Comments on: The Flood https://askgramps.org/the-flood/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:30:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jack https://askgramps.org/the-flood/#comment-35327 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 04:05:00 +0000 http://www.askgramps.org/?p=10828#comment-35327 That is the standard protestant position. Most evangelical Church believe the flood occurred around 4,300 to 4,400 years ago and that the flood waters covered the entire earth and killed every living thing except for what was on the arc with Noah and his family. And I believe Mormon beliefs are along those same lines.

My question is, there is strong and convincing evidence that there were civilizations and people that lived before the flood, during the flood and after the flood without any mention in their recorded history during the time period indicated in the bible. How can this be? Also, there appears to be significantly more evidence that a flood did not occur 4,400 years ago than a flood actually occurring 4,400 years ago when considering archeology and geological evidence.

In addition, it is very hard for me to accept that the entire population of the earth bottlenecked with Noah and his 7 other family members only 4,400 years ago. DNA analysis does not support such a bottleneck.

It just does not seem like the great flood occurred during the time period indicated in the bible. If there was a great flood, it was either localized or it happened 1,000’s and 1,000’s of years before the time period indicated in the bible. I know that Catholicism accepts the flood as a allegory story and not an actual event. You are actually free to accept the story either way. I am not sure Mormonism allows for this since the Book of Abraham and the Book of Moses discuss the flood and Noah. And believe there are several references in the Book of Mormon as well.

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