(October 29, 2018 at 11:28 am)Astreja Wrote:(October 28, 2018 at 11:25 pm)CDF47 Wrote: Then maybe it was more global of a flood. I wasn't there so I didn't see it.
If you're a Biblical literalist, an analysis of the Noachide flood makes it into an absurd, improbable event.
Rain would have to fall at the rate of 30 feet per hour for 40 days in order to reach the top of the highest mountain, which is five miles above sea level. Imagine a fire hose, hitting wooden decks that are only sealed with pitch, for 960 hours straight. It would not take long to breach the hull, flood the entire ship, and kill everyone on board.
Perhaps you should take a less literal approach to scripture.
Astreja, I've never thought of it in this way before

I mean, I know the flood is bullshit on the idea of "the entire world flooded" but to really breakdown why it would pretty much fail, from a construction basis, is another level of logic I hadn't entertained

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