Talk:Global flood

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Where there no other boats?

A question occurs: did nobody else on the planet happen to have a boat? Like fishermen or merchants? I ask as it seems like god would have had to personally find and kill them if they did, just in case they accidentally survived the flood... which also makes me wonder why he didn't bother doing that with everybody else in the first place...

Cprobertson1 (talk) 11:49, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

@Cprobertson1 Congratulations on finding a plot hole even I didn't think of, and I spent a lot of time at one point pondering the plot holes of this whole story. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 14:02, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Another omission from the discussion

The silicon trees. Anna Livia (talk) 14:06, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Response to problems

The solution is, God did everything. It does not need science to explain because God has the power to do anything. So, a Ood is impossible under normal circumstances "but with God, all things are possible". Also, God is indeed good, but he operates in ways we humans cannot understand. So it is arrogant to say he should have done something simpler. We are his creation, so he can do with us as he wills. We think it is unfair, but a potter can do what he wants with his vessel. Likewise, God can do what he wants with a man. ^{— Unsigned, by: 2600:1:f186:985a:2255:9f06:f149:3ff3 / talk}

Holy shit, your God sounds like a fucking psychopath. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 00:28, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

You must be a psychopath then, to delete articles. What if the article is sentient and sad about being deleted? ^{— Unsigned, by: 2600:1:f186:985a:2255:9f06:f149:3ff3 / talk}

Trust a fundie Christian to compare human beings to electronic data. It just further shows that you guys place no value on life. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 00:37, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

A man killing a man is bad. But God is not a man, and as the creator, has the right to jige what he wants musch as a Potter can do what he wants with the clay. ^{— Unsigned, by: 2600:1:f186:985a:2255:9f06:f149:3ff3 / talk / contribs}

Jesus shat in Mary's lap, you're fucking brainwashed. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 00:41, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Are you trolling? If so, it is not funny and please stop.^{— Unsigned, by: 2600:1:f186:985a:2255:9f06:f149:3ff3 / talk / contribs}

This interaction once again demonstrates to me that Christian fundamentalist morality is entirely subjective. Christian fundamentalists place no value on life unless it's convenient for them. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 00:45, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Question

Is there an inverse correlation between those who believe in a Biblical global flood and belief in global warming, which may well cause flooding on a global scale? Anna Livia (talk) 13:42, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Given the tendency of cranks toward crank magnetism, I'd say so. — Oxyaena ^Harass 13:47, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

I would separate out those who think that 'in those times' the locals equated what we call the Middle East with 'the world' (Panzerfaust's point above; and likely to be applicable to many other contexts) and there were one or several 'great floods' which became transformed/amalgamated with other retellings of events beyond living memory into the Global Flood stories of the Bible, Greek legends etc - 'as there are so many stories of this nature, they are based on events which actually happened, combined with 'our mythology is more bigly better than your mythology.' Anna Livia (talk) 11:52, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

It's likely that the Global Flood myth has some historical basis to it, AronRa pinpoints to the Flood of Ziusudra as the historical inspiration for the myth, however there's also the Black Sea deluge hypothesis, and of course the global coastal flooding following the Younger Dryas. I think it's likely that the flood of Ziusudra is just another retelling of the Mesopotamian flood myth, which has arguably even more ancient origins than that. Folk memory of the last ice age maybe, those exist, you know. — Oxyaena ^Harass 23:35, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

The obvious question

Why didn't God, observing the ways of humans, decide to send Jesus (and, possibly some of the other sons mentioned in the Book of Job to other localities, given that information could only spread slowly at the time) then, so 'many more than eight people' would be converted from their life of sinfulness, with all the benefits arising? Anna Livia (talk) 13:59, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

People were saved by faith in God and Christ long before Jesus was born into a human body. Those people would have been saved had they repented, but every thought they had was only evil continually. Further, the bible actually says that Jesus came at exactly the right time. God was achieving His purposes. Those people were actually preached to, but refused to listen. It would have been no different had Jesus been there. They would not have listened to Him . ^{— Unsigned, by: 66.175.171.109 / talk}

Kent Hovind's Canopy Theory

Should more info be added to the section about hydroplate theory about Kent Hovind's canopy theory? It appears in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZeZok5iGfU. --Dracofulmen (talk) 16:51, 29 April 2024 (UTC)