that just goes to show how poorly you read scripture. You quote 3rd hand wives tails and dont actually investigate biblical theology properly...
Read Genesis 2
5Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
6But springsc welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
Please do not accuse others of your sins. I knew about that nonsense in the Bible. It just shows that the writers of the Bible were ignorant humans. Water does not come up out of the ground endlessly. It needs a source. And even if it di it is even worse for you since the water going up and down would just concentrate salt at the surface eventually killing everything. Of course you can just say that God magicked new water every day, but now your are demoting your god to just a Step and Fetch It.
so your claim has no theological support and is deficient because it doesnt know what the bible states about how the earth was watered. You make the assumption there must be rain in order for water to appear on the surface of the earth...despite even secularism knowing full well that even today there are massive underground aquifers to provide considerable water to inland areas in many countries and are vital for that task.
No, I know that there has to be rain for there to be water. I understand the water cycle. Again, you should never accuse those that understand the science of "assuming". That is actually breaking the Ninth Commandment.
The Great Artesian basin is but one example:
The Great Artesian Basin is one of the largest underground freshwater resources in the world. It is Australia’s largest groundwater basin. It lies beneath parts of the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales. It includes the Eromanga, Surat, and Carpentaria geological basins.
The Basin spans almost 1.7 million square kilometres which is over one-fifth of the Australian continent. There is around 65 million GL of groundwater in the Basin which is enough water to fill the Sydney Harbour 130,000 times. https://www.dcceew.gov.au/water/policy/national/great-artesian-basin
Yes, and those only supplement rain water. That water was formed from rain water itself originally. And guess what, it is running out. People have been using too much of it. And even worse, and please note I did not read ahead, it brought up the same problems that I did. You need to read your sources. Just done read the first paragraph:
"Uncontrolled water flow from bores and bore drains reduces water pressure and volume. This threatens groundwater-dependent ecosystems and limits access to artesian water by pastoralists.
It has also become difficult for new water users in or near the Basin to access groundwater resources.
Basin water wastage also damages the environment through:
- reduced pressure in some naturally occurring artesian springs
- encouragement of the spread of pest plants and animals
- land and water salinisation.
Up to 95% of water can be wasted through evaporation and seepage, even in well-maintained drains."
Did you read that line about "land and water salinisation"?