We have dozens and dozens of oceans rivers creeks lakes ponds and stuff that are chocked full of water. Where else could all of that water have come from?
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Your kidding right?
Your religion says that there was water before Noah, and certainly before the flood. No one is arguing that, except apparently you.
Go read the bible before making an *** of yourself.
Your religion says that there was water before Noah, and certainly before the flood. No one is arguing that, except apparently you.
Go read the bible before making an *** of yourself.
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I think the word you're looking for is 'scientifically literate', since this understanding is not confined to atheists, and doesn't have a blessed thing to do with the scientific theory of evolution.
In any case, the answer is gradual accretion by impact of icy bodies, and from outgassing/photolysis from Earth's crust, through the course of the Hadean Eon.
If Noah's flood DID happen, why didn't it leave any geological evidence at all, and where did the water necessary to flood the whole planet go afterwards?
In any case, the answer is gradual accretion by impact of icy bodies, and from outgassing/photolysis from Earth's crust, through the course of the Hadean Eon.
If Noah's flood DID happen, why didn't it leave any geological evidence at all, and where did the water necessary to flood the whole planet go afterwards?
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God created water on the third day...
"And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good."
It didn't come from the flood. But as a Christian who believes God created science, I would argue that the big bang caused material to clump up and form objects-- the universe, solar system, earth, etc. The young Earth was very hot, and as it matured and cooled, material on the planet clumped up and created things like chemicals and elements. Elements (specifically hydrogen and oxygen) combined together and made the first water molecule. More and more hydrogen and oxygen combined, creating more and more water molecules-- thus making oceans, seas, etc.
"And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good."
It didn't come from the flood. But as a Christian who believes God created science, I would argue that the big bang caused material to clump up and form objects-- the universe, solar system, earth, etc. The young Earth was very hot, and as it matured and cooled, material on the planet clumped up and created things like chemicals and elements. Elements (specifically hydrogen and oxygen) combined together and made the first water molecule. More and more hydrogen and oxygen combined, creating more and more water molecules-- thus making oceans, seas, etc.
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In fact we now know that the universe has an lot of water. It is in fact everywhere. Comets are practically all water in the form of ice and Saturn's rings are mostly ice. So when the earth was form some 5 billion years ago it would collect from the debris that collected around the early solar system quite a lot of water and of course iron. The flood story is basically the story of Gilgamesh and was without doubt based on local flood which are quite common. It is now believed that it originated in the Black sea which we know was a lot smaller and it is believed with some evidence that it was the result of the breaking to a natural dam which separated the Sea of Marmara from the Black Sea. If it is the case than you can imagine someone living on the shores of a much smaller Black sea and suddenly being faced with millions of gallons of water and not know how big the earth actually was may well believe that all the world was flooded. In fact all their world probably was.