I thought the article at
http://www.godandscience.org/apologe...ocalflood.html is a very interesting article however
i would like to make a point about this part of the article which I quote below
"The passage in this instance refers to the people of the earth, since planet earth itself was not corrupt. Likewise, Genesis 9:11 is referring to the people of the earth rather than the planet itself. Ultimately, even if the flood were global, it did not "
destroy the earth," but just the people on the earth. As stated
above, "people" is often understood from the Hebrew word
erets".
Yes he makes a good point that earth can refer to the people of the earth. But in some sense the earth was destroyed. I mean
Genesis 6:13 says "And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them
with the earth".
NIV GENESIS 6:13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy
both them and
the earth"
So
Genesis 6:13 shows a distinction between people(flesh) and the earth its self.