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Cool animated map of what Earth would look like if all the ice melted

Kolibri

Kolibri

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dust1n said:
The weight of seas would be the same, regardless if there was ice or not. Ice is less dense than water, so it would take up slightly more room, but the weight would be the same.
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The general idea is that before the flood there was not as much water on the surface of the planet. Instead much was suspended around the earth since the time of the 2nd Creative Day. This created a greenhouse effect that kept the temperatures around the earth more constant then we find today. Instead of a water cycle that included rain and the possibility of a rainbow, there was a mist that would rise up and water the earth. (Ge 1:6,7; 2:5,6) Perhaps the lack of rain in living memory contributed to the lack of faith in Noah's contemporaries when he preached about what would happen. (2 Peter 2:5)
 
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dust1n

dust1n

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Kolibri said:
The general idea is that before the flood there was not as much water on the surface of the planet. Instead much was suspended around the earth since the time of the 2nd Creative Day. This created a greenhouse effect that kept the temperatures around the earth more constant then we find today. Instead of a water cycle that included rain and the possibility of a rainbow, there was a mist that would rise up and water the earth. (Ge 1:6,7; 2:5,6) Perhaps the lack of rain in living memory contributed to the lack of faith in Noah's contemporaries when he preached about what would happen. (2 Peter 2:5)
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The greenhouse effect doesn't keep temperatures more constant. Not to mention if such a huge proportion of water that now existed in the oceans had once existed in the environment as water vapor, the temperature would be so staggering. Imagine Louisiana on a bad day. It also wouldn't be that stable since water vapor tends to condensate.
 
shawn001

shawn001

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Kolibri said:
The general idea is that before the flood there was not as much water on the surface of the planet. Instead much was suspended around the earth since the time of the 2nd Creative Day. This created a greenhouse effect that kept the temperatures around the earth more constant then we find today. Instead of a water cycle that included rain and the possibility of a rainbow, there was a mist that would rise up and water the earth. (Ge 1:6,7; 2:5,6) Perhaps the lack of rain in living memory contributed to the lack of faith in Noah's contemporaries when he preached about what would happen. (2 Peter 2:5)
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"Evidence Against
The Great Pyramid of Cheops was built about 2589-2566 BC, about 230 years before the flood, yet it has no water marks on it. The Djoser Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt, built about 2630 BC doesn't show any signs of having been under water. Likewise for many other ancient structures. But even more importantly, the Egyptians have continuous historical records for hundreds of years before and after the time of the flood that make no mention of a great flood. This shows that they were not only not aware of a global flood, they certainly were not greatly affected by one. Outside of the Bible, there is no historical or physical evidence that would place a worldwide flood during the time period specified by the Bible for the great flood.

Where did the water needed for the flood come from? Where did it go? The atmosphere only holds enough moisture to account for about an inch of water worldwide. To cover even Mount Ararat, where Noah's Ark supposedly landed after the flood, in 40 days would require over 400 feet of water per day. That's not 400 inches, but 400 feet a day. And Everest would require 725 feet per day - that's 30 feet of water per hour! Some claim that the mountains didn't exist before the flood. But even Bible speaks of great mountains in the time before the flood. Were these great mountains mentioned in the Bible only a few feet high?

Some propose a massive vapor canopy existed in the times before the flood. But, the pressure at the base of such a canopy would be so high that it would need to have a temperature of over 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Any cooler and it would come down as rain."

Noah's Flood - What does the Evidence Say?
 
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