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My sourcesI have chosen to rebut two sources:Source 1) High and Dry Sea Creatures by Dr. Andrew Snelling from Answers in Genesis (AiG hereafter). Source 2) Why Does Nearly Every Culture Have a Tradition of a Global Flood by Dr. Morris of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) . http://www.icr.org...;Trustworthiness As far as creation websites are concerned, AiG is reliable. This article links to several different articles written by Dr. Andrew Snelling. Dr. Snelling holds a Ph. D. in geology from the University of Sydney and has written several publications. Furthermore, each article has references to scientific articles . Rebuttal Rebuttal to Source 1Dr. Snelling claims that marine fossils have been found high on the mountains and in places that you would not expect them. Snelling writes:"The fossilized sea creatures and plants found in rock layers thousands of feet above sea level are thus silent testimonies to the ocean waters that flooded over the continents, carrying billions of sea creatures, which were then buried in the sediments these ocean waters deposited. This is how billions of dead marine creatures were buried in rock layers all over the earth. " He claims that the only possible explanation for this is that the ocean waters at some time flooded over the continents. Talk Origins notes that this is not evidence for a global flood because "the shells and other fossils on mountains are easily explained by uplift of the land. This process is still observed today and it accounts not only for the seashells on mountains, but also for the other geological features of those mountains. Although the seas used to cover those areas where the fossils are found, it was not at once and at the same time. Furthermore, a global flood cannot explain these fossils because In many cases, the fossils are in the same positions as they grow in life, not scattered as if they were redeposited by a flood. Other evidence, such as fossilized tracks and burrows of marine organisms, show that the region was once under the sea. Seashells are not found in sediments that were not formerly covered by sea. " [2] Rebuttal to Source 2Dr. John Morris claims that one of the strongest evidences of a Global Flood is the presence of multiple Flood legends from around the world. He notes the following similarities in the legends: Is there a favored family? 88% Were they forewarned? 66% Is flood due to wickedness of man? 66% Is catastrophe only a flood? 95% Was flood global? 95% Is survival due to a boat? 70% Were animals also saved? 67% Did animals play any part? 73% Did survivors land on a mountain? 57% Was the geography local? 82% Were birds sent out? 35% Was the rainbow mentioned? 7% Did survivors offer a sacrifice? 13% Were specifically eight persons saved? 9% Talk origins notes:"If the world's flood myths arose from a common source, then we would expect evidence of common descent. An analysis of their similarities and differences should show either a branching tree such as the evolutionary tree of life, or, if the original biblical myth was preserved unchanged, the differences should be greater the further one gets from Babylon. Neither pattern matches the evidence. Flood myths are best explained by repeated independent origins with some local spread and some spread by missionaries. The biblical flood myth in particular has close parallels only to other myths from the same region, with which it probably shares a common source, and to versions spread to other cultures by missionaries (Isaak 2002). " [3]Furthermore, there are many cultures that lack a Flood myth including the Celtics and the Eygptians [4]. Finally, floods are quite common and happen frequently. Over to pro. Sources1. . https://answersingenesis.org...;2. . http://www.talkorigins.org...;3. . http://www.talkorigins.org...;4. . http://www.skeptic.com...