RE: [asa] Noah's local flood?

Those are good questions.

Having Noah build a mammoth ship that would take years to build would be a
powerful way to get the message out to others, including a powerful message
to readers today. Noah provides much greater witness of God's judgment than
he could if he were just an evacuee. When our church assisted Katrina
evacuees, we were still far more interested in the accounts of those
enduring the storm than those that wisely fled before it hit. [BTW, a
number have stayed and the Cajun food seems to have improved. J]

Having animals board the Ark suggests it had to be an extensive flood,
though it did not have to be a global one. I like Phil's perspective as I
see Biblical accounts to be anthropomorphic unless stated otherwise;
witnesses wrote what they saw using a human account and not from reference
frames beyond their norm except when noted, often by giving us quotations.
I think I'm right on this view; am I not?

Coope

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Subject: Re: [asa] Noah's local flood?

I like Phil's summary. The part about the ark being washed into the Persian
Gulf and being blown eastward makes a lot of sense. One minor sticking point
of course is that if God knew that the flood was going to be local, why did
He have Noah load all the animals onboard the ark? Or as Bernie said, why
didn't he just tell Noah to walk out of the path of the flood (he had time
-- all the time he and his sons were building the ark)

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William E (Bill) Hamilton Jr.
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