{{bible quote|So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth — men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air — for I am grieved that I have made them."|book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=7}}
According to the [[Biblical chronology]] the global flood occurred approximately 4500 years ago. If this event occurred as described in the Bible, the [[fossil record]] left behind could never be correctly interpreted by a naturalist. Although the earth is completely covered in monumental amounts of [[sedimentary rock|flood sediment]], a naturalist would have to explain the survival of animals using natural processes, such as many local floods, and gradual deposition over millions of years. However, the [[Bible]] specifically says God caused the earth to be flooded until the waters exceeded the highest mountain by 15 cubits (22.5 feet, or 7 meters) ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chapterchap=7|verses=20}}). The waters covered the mountains to the extent that no human was capable of surviving without supernatural intervention. The evidence of this event covers the world, but cannot be correctly interpreted by scientists who hold to an [[atheism|atheistic philosophy]] and naturalistic presuppositions.
{{bible quote|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.|book=Genesis|chap=7|verses=11}}
* [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0528_020528_sunkencities.html New Underwater Finds Raise Questions About Flood Myths] National Geographic
* [http://www.amazingdiscoveries.org/index.php?id=32&searched=Fossil+Record&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+AS_ajax_highlight1+AS_ajax_highlight2 The Fossil Record] by Amazing Discoveries
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== See Also ==
*[[Noah's ark]]*[[Flood water]]*[[Flood legends]]*[[Regional flood]]*[[Flood geology]]*[[Fountains of the great deep]]*[[Hydrological sorting]]*[[Windows of heaven]]*[[There <!-- This section should contain links to CreationWiki articles that are flood myths from all over the world (Talk.Origins)|There are flood myths from all over the world]] Response related to [[Talkthis article, and which already exist.Origins]]*[[Flood and kinetic energy]] === Flood Models ===* [[Canopy theory]]* [[Catastrophic Plate Tectonics]]* [[Hydroplate theory]]* [[Vertical Plate Tectonics]]-->
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