Re: [asa] Noah's local flood?

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Jon Tandy <tandyland@earthlink.net> wrote:

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> I have a little difficulty with the suggestion of being washed into the
> Persian Gulf and blown back inland against the current of the delta of a
> river. Seems more likely that the outflow wasn't very fast, as suggested in
> Carol Hill's article, and a decent wind could have pushed him overland in a
> flooded region so that he ended up in a backwater that eventually drained,
> particularly if the horrendous rain was part of a regional hurricane with
> high winds. It's not unreasonable, although Glenn's comment about the 6000
> foot drop over a large area would have to be dealt with. Maybe he is
> raising too high a hurdle to discredit a Mesopotamian flood in favor of his
> own model, but it's something that should be considered whether it has
> merit.
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I don't think that's what Phil meant. The current would have carried the ark
south. The prevailing winds (assuming they were from the west) would have
blown the ark East -- crosswise to the current.

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> Jon Tandy
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> *From:* asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *William Hamilton
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:26 AM
> *To:* philtill@aol.com
> *Cc:* asa@calvin.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [asa] Noah's local flood?
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> 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)
> --
> William E (Bill) Hamilton Jr.
> Rochester, MI/Austin, TX
> 248 821 8156
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248 821 8156
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