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"Flooding Mt. Everest" by Stephen M. Miller
HIGH WATER. As the Bible tells the story of Noah's Flood, a giraffe standing on Mt. Everest would have drowned. Map by Stephen M.Miller.
STILL WORKING MY WAY through maps for the Casual English Bible atlas of Genesis, I spent much of yesterday trying to illustrate the Flood story as it’s reported in Genesis 7.It’s unbelievable, as far as some Christians are concerned. They simply don’t read the story literally, as accurate history. They think of it as part of the ancient culture of storytelling, back before Netflix started streaming all the movies you’d never want to see.
As the Bible story goes, the flood topped every mountain on earth, and then some. A giraffe standing on top of the tallest mountain would have needed a two-foot stepladder to catch a breath. An adult giraffe stands up to 20 feet tall. The water rose “22 feet [7 meters] above the highest mountain peak” (Genesis 7:20 Casual English Bible).
Many Christians say they take the story as genuine history, in spite of the fact that geologists tell us there’s not that much water in the vicinity of the planet.
Who knows, maybe God borrowed the water from Mars. If not, many argue, he’s the Creator. He can create whatever he wants.
For many Christians, perhaps most, that’s enough to get them past this story that sounds to many like a whopper.
If you don’t mind telling me, what’s your take on the Flood story?
Fact? Legend? A parable-like story to teach the power of God and the danger of sin?
More maps ahead.
Genesis has 50 chapters. There’s a constant temptation to rush. The trick is to remember that whatever I’m working on at the moment is the most important thing for me to be doing. So I’d better take the time to do it right.
That said, this map is beta. Not yet carefully proofed.
But it will be.
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