the story of noah and the references from those in the NTestament add to discrediting the bible

the story of noah and the references from those in the NTestament add to discrediting the bible

here is the text,which argues the flood was world wide, and wiped out every creature alive that was not on the boat.

"The clearest verses that show the extent of the flood are Genesis 7:19-23. Regarding the waters, "They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. Every living thing that moved on the earth perished"birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark."

despite it being at least plausible to ignore the literal langauge of the story and say it was a local flood, a lot of christians insist on calling it a world wide flood, despite all the contrary scientific evidence.

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Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
see also Luke 17:26

clearly, the scientific evidence indicates the flood being global and killing all the animals, was false.

the best a person could argue, is that the story was a myth. and the people of hte new testament didn't necessarily say that it was true that it was a global flood, and that animals were all killed. but they did, however, give credence to the story of noah, a story that is basically a myth. even if the flood wasn't worldwide, it is still said to be in the OTestament. that alone is discrediting.

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more reference to noah in the bible: (Isaiah 54:9; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5; Hebrews 11:7)

""This is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you.

"because they formerly did not obey, when God"s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

"5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;"

"7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

It's allegorical - you can't disprove poetry you nitwit. It's people like you that give people that simply cannot accept people's blind faith over logic and reason a bad name, because you don't understand that there is more beauty in this book when you are honest with yourself as a non-religious person than if you were a religious person - let go of your hatred towards the book, and take it upon those that use it as a tool for power and control.

it's described as literal in the bible, and the bible characters treat it as such, you nitwit. it's people like you who twist the bible to points it shouldn't be taken.... we can call it a metaphor, but that doesn't mean the bible is wrong overall. or, we can call it a metaphor, but it doesn't mean the bible is otherwise correct.... this example shows it has flaws. either way you take it, you are being dumb about it.

It's a story. Taking it anymore than that makes you a fool.

it's a story that's described and treated as literal, by the bible itself and those in it, and many of its most ardent followers. we can call it just a myth or just a story, but that doesn't do justice to how it's otherwise been treated. not recognizing that makes a person a fool.

If you know it's not literal, but argue with people that don't, then you're a fool for trying to reason with fools.