"I am intrigued to see that both sides have to be black or white . Either the creationist says the Bible is true down to the last detail or the anti-creationists say it is totally false and absolutely nothing as described ever happened . I wish to wave the flag for the middle ground . I do not believe that the Bible is 100 % accurate historically . I do believe that many events ( including the flood ) happened in some form or other and many of these are long-ago racial memories which may well have been enhanced/distorted/spun over the course of millenia . Trying to date the early parts of the Bible is effectively impossible . It is hard enough later on even at the time of the 'slavery ' in Egypt . Much more interesting to try and workout what may have happened ."
"I think that this is my view of it all as well . A lot of the events of the bible ( mainly the old testament ) are things that might have occured in one form or another , and much of the events of the New Testament DID occur . An example of my view is that I think that the flood did happen . It all started as a very large flood ( probably in a river valley ) that was much larger than normal ( say a `` 500-year-flood `` or a larger discharge event ) , possibly destroying a bunch of dwellings and maybe killing a lot of people , but some surviving leading to the Noah character . Eventually over the millenia , it got distorted and blown well out of proportion until it became a flood that covered the entire world . Then it led to the Epic of Gilgmesh , which was then adopted by those writing the early books of the Bible under the form it is seen as today ."
"I wish to wave the flag for the middle ground . I do not believe that the Bible is 100 % accurate historically ."
"I think that this is my view of it all as well . ``"