(December 4, 2008 at 3:27 pm)CoxRox Wrote: Ok, there are Christians who believe the flood must have been local for all the reason you mention. They believe that 'the world' referred to was the area in the Middle East, and only here were there humans living. They hadn't spread out over the earth at that point?? I know this might look a bit convenient, or trying to make it fit, but it is a possibility.
That's exactly what it looks like- making it fit (and leads to the point, what else are you "making fit"). But it doesn't make sense. At the time of the noachian flood in the bible which is (regardless of how old the earth is from the genesis creation story) somewhere within the realm of 6 thousand to 10 thousand years, people were already spread out over every continent except antarctica. Also, the three main waves of human migration were out of Africa... not the Middle East.
(December 4, 2008 at 3:27 pm)CoxRox Wrote: This is the only 'inaccuracy': the bird one. The other so called contradictions: the lights appearing (the sun, moon etc were already created, but there light couldn't shine due to dense cloud) I can supply a more detailed list of the apparent discrepancies and their explanations if any one is interested. For a very simplistic account, it does pretty well I think.
I disagree, based on the amount of animals there actually are etc... imagine if Adam had actually named every kind? It would've taken forever. Also, you are only looking at genesis. A quick search in the Googlemachine yields this site. If you scroll down, there is an extensive list a contradictions in the bible, and keep in mind this is just the first site I pulled up. There are many many more.
