Yesterday, I was sitting out on my enclosed patio looking out at the lake while the rain was pouring down, it was the second straight day of constant downpour to a degree to which I had never seen before. The lake after the rains stopped rose, in my estimate, about 4 feet, turning a good portion of my yard into the lake. As I was sitting there in the downpour I began to think about the biblical Noah and the 40 days and 40 nights of rain and realized that even if it had rained as much each day in those 40 days as it did these last 2 days, approximately 2 feet a day, that would only be 80 feet of water, which would be no where near enough to cover the entire earth, not even close. Then I wondered well, what if it rained twice as much or 10 times, or even twenty times as much and realized that that would still not flood the entire earth. Then I realized, though I haven't looked at the data at all, that there is not even enough water on the earth or in its atmosphere to even do the job.
Now, of course, as I'm sure most of you know, I never believed the story to be literal truth in the first place, but for those of you who do, what do you think. Where did all that water come from, and where did it go? And how could an Ark survive what would had to have been a waterfall pouring down on it for 40 days?
Now, of course, as I'm sure most of you know, I never believed the story to be literal truth in the first place, but for those of you who do, what do you think. Where did all that water come from, and where did it go? And how could an Ark survive what would had to have been a waterfall pouring down on it for 40 days?
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