Genesis Flood Local Or Global ?

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Here's an interesting thought I just had...

Let's assume that Genesis IS literal truth to be taken literally with a literal creation week, garden of Eden, literal Adam & Eve, literal serpent, etc, and that the earth is only between 6,000 to 10,000 years old.

If a scientist traveled back in time and landed in the garden of Eden while Adam and & Eve were living there what would be his findings based on his observations? He'd first see a full grown man and woman. Judging by their maturity and development he'd assume that they had at least lived there for about 20-25 years (assuming that's how old they appeared to be). Our scientist would see the trees of the garden and assume that they had been growing for perhaps many decades. Our scientist might also evaluate the river flowing through the garden (it's flow rates, the rate of erosion, it's depth, etc.) and conclude that the river may have started as a small stream some 2,000 years ago. Based on all of his "observations" the world would "appear" very old. However, none of this would have existed just 8 days prior.

That's one weakness I see in completely trusting scientific observation over the biblical narrative.

But first we must ASSUME. To come to the conclusion that science is weak based on assumptions that may not be true is weak.