(November 5, 2023 at 10:15 am)arewethereyet Wrote: That ship has sailed.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

(November 5, 2023 at 10:04 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Your numbers are too small, because as the water gets deeper, the surface gets larger in a spherical and not orthogonal manner, and the sphere of the Earth with 8km of water is now 16 km wider in diameter.

Well, I broke my math bone when I was in the fifth grade, and it never healed right. Rendered my calculations to 2 + 2 = somedamnthing

(November 5, 2023 at 10:04 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Your numbers are too small, because as the water gets deeper, the surface gets larger in a spherical and not orthogonal manner, and the sphere of the Earth with 8km of water is now 16 km wider in diameter.

Seems to me the simple calculation would be

(4/3 pi (r + d) ^ 3) - (4/3 pi r ^ 3)

Where r = radius of the earth at sea level and d is the additional depth of the water.

(November 5, 2023 at 10:17 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(November 5, 2023 at 10:04 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Your numbers are too small, because as the water gets deeper, the surface gets larger in a spherical and not orthogonal manner, and the sphere of the Earth with 8km of water is now 16 km wider in diameter.

Well, I broke my math bone when I was in the fifth grade, and it never healed right. Rendered my calculations to  2 + 2 = somedamnthing

Approximating the volume of a 6-8km thick shell on the outside of a large ~12000km sphere as the surface area of the sphere times the thickness of the shell will get you to within 0.2% of the true answer.     The irregular shape of the terrain on the surface of the sphere will have a larger impact.

I assume that was in some kind of English derivative?

Okay, four females and four males on the Ark. 75% presumptively of breeding age. How many kids would the women have to pop out to reach 7,888,000,000 people today? Pick any likely date for the Flood, it will be as accurate as any other.

(November 5, 2023 at 9:14 am)LinuxGal Wrote: Genesis 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.


Frankly, atheists are quite happy at the prospect of being eternally separated from a god who destroys the whole Earth because it's too violent.

Being an atheist in and of itself won't separate you from God.

(November 5, 2023 at 10:50 am)Ahriman Wrote:

(November 5, 2023 at 9:14 am)LinuxGal Wrote: Genesis 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.


Frankly, atheists are quite happy at the prospect of being eternally separated from a god who destroys the whole Earth because it's too violent.

Being an atheist in and of itself won't separate you from God.

Being rational would do it. Worked for me.

(November 5, 2023 at 10:52 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(November 5, 2023 at 10:50 am)Ahriman Wrote: Being an atheist in and of itself won't separate you from God.

Being rational would do it. Worked for me.

How do you know you're separated from God?

(November 5, 2023 at 10:56 am)Ahriman Wrote:

(November 5, 2023 at 10:52 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Being rational would do it. Worked for me.

How do you know you're separated from God?

Simple, there are no fictional beings here.

Well, maybe Trump, but not HERE.