The story of Noah (in the Bible) is so infuriating...

[ReptilianPeon]

I don't understand why he believes this, as it sounded like he was making up excuses as he went along.

Ask him why you or anyone else should be persuaded to take the biblical flood myth more seriously than any of the others that came before or after it:  
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_myths
There are only a couple dozen others or so to choose from, so choose wisely.

Why are the so many flood myths? Would it be reasonable for somebody to conclude that there was actually a flood because of this? If there was a flood this does cause other problems, which Robvalue mentioned in his post:

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I really don't know what else you can do to get through to someone about these things, if they are prepared to just make up any bullshit explanation after another and refuse to consider how ridiculously impossible the whole thing is. (I'm talking to OP )
I guess it is a good launching pad though for why worshipping this dick for brains God is a bad idea.
1. He fucked up everything. Again. (See garden of Eden.)
2. Instead of resetting things instantly and putting them right, he decides to have a tantrum and blame his creations, including all the animals who have nothing to do with it.
3. Such irrationality and anger are not qualities one would normally associate with an omnipotent, omniscient being but rather a dodgy human.
4. After deciding to kill everything, he chooses one of the most hideous ways possible, making his creations suffer a gruesome horrible slow death.
5. Incest follows. Humanity would not be able to repopulate from such a small sample. Neither would the animals. Oh I forgot, that's about reality. Never mind.
6. He can't even come up with his own method of solving problems but steals it from other "made up" gods.
Remind me why anyone would even tolerate this God, let alone worship it?

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