Flood Myths In Ancient Cultures

All over the world, cultures have myths of a catastrophic flood occurring. The causes and details of the flood differ from culture to culture, but the common theme among all these myths is the occurrence of a devastating flood. While there may be few similarities between the histories of past cultures of, for instance, those that existed in ancient Greece and China, a flood myth is a common theme among them. Is it simply a coincidence that this myth is prevalent across the globe? Many researchers believe that there is no coincidence at all, that there is a significant amount of evidence that suggests that such a flood happened. While a catastrophic flood has been told in the legends and myths of many different cultures, evidence suggests that
One of the most well known theories is the flood story that appears in the Bible. In this story, God was upset at mankind and wanted to rid the world of their evil through a massive worldwide flood. He enlisted Noah, a righteous man of God to assist to save animals and man from extinction by instructing him to build a big boat called an arc. The arc was designed to house two, a male and female of all animals and Noah's family so that when the flood waters would dissipate, these species could repopulate the earth. According to the story, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights and the earth remained flooded for 150 days. (Flood
For example, the presence of sedimentary rocks all over the world indicates that there had been global water activity. In order for the sedimentary rocks to form, there must be erosion, transportation, and deposition of sediments by moving water that contained the sediments. After the sediment has been deposited, it will slowly convert into stone. In addition, fossils have been discovered within the sedimentary rocks. Fossils could not have been preserved in the rocks unless the deposition process was expeditious. The mere existence of fossils in sedimentary rock is evidence that these rocks were formed by an aqueous catastrophism. There has been a question of whether the rocks were formed by multiple local catastrophes over several ages, or by a great number of local catastrophes in a single age. It is more likely to be in the single age because each stratum was laid down quickly, implying consistent water flow conditions. Such uniformity is not prolonged, meaning each layer was deposited in rapid succession otherwise there would be evidence of inconsistency. (Geology and the