Original sentence: Considered as one of many flood myths found in human cultures, the narrative recounts God's intent to return the Earth to its pre-creation state of watery chaos by flooding the Earth because of humanity's misdeeds and then remake it using the microcosm of Noah's ark.Scholarly consensus since the 19th century has been that the story cannot be literally true, so the ark story is generally considered to be legend
Edited sentence: A 2004 poll by ABC News found that most Americans believe the story of Noah’s ark and a global flood to be literally true.Since the 19th century, the ark story has generally been considered to be legend by scholars who view that the story cannot be literally true.The narrative recounts God's intent to return the Earth to its pre-creation state of watery chaos by flooding the Earth because of humanity's misdeeds and then remake it using the microcosm of Noah's ark