Talk:Great Flood

Speculative Information
There is a lot of speculative information. Much of this cannot be biblically (or scientifically) verified. Unless this speculative information comes from reliable non-biblical sources, then we probably should remove it if a good case for it being present in this article is not made. Any thoughts or questions about this?

A Child of God (talk) 16:19, September 10, 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Child, for your concern.  However, as the author of this article, I can assure you, there is very little "speculation" in this article.  Every detail is referenced to the text.  What I have done is used just a little bit of imagery, based on the simple text of the Bible.  This is not Wikipedia, so "original research" is okay.


 * Nothing short of quoting the text (or torturously replacing words that mean the same thing) can escape the charge of being "unverifiable."  Any changes to the article need to be discussed here individually.  I will gladly remove or reword anything that can be successfully argued against.


 * SouthWriter (talk) 02:44, September 11, 2016 (UTC)


 * Here are a couple examples (from the section Preparations for the Flood):
 * For over fifteen hundred years, mankind probably followed the paths of the great rivers to the furthest points of the world. At the ends of these rivers, it is likely that those travelers found the ocean beyond a very frightening place. It is probable that river crossings had taken human life along the way, so the vast ocean surrounding the dry land was in all likelihood seldom used along its shores.
 * Starting on the project years before his three sons could assist him, Noah (and possibly his father Lamech) procured supplies and materials over a course of decades. Then, over a period of perhaps 80 years, the four of them took advantage of the technology of their day to slowly build a structure big enough to house a small town — if its purpose weren't for more essential life forms.
 * Although what is stated above is likely, it is not biblical. Indeed, this is "a little bit of imagery", but is this necessary? It isn't factual, so should we have it here? A Child of God (talk) 16:01, September 13, 2016 (UTC)