whirlingmerc
Well-Known Member
We don't.
The closest story to Noah's flood is the Sumerian version, which is likely the precursor. However, it is substantially different. The story was altered in many ways over time.
The fact that there are flood myths, however different, in many other cultures, simply speaks to how traumatic local floods can be.
The necessary geological evidence for a global flood is simply missing, and there are ample logistical problems with the story of Noah's ark. It is strictly a teaching story about the nature of man and the nature of God.
Actually the geological evidence is quite compelling for a global flood of Noah (and followed by a short ice age which would have caused a land bridge from Russian to Alaska allowing land animals to spread out over the earth)
Interestingly even in the ice age much of Alaska was unaffected while New York was under 2 kilometers of ice. That gives animals a migration path from Asia to the Americas post flood.
Worldwide Flood, Worldwide Evidence