Re: [asa] Noah's local flood?

On 6/25/08, Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com> wrote:
>
> I was thinking more about the local flood hypothesis. There needs to be a
> geographical bowl structure to keep the water in. I don't think it is
> there. Look at this article (Dick Fischer is mentioned in it):
>
> http://home.entouch.net/dmd/physmeso.htm
>
> Excerpt:
>
> There are two ways for the ark to be lifted the requisite elevation. First,
> the water can do it. Boats in locks are raised in this fashion. But in order
> for this to work, the Mesopotamian region must have been covered by (1982 M
> (6500 feet of water.). In this case the entire Mesopotamian civilization
> would be destroyed. This did not happen.>
>
> Comments?

I've talked to Glenn (who wrote that article) a couple times over the
years about it. Generally, I agree with his argument. BUT -- the
earth's surface does rise and fall periodically, and I am not sure the
topography of the region was the same in Noah's time as it is today.

But that's for a geologist to analyze.

Burgy

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Received on Wed Jun 25 17:14:18 2008