Noah... what a stinker.

Evangelion said:
Academic scholarship (not to mention rabbinic scholarship) disagrees.

Please read this.
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http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab3/flood-global-or-local

Shamelessly copied from the comments section in the link above:

How could a ‘local’ flood cause Noah to build an ark when all he had to do was move to a new location?

How could a ‘local’ flood cause Noah to take the other creatures into the Ark when all they had to do was flee from the oncoming threat to a place of safety?

How could a ‘local’ flood cause the firmament above the expanse (Genesis 1:6-7) to disappear?

How could a ‘local’ flood cause the waters of the original sea basins (Genesis 1:9, 22) to cover the tops of the mountains (Genesis 7:19) without an addition of ocean waters which now cover two thirds of the planet?
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Also, why did Noah have to take birds on the ark if the flood was localised?

God had commanded Noah to replenish the earth. The original Hebrew of the word ‘replenish’ can be argued but something else to think about.
Gen 9:1 "And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."

The article above makes a good point about the number of the Earth’s inhabitants at that time given the genealogy in Genesis 5, being around 1 billion. You would hardly put that many people in a ‘localised’ area.

Interesting flood-related article in Canadian Rockies
 
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A stinker? It was the number one movie in the US and the UK... so many butt hurt religious folk raging because Noah deviated from their pretty childhood interpretations of it.

I enjoyed it, it was dark and gritty which I expected and I knew going in about the watchers so it didn't take me by surprise.

I won't start a religious debate but the watchers are mentioned in the book of Enoch which was said to be written by Noah's great grandfather. So they were not pulled out of thin air, a lot of the script was taken from various religious texts.

If you are unsure to go see this movie just do it, great action, beautiful imagery and a story that isn't trying to push a happy narrative on you.
 
Kraven said:
A stinker? It was the number one movie in the US and the UK... so many butt hurt religious folk raging because Noah deviated from their pretty childhood interpretations of it.

I enjoyed it, it was dark and gritty which I expected and I knew going in about the watchers so it didn't take me by surprise.

I won't start a religious debate but the watchers are mentioned in the book of Enoch which was said to be written by Noah's great grandfather. So they were not pulled out of thin air, a lot of the script was taken from various religious texts.

If you are unsure to go see this movie just do it, great action, beautiful imagery and a story that isn't trying to push a happy narrative on you.
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Agreed and very well put, great film, people need to take it for what it is
 
kaotikuk said:
Agreed and very well put, great film, people need to take it for what it is
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Always cracks me up when say "people need to take it for what it is". it's basically the standard response from people with all the critical taste and judgement of a floret of broccoli.

It was an awful film, and ticket sales are not a sign of quality, they are a sign of hype and marketing, and a theme which appeals to people (ie: in religious america).

Dire film.
 
Richdog said:
Always cracks me up when say "people need to take it for what it is". it's basically the standard response from people with all the critical taste and judgement of a floret of broccoli.

It was an awful film, and ticket sales are not a sign of quality, they are a sign of hype and marketing, and a theme which appeals to people (ie: in religious america).

Dire film.
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So because i enjoyed the film and took it for what it is, and i say that again.. because its exactly what it is, a hollywood film with its own take i have no taste? lol ok then.
 
Found the film quite disappointing myself and I like mr Crowe (as long as he isn't singing).
 
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