Noah's Flood Is An Actual, Historic Event

I return the thanks. ClarificationAs we recall, my opponent defined "Noah's flood" as " An "event" in history that was a world wide flood." He does not define it as The event in history described in the Bible. Con's consequent denouncement of semantic argument compelled me to interpret his definitions strictly and literally. I made him aware of this, and he accepted it ("Since we are getting a literal reading of the text...").His references to the Bible and the Christian religion are therefore irrelevant to the resolution of the debate. I am arguing that a global flood has occurred before in History, my opponent is arguing that such has never occurred. Ergo, religious references can only be addressed under the logical fallacy of the Red Herring. Refutation1. "C1.1) Tree ring datingSince we are getting a literal reading of the texts, we know for a fact that the flood would have occurred 2500-2300 BCE"Red Herring Fallacy,....This time frame is a religious reference to the Bible, which states that the flood occurred 2348 BC (1), unless of course my opponent has scientific evidence that it is impossible for floods to occur outside said time frame. 2. "C1.2) The flood did not leave traces on the sea floor.According to Genesis, the flood lasted for about 1 year. This should be recognizable in the sea floor due to the following:"Red Herring Fallacy.....Genesis is a reference to the Bible. 3. "C1.3) The polar caps are impossible if a global flood really did occur."Global Warming having occurred before, melted the polar ice caps AND flooded the globe. However, ice caps are possible today because they reformed during the most recent Ice Age. Refer to the section of my argument labelled "Global Warming." 4. " Contention 2: A World-wide food is historically impossible.Since we are taking a literal reading of Genesis, we are also taking a literal reading of the genealogies. Therefore, if we can prove that cultures existed before and after 2500-2300 BCE uninterrupted, we can prove that Noah's flood is a myth. The Egyptian Pyramids were built about 2560 BCE [6], apparently, the Egyptians were not affected by this "global" flood. Neither was Assyria [4], China [5], or Sumer. "Red Herring Fallacy.....religious and irrelevant reference to the Bible. Global Warming (GW) By neglecting to define the following words, my opponent has given me the liberty to do so myself. Flood: an expanse of water submerging land(2)Global Flood: Simultaneous overflow of water due to global oceanic sealevel increases, submerging at least 1 area of land on the 6 habitable continents. My argument will be centered around the following syllogism:1. Global Warming causes global floods (our definition of the term "Noah's flood") 2. Global Warming has occurred before. 3. Global Floods have occurred before. (Hence negating the resolution) Global warming causes global floodsAs GW is the increase in the world's temperature(3), it will melt the polar ice caps and glaciers in the arctic and antarctic regions, causing a 60 - 100 meter rise in sealevel (4). "Melting glaciers and land-based ice sheets also contribute to rising sea levels, threatening low-lying areas around the globe with beach erosion, coastal flooding, and contamination of freshwater supplies"(5) This causes flooding in at least 1 area of several continents. "Regions especially at risk are low-lying areas of North America, Latin America, Africa, populous coastal cities of Europe, crowded delta regions of Asia that face flood risks from both large rivers and ocean storms, and many small islands whose very existence is threatened by rising seas."(6)By my definition of global flooding, we are now seeing that global warming causes floods in the following continents. 1. North America2. South America (Latin America)3. Africa 4. Europe5. Asia "[Global warming in Australia will cause] damaged transportation infrastructure, and disasters, such as coastal flooding..."(7) Thus adding Australia to our list. 6. Australia. As you can see, global warming causes global floods. Global Warming has occurred beforeClimate change is cyclic occurring in the form of global temperature increase (global warming) and global temperature decrease (Ice Age). "The idea that Global Warming is a natural cycle is well understood from paleo data covering the past 1 million years"(8). Global warming is the force that melts the ice from an ice age. "Global warming began 18,000 years ago as the earth started warming its way out of thePleistocene Ice Age-- a time when much of North America, Europe, and Asia lay buried beneath great sheets of glacial ice... For the past million years the natural climate has oscillated between warm periods and ice ages"(9)As you can see, GW has occurred before. ConclusionHaving proved the primary and secondary premises of my syllogism, we have successfully arrived at the conclusion. Global warming is directly equal to global floods. The Earth cannot increase in temperature without raising sealevels and flooding the coasts of continents. Therefore, since it is a fact that Global warming has occurred before it is also a fact that global floods, or as my opponent named it, "noah's flood" has occurred before. 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