In the Beginning: Science and Genesis 1-11 “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?“ Psalm 11:3

The Great Flood

Genesis 7:2 “You shall take with you of every animal… a male and his female.” “You shall take with you of every animal… a male and his female.”

Genesis 7:11 “…all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.” “…all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.”

Genesis 7:19 “And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.” “And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.”

Matthew 24: “For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.” “For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.”

Genesis 7:2 “You shall take with you of every animal… a male and his female.” “You shall take with you of every animal… a male and his female.”

Genesis 7:11 “…all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.” “…all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.”

Genesis 7:19 “And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.” “And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.”

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Genesis 11:9 “Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.” “Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 10:25 “And two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided…” “And two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided…”

Genesis 10:25 “And two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided…” “And two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided…”

Genesis 11:9 “Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.” “Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

“In the days of Pan-dan-man, the people determined to build a pagoda that should reach up to heaven.... When the pagoda was half way up to heaven, God came down and confounded the language of the people, so that they could not understand each other. Then the people scattered, and Than-mau-rai, the father of the Gaikho tribe, came west, with eight chiefs, and settled in the valley of the Sitang.” “In the days of Pan-dan-man, the people determined to build a pagoda that should reach up to heaven.... When the pagoda was half way up to heaven, God came down and confounded the language of the people, so that they could not understand each other. Then the people scattered, and Than-mau-rai, the father of the Gaikho tribe, came west, with eight chiefs, and settled in the valley of the Sitang.”

“they made an attempt to erect a building by which they could reach the sky, and see the creator god Vatea [Atea]; but the god in anger chased the builders away, broke down the building, and changed their language, so that they spoke diverse tongues.” “they made an attempt to erect a building by which they could reach the sky, and see the creator god Vatea [Atea]; but the god in anger chased the builders away, broke down the building, and changed their language, so that they spoke diverse tongues.”

Johann Peter Sübmilch: Established in 1756 that man could not have invented language without having the necessary intelligence, and also that intelligent thought in its turn depends on the previous existence of speech. The only solution to this paradox is that God must have given human beings language as a gift. Established in 1756 that man could not have invented language without having the necessary intelligence, and also that intelligent thought in its turn depends on the previous existence of speech. The only solution to this paradox is that God must have given human beings language as a gift.

Characteristics of Human Language: 1. Creativity 2. Voluntary conventions 3. Comprehensiveness

Bee Dancing

Characteristics of Human Language: 1. Creativity 2. Voluntary conventions 3. Comprehensiveness 4. Reason for transmission

Genesis 7:21-22 “And all flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.” “And all flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.”

Genesis 7:23-24 “Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. And the water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.” “Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. And the water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.”