Kelli Trujillo Supporter Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician

Some of the water came from underground sources, and some came from the sky. Genesis 7 says,

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

October 13 2013 • 1 response • Vote Up • Share • Report

Talmon Hall Supporter

Only God knows where the water came from. There are several interesting theories. I would recommend investigating the "Hydroplate Theory" proposed by Walter Brown PHD and author of "In the Beginning". His website has a video of how the great flood occurred and the results we see all around us at creation science.com.

The entire book is free on the website. However, in short, the water came from caverns deep within the Earth's crust (which was under GREAT pressure). Once the caverns began to fail the water erupted from a crack, which quickly encircled the planet. This crack and the resulting movement of land eventually accounts for our mountains, and many other subjects. It is very interesting.

September 28 2014 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report

D. Atkinson Supporter

I have always appreciated the Vailian Theory of Creation and the young earth idea (supported by biblical chronology). 

I found the following online:
"The Vailian theory of the flood (also known as the Annular Theory or the Canopy Theory) proposes that the Earth once possessed a Saturn-like ring system composed of water vapor and ice. According to this theory, the biblical Great Flood of Noah was caused by the catastrophic collapse and downpour of these rings onto the Earth's surface." [My thought - Adding, of course, the breaking open of the deep waters held under the earth's crust and shown by the mid-Atlantic trenches.]

"First formulated by Quaker teacher and farmer Isaac Newton Vail in his 1874 book, 'The Earth's Aqueous Ring: or The Deluge and its Cause,' the theory can be summarized through three core concepts:

"1. The Pre-Flood 'Annular' System: Vail hypothesized that as the early Earth evolved from a molten state, it threw off a toroidal (donut-shaped) mass of water vapor, dust, and ice into the upper atmosphere. Over time, this mass organized into concentric rings or a high-altitude canopy, which Vail associated with the 'firmament' mentioned in Genesis 1:6–8.

"2. Environmental Effects of the Canopy: Before its collapse, this watery canopy acted as a global shield and a giant greenhouse. Vail and later proponents argued it created several distinct anomalies:
- A Tropical Planet: It distributed solar heat evenly, creating a uniform, subtropical climate from pole to pole (eliminating harsh winters and wind storms). 
- No Rain or Rainbows: Because temperatures were perfectly balanced, there was no atmospheric turbulence to create traditional rain clouds; instead, the Earth was watered by a heavy morning mist. 
- Extreme Human Longevity: The canopy blocked harmful cosmic and ultraviolet radiation, which theorists used to explain the multi-hundred-year lifespans recorded in early biblical genealogies.

"3. The Collapse (The Flood): The rings were inherently unstable over long periods. Eventually, gravitation and atmospheric changes caused the innermost ring of ice and water vapor to lose momentum, spiral inward, and collapse. This sudden, massive condensation produced the 40 days and 40 nights of continuous rain described as the opening of the 'windows of heaven' in the Genesis flood narrative."

Anyway, this has always been useful in my understanding of the young earth creation and development, keeping in mind that current (atheistic) scientists choose to try to undermine any reasonable Creationism view. They hang on to the whole theory of evolution even though it is a sinking ship in the face of current scientific discoveries.

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