Debate: Billy Carson vs. Christian Wes Huff on Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity

To the emoji: how in the hell an initial post be off-topic ? Off-topic from what ???

 

Consider the source.
Even bots can be confused.

 

I mean this is basically factually indisputable and not really up for debate

 

Rent free.

Without trying. (or caring. )

Sad.


Also; what's it like to start a thread and over the course of about a week....... have so few people care that the only posts in it are you talking about a poster who didn't even post in your thread?

 

What early texts ? The creation narrative is likely a stylized account of the formation of Israel and describes the temple.

 

Well, d’uh. If there was a cataclysmic flood you’d expect other cultures to mention it.

 

Sweet. When's the debate on Santa Claus?

 

How does it point to a favored family? There would be pockets of survivors all over based on geography. We know humanity reached it's closest point to extinction during the younger dryas, so maybe they're just metaphorical references to that.

 

So your view is that the exact same family, within a few generations, had started to have children of all different races? And in the hundreds of thousands? Seems inconsistent with your hypothesis. How many generations does it take to develop entirely new racial groups, go to the Americas Australia, South Pacific, etc., and build populations in the hundreds of thousands?

 

You're absolutely right in pointing out that a global flood—if it were to occur—would likely have a dramatic impact on Earth's topography. It would be a mistake to assume that current geographical features would remain unchanged after such a cataclysmic event. The scale of a global flood, especially one involving a rise in sea levels or the inundation of large portions of land, would almost certainly alter the planet’s surface in profound ways.

A few key factors that could reshape Earth's topography during such an event include:

1. Erosion and Sedimentation: A massive influx of water would cause intense erosion, reshaping mountains, valleys, and coastlines. The force of rushing water would carve new landforms and deposit vast amounts of sediment, potentially creating new riverbeds, deltas, and plains.
   
   
2. Shifting of Landmasses: If the flood were connected to tectonic events (such as earthquakes or volcanic activity), it could cause shifts in the positions of landmasses. This could result in new islands, submerged coastlines, or even changes in the course of major rivers and seas.
   
   
3. Sea-Level Rise and Submersion: Depending on the severity of the flood, significant portions of the land might be permanently submerged, and many regions that are currently dry could become underwater ecosystems. The new coastlines could be radically different from current ones.
   
   
4. Climate and Ecosystem Shifts: Such an event would also likely cause long-term changes in climate, influencing everything from weather patterns to the distribution of plant and animal species. This could further reshape the environment in ways we can't fully predict.
   

In light of these factors, it’s clear that any assumption that current geographical features would remain intact in a post-flood world is overly simplistic. The effects of a global flood could be so far-reaching that they would fundamentally transform Earth's surface, perhaps in ways that are difficult for us to imagine based on today’s topography.

 

It's presumptuous to assume there would be mountains or higher ground? Thats a lot of mental. . . . mind twisting right there. Didn't the Ark come to rest on the peak of Mt. Ararat?

I also have serious doubts about a "global" flood and am not sure how that would even be physically possible. What we're probably talking about are similar but different flood events taking place around the world, maybe around the same time. Sort of like the one that created the topography of the NW United States (ice dam burst). This would have been a thing in several parts of the world as the ice sheets retreated.

 

Some people like to believe that. There was an Armenian team that rebranded itself as FC Noah a few years ago to capitalize on it.

FC Noah - Wikipedia

 

Some people like to believe a lot of things. Pretty sure I first saw it on "In Search Of", and I think they even had some grayed-out picture that looks like an old hull.