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| | The '''Great Flood''' refers to the most catastrophic [[flood]] and the most catastrophic geological event that has ever taken place in human history. | | The '''Great Flood''' refers to the most catastrophic [[flood]] and the most catastrophic geological event that has ever taken place in human history. |
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| − | Virtually nothing historical, from writings to civilization to long-living organisms like trees, has survived from before about 3000 or 3300 B.C., approximates date given to the Great Flood.<ref>''See, e.g.'', http://www.ohtm.org/strut99.pdf</ref> Today 60% of Americans accept as truth the Biblical account of the Great Flood,<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040216-113955-2061r.htm</ref> and most cultures record a world-destroying flood in their oral or written histories. | + | Virtually nothing historical, from writings to civilization to long-living organisms like trees, has survived from before about 3000 or 3300 B.C., when the Great Flood occurred.<ref>''See, e.g.'', http://www.ohtm.org/strut99.pdf</ref> Today 60% of Americans accept as truth the Biblical account of the Great Flood,<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040216-113955-2061r.htm</ref> and most cultures record a world-destroying flood in their oral or written histories. |
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| | The ''Iceman'', an experienced hiker, was frozen by a surprise, massive ice storm in the Italian Alps 5,300 years ago -- when the Great Flood likely occurred.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/iceman-last-meal.html</ref> | | The ''Iceman'', an experienced hiker, was frozen by a surprise, massive ice storm in the Italian Alps 5,300 years ago -- when the Great Flood likely occurred.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/iceman-last-meal.html</ref> |
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| | [[Image:The building of the ark.jpg|thumb|left|The building of the ark by Bertram of Minden.]] | | [[Image:The building of the ark.jpg|thumb|left|The building of the ark by Bertram of Minden.]] |
| | === Black Sea theory === | | === Black Sea theory === |
| − | In 2000, explorers discovered evidence that humans lived where the [[Black Sea]] now is and speculated the sea was created during a great flood<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/09/13/great.flood.finds.ap/</ref>. Dr. Robert Ballard expanded on this theory, postulating that the Black Sea was much lower during the [[Ice Age]] (including the finding of a beach thousands of feet underwater), and when the walls holding back the [[Mediterranean Sea]] at the Bosporus broke, the sea rushed in and drowned the inhabitants; those who survived told the tale orally, and according to Ballard this became the basis for the flood accounts of Genesis and Gilgamesh<ref>http://www.nationalgeographic.com/blacksea/ax/frame.html</ref>. This theory is for a local flood, and not the world-wide flood as recorded in Genesis and many other cultural traditions. It also doesn't fit with many other details of the Genesis account.<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3392 Proof of Noah's Flood at the Black Sea?] by Creation Ministries International.</ref> It is this theory that is believed to explain the various flood myths. | + | In 2000, explorers discovered evidence that humans lived where the [[Black Sea]] now is and speculated the sea was created during a great flood<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/09/13/great.flood.finds.ap/</ref>. Dr. Robert Ballard expanded on this theory, postulating that the Black Sea was much lower during the [[Ice Age]] (including the finding of a beach thousands of feet underwater), and when the walls holding back the [[Mediterranean Sea]] at the Bosporus broke, the sea rushed in and drowned the inhabitants; those who survived told the tale orally, and according to Ballard this became the basis for the flood accounts of Genesis and Gilgamesh<ref>http://www.nationalgeographic.com/blacksea/ax/frame.html</ref>. This theory is for a local flood, and not the world-wide flood as recorded in Genesis and many other cultural traditions. It also doesn't fit with many other details of the Genesis account.<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3392 Proof of Noah's Flood at the Black Sea?] by Creation Ministries International.</ref> |
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| | === Crustal Displacement Theory === | | === Crustal Displacement Theory === |