| − | It was a unique global catastrophe lasting for about one year.<ref>Mortenson, Terry (July 2, 2018). [https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/global/biblical-necessity-global-flood/ Noah’s Flood: a Unique, Historical, Yearlong, Global Catastrophe]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref> Nothing historical, from writings to civilization to long-living organisms like trees, has survived from prior to 3000 or 3300 B.C., when the Great Flood occurred.<ref>''See, e.g.'', http://www.ohtm.org/strut99.pdf</ref> Today 43–60% of Americans accept as truth the [[Bible|Biblical]] account of the Great Flood,<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040216-113955-2061r.htm</ref><ref>https://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/hold-creationist-view-human-origins.aspx</ref> and many cultures record a world-destroying flood in their oral or written histories. [[Liberal denial]] of the Great Flood results in public ignorance about how deadly common floods are. | + | It was a unique global catastrophe lasting for about one year.<ref>Mortenson, Terry (July 2, 2018). [https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/global/biblical-necessity-global-flood/ Noah’s Flood: a Unique, Historical, Yearlong, Global Catastrophe]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref> Nothing historical, from writings to civilization to long-living organisms like trees, has survived from prior to 3000 or 3300 B.C., when the Great Flood occurred.<ref>''See, e.g.'', http://www.ohtm.org/strut99.pdf</ref> Today 43–60% of Americans accept as truth the [[Bible|Biblical]] account of the Great Flood,<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040216-113955-2061r.htm</ref><ref>https://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/hold-creationist-view-human-origins.aspx</ref> and many cultures record a world-destroying flood in their oral or written histories. [[Liberal denial]] of the Great Flood results in public ignorance about how deadly common floods are: "Flash flooding is the number one storm-related killer in the United States."<ref>https://www.weather.gov/shv/awarenessweek_severe_flashflood#:~:text=Flash%20flooding%20is%20the%20number,around%20127%20people%20per%20year. - National Weather Service</ref> |
| | The ''Iceman'', an experienced hiker, was frozen by a massive surprise ice storm in the Italian Alps 5,300 years ago — the same time that the Great Flood likely occurred.<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/iceman-last-meal.html</ref> Similarly, a notably ancient [[corn]] cob was radiocarbon dated to be 5,310 years old.<ref>https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31120-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982216311204%3Fshowall%3Dtrue</ref> In 2025, an "elite woman" mummy in Peru was likewise dated to 3,000 B.C.<ref>https://www.aol.com/remains-5-000-old-elite-101551314.html</ref> | | The ''Iceman'', an experienced hiker, was frozen by a massive surprise ice storm in the Italian Alps 5,300 years ago — the same time that the Great Flood likely occurred.<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/iceman-last-meal.html</ref> Similarly, a notably ancient [[corn]] cob was radiocarbon dated to be 5,310 years old.<ref>https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31120-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982216311204%3Fshowall%3Dtrue</ref> In 2025, an "elite woman" mummy in Peru was likewise dated to 3,000 B.C.<ref>https://www.aol.com/remains-5-000-old-elite-101551314.html</ref> |