(November 4, 2019 at 2:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Again, let's visit the source materiel:
'They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.'
Cubits come in several different lengths, but let's use the Hebrew short cubit (for reasons which should be obvious) of 17 1/2 inches. This means that the Flood waters covered the top of Mount Everest to a depth of almost 22 feet. You can work out for yourself (or look it up) the volume of water that would be required to do this.
Boru
As a Muslim I cannot rely on the Bible unless this agrees with the Qur'an because the Bible contains altered verses that later to highlight the exceptional fact. For example, in Genesis it is claimed that Noah's wife was saved from the Flood. However, the Qur'an says the opposite: Noah's wife was drowned by her hypocrisy. In this case, I do not believe what Genesis says about the woman of the Prophet but I rely on what the Quran says. Back to the topic.
The Flood is cited several times in the Qur'an, but there is no clear reference that the entire Earth was covered with water (including all the mountains).
Researchers have found evidence of numerous floods in different sectors of Iraq, some of which indicate intensive destruction. Of course, no one has discovered evidence of a flood capable of covering the entire earth's surface. This evidences what God says in the Quran about the "regional-universal" Flood.
