I mean, the science from several different fields precludes a global flood ever having happened but i don't expect the general public to be very familiar with that so i'm just interested to hear what folks believe.
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Even when I was a Christian, I realized that the Bible was a very localized book, taking place in the Middle East. So when I read the Noah story, it made sense to me in a localized way. The Middle East had a very large flood that probably seemed like it covered the entire world, because, technically, with their scope of the world, it did. I didn't find that so confusing.
What was confusing were the expeditions to places far removed from the Middle East to try and find the Ark. Like, why would you look beyond the scope of the "known world" at the time of the story? That didn't make sense.
