>Glenn wrote:
>Ron, I am not sure that you have ever understood what I am about. I do
>believe that the flood describe in the Bible happened exactly has it is
>described. I don't think that it was global and that is what science
has
>found. The word translated as 'earth' in Genesis 6-9 which YECs take
as
>"planet earth" is the same word God used when He told Abraham to leave
his
>'land'. Abraham didn't go to Mars, Abraham left his country. The word
>that YECs say means 'planet earth' actually means 'country'.
The word translated as 'earth' in Genesis 7:4 is the same word used in
Gen 1:1, which suggests a global flood. Also used in Gen 7:18-19 to
describe the water levels.