At the Union Gospel Mission, on rare occassions, a preacher will claim that there was quite literally a global flood as it says in the Book of Genesis [ Genesis 7 ]. I believe it to be the case that the great majority of the preachers believe that the flood literally occurred and that it was worldwide. I recall vividly a preacher claiming to have visited the Grand Canyon which for him was clear evidence of this Great Flood. I don't remember ever in my life believing there had literally been this great worldwide flood. But, then, I wasn't raised in a Christian household. And, if the Great Flood ever came up in conversation, I couldn't imagine where all the water could have come from. I know that Christians believe "God can do anything," and use that phrase when something that defies a science-minded sensibility comes up. Anyway, for the record, there never was literally a Great Worldwide Flood. It didn't happen. The geological evidence is absolute in...
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