I rarely deal in absolutes, but I make the occassional exception. There is no evidence for a global flood 4,500 years ago that matches in any meaningful shape, form, or fashion the flood described in Genesis. There is a multitude of evidence for fluctuations in sea level throughout the Earths history, more recently as part of the response to the current interglacial. There is similar diverse evidence for local flooding events in many places around the globe. Falsely conflating any of that evidence into evidence for a global flood is not just bad science, it philosophically unsound, and spiritually questionable. (I am not saying you are doing this, just covering the ground for any one who is guilty of it.)
Right ok, well evidence is always evidence within some system of interpretation. So when you say that there is no evidence for a global flood, you should probably then clarify what kind of evidence you would be looking for, within some system.
For me there is so ample evidence
I realize it is then within my frame of interpretation, but a short list
- the existence of grand canyon
- the death and burial of a lot of animals, including dinosaurs
- the fact that one can find seeming tropical remains under antarctica
- the historical record of a flood e.g. in the Bible
- the fact that continents seem to match, and must have been torn apart by something really violent
- massive sand deposits in some places, massive limestone deposits in other places. I do not think these deposits were made over long stretches of time. It makes more sense that it would have happened rapidly in some sort of major geological event
OK I should stop here. You get the gist, I am sure.
feel free to attack my ideas
ps. I go to my summer house in a few moments, and will only be back monday evening, but I will see your answer in the notification.
