations after this flood and why history supports all of this. (Also we have over 10 PhDs in geology, geo-physics, anthropology, etc. within Logos Research Associates that have much more on the subject. What is below is a snapshot to start the conversation; I see both my colleague (Baumgardner) as well as Walter Brown's Hydroplate theory as quite plausible so they disagree with each other on some parts - this is why I have included both as healthy/robust dialogue is nothing but a good thing.

Dr. Kurt Wise:

Dr. Steve Austin (geologist): 

Dr. John Baumgardner (Catastrophic Plate Tectonics): 

Dr. Walter Brown's Model (a very original hypothesis)

In some ways I have no problem admitting that Walt Brown's model is stronger than my colleague's who support catastrophic plate-tectonics; Dr. Brown like me is less into being a "sell-out" (no offense) to "group-think" and I find his hypotheses stronger than many of my colleagues to be brutally honest:



(Click the above picture for a short video or the below link for more info)


Dr. Walter Veith:

The Tower of Babel?

Bable explains the evidence better than the secular sciences (aka: Neolithic Revolution)?

*Remember - Before Charles Lyell and Darwin's principles of long ages took hold 150 years ago, most geologist held to a global flood as a credible explanation of the facts.  Let's just look at 5 quick facts on why I believe Noah's flood is a credible source for the earth's history, and then we'll go from there:

1) The biblical passages regarding the flood make it clear that it was global. Genesis 7:11 states that “all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.”  The clearest verses that show the extent of the flood are Genesis 7:19-23 . Regarding the waters, “They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. Every living thing that moved on the earth perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.”  **With man-made theories changing periodically, I have no problems holding to the global flood model based on the Bible's history; moreover, I think a flood based on the 5 simple facts covered here (I could go over a LOT more), serve as a cumaltive case argument in favor of the Noah account.

Peter also describes the universality of the flood in 2 Peter 3:6-7 , where he states, “By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” In these verses Peter compares the “universal” coming judgment to the flood of Noah's time and states that the world that existed then was flooded with water. Further, many biblical writers accepted the historicity of the worldwide flood (Isaiah 54:9 ; 1 Peter 3:20 ; 2 Peter 2:5 ; Hebrews 11:7 ). Lastly, the Lord Jesus Christ believed in the universal flood and took it as the type of the coming destruction of the world when He returns (Matthew 24:37-39 ; Luke 17:26-27 ).

2) A gigantic flood may be the most common of all legends—ever. Almost every ancient culture had legends telling of a traumatic flood in which only a few humans survived in a large boat.a This cannot be said for other types of catastrophes, such as earthquakes, fires, volcanic eruptions, disease, famines, or drought. More than 230 flood legends contain many common elements, suggesting they have a common historical source that left a vivid impression on survivors of that catastrophe.


Chinese Word for Boat. Classical Chinese, dating to about 2500 B.C., is one of the oldest languages known. Its “words,” called pictographs, are often composed of smaller symbols that themselves have meaning and together tell a story. For example, the classical Chinese word for boat, shown above, is composed of the symbols for “vessel,” “eight,” and “mouth” or “person.” Why would the ancient Chinese refer to a boat as “eight-person-vessel”?  How many people were on the Ark?


3) Shells on Mountains

Every major mountain range on earth contains fossilized sea life—far above sea level and usually far from the nearest body of water.  Attempts to explain “shells on mountaintops” have generated controversy for centuries.

An early explanation was that a global flood covered these mountains, allowing clams and other sea life to “crawl” far and high. However, as Leonardo da Vinci wrote,b under the best conditions, clams move too slowly to reach such heights, even if the flood lasted hundreds of years; besides, the earth does not have enough water to cover these mountains. Others said that some sea bottoms sank, leaving adjacent sea bottoms (loaded with sea creatures) relatively high—what we today call mountains. How such large subterranean voids formed to allow this sinking was never explained. Still others proposed that sea bottoms rose to become mountains. Mechanisms for pushing up mountains were also never satisfactorily explained. Because elevations on earth change slowly, some wondered if sea bottoms could rise miles into the air, perhaps over millions of years. However, mountaintops erode relatively rapidly—and so should fossils slowly lifted by them. Furthermore, mountaintops accumulate few sediments that might protect such fossils. Some early authorities, in frustration, said the animals grew inside rocks—or the rocks simply look like clams, corals, fish, and ammonites. Some denied the evidence even existed.

4)  The Cretaceous column of geology is the only layer found worldwide; it is formed under water.  Thus we can conclude that at some point, all the earth was under water.












Gen. 7:16 The Lord shut him in.

 D = Destruction by Water
. G = (God) Divine Cause
. W = Warning Given
. H = Humans Spared
. A = Animals Spared
. V = Preserved in a Vessel
D . . H A V 01 Australia- Kurnai
D . W H A V 02 Babylon- Berossus' account
D G W H A V 03 Babylon- Gilgamesh epic
D G W H . V 04 Bolivia- Chiriguano
D . . H A V 05 Borneo- Sea Dayak
D . . H A V 06 Burma- Singpho
D G . H A V 07 Canada- Cree
D G W H A V 08 Canada- Montagnais
D G . H A V 09 China- Lolo
D . W H A V 10 Cuba- original natives
D G W H A V 11 East Africa- Masai
D G W H A . 14 French Polynesia- Raiatea
D . . H A V 15 Greece- Lucian's account
D G . H A V 16 Guyana- Macushi
D G . H . V 17 Iceland- Eddas
D G . H . V 18 India- Andaman Islands
D . W H A V 19 India- Bhil
D G W H . V 20 India-Kamar
D . W H A . 21 Iran- Zend-Avesta
D G . H . V 22 Italy- Ovid's poetry
D G . H . V 23 Malay Peninsula- Jekun
D . W H . V 24 Mexico- Codex Chimalpopoca
D . W H A V 25 Mexico- Huichol
D G . H . V 26 New Zealand- Maori
D . W H A . 27 Peru- Indians of Huarochiri
D . W H . V 28 X . Russia- Vogul
D . . H A V 33 Vanualu- Melanesians
D . . H A V 34 Vietnam- Bahnar
35 18 17 35 24 32 Total Occurrences out of 35




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  Remember - this is just a handful of facts, and does't even begin to cover all of the areas that support a global flood; but for now we will leave it there and I encourage you to stand by the Bible (if you're a Christian) and to explore the evidences yourselves.