That's a bit like the basis to the many Stargate Series, I am interested in understanding more about what you beleive. I know all about Noah etc but has there been scientific evidence to prove that there was a great flood?
I thought one theory about Noah's Story was the reflooding of the Meditarranean after an ice age. Hold on its goes like this
Plates crash Med seals
Med Evaporates
Water from Med Dilutes Sea (ie less salt)
Higher (c) freezing point for water
Ice Age
End of Ice Age
Med refloods at Gibraltar
I'm speaking in whatever capacity I have as an anthropologist/archaeologist here. There is evidence of a flood on a massive scale in the Mediterranean/Middle East during the early Sumerian period, according to geological evidence. Several cultures around the world, ranging from East Asia, Africa, to parts of Latin America have a story of a flood in their folk history or cultural mythos.
In the Mediterranean and Middle East, most of the myths have some story of a boat being built by divine command. In Greece and Rome, it was Deukalion, in ancient Israel, Noah. The Epic of Gilgamesh (the oldest existing literary epic) from Babylon/Akkadia related the story of Utnapishtim, which is strikingly similar to the Biblical story, but with a few major differences. The Sumerian equivalent is a figure named Ziusudra; his story basically matches that related in the Gilgamesh Epic. In some stories, animals are involved, in others, no mention is made.
So, it's likely there was a massive flood that affected some parts of the world to different degrees, but it was localized in central Asia. The geological evidence as we have it only gives conclusive proof of such a natural disaster located in the Fertile Crescent, in what is now Iraq/Iran. The figure of the ship-builder and his family is likely descended from a common culturally shared oral history that may be partially based on real events. However, the extent of the historicity and reach of the event will probably never be conclusively proven. But it's definately interesting stuff, especially to mythologists and anthropologists, as it is one of the few stories that is so widespread. But the archaeological and geological evidence doesn't point to an event of Biblical proportions.
That's my two cents.
~Ethno
