Quote Originally Posted by Missileman View Post
There is a huge difference between a flood and The Flood. Floods occur in just about every region on the planet. It's hardly evidence of a global flood. Most ancient cultures came up with myths to explain weather, fire, the origin of man, etc. The ancient Jews are no exception and their mythology is no more real or accurate than the ancient Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Native American, etc.
depends on what you mean by "global"......all 360 degrees of the compass, from pole to pole....or just everywhere there was a living human being at the time, which who knows.....may have been one valley in the Sinai Peninsula.....

Quote Originally Posted by Missileman View Post
forgot their history, and forgot their GOD
actually, according to Jeremiah, that only took a couple hundred years.....