Noah’s Flood

Noah’s Flood

Professional, peer-reviewed papers on the historical, scientific, biblical, and theological issues related to Noah’s flood

A Biblical Timescale for Radiocarbon Dating

A Biblical Timescale for Radiocarbon Dating

Marshall Jordan • May 29, 2024

The low content of C-14 in fossil fuels implies that the atmospheric C-14 level in the pre-Flood world was less than 1% of today’s level, in contrast to the uniformitarian assumption.

The Monument Fold, Central Grand Canyon, Arizona

The Monument Fold, Central Grand Canyon, Arizona

Dr. Andrew A. Snelling • Aug. 9, 2023

Because the Tapeats Sandstone beds were still relatively unlithified and soft less than a year after rapid burial, they easily responded to soft-sediment deformation.

Ruminating on Created Kinds and Ark Kinds

Ruminating on Created Kinds and Ark Kinds

Chad Arment • Nov. 30, 2022

Understanding the relationship between created kinds and Ark kinds is a key issue in creation science, especially as it has bearing on the Flood/post-Flood boundary debate.

Remembering Spillover Erosion of Grand Canyon

Remembering Spillover Erosion of Grand Canyon

Dr. Steve Austin , et. al. • Sept. 9, 2020

We should remember an important fact—creationist and evolutionist thinking about spillover continues to make a significant contribution to our understanding of erosion of Grand Canyon.

Scriptural Geology, Then and Now

Scriptural Geology, Then and Now

Warren H. Johns • Nov. 30, 2016

The place of the biblical Flood in the geological record remains one of the most hotly debated issues among creationist geologists today.

The Last Week before the Flood

The Last Week before the Flood

Dr. Steven W. Boyd • Aug. 17, 2016

While attempting to elucidate the general chronological profile of the events of the first week, we hope to answer two specific significant questions.

How Long Did the Flood Last?

How Long Did the Flood Last?

Dr. Danny R. Faulkner • May 13, 2015

Belief that the Flood lasted 371 days is common among recent creationists, but there are other possibilities.

An Analysis of the Dodwell Hypothesis

An Analysis of the Dodwell Hypothesis

Dr. Danny R. Faulkner • May 15, 2013

Danny R. Faulkner, AiG–U.S., examines the Dodwell hypothesis, that the earth underwent a catastrophic impact in 2345 BC that altered its axial tilt and then gradually recovered by about 1850.

Determining the Ark Kinds

Determining the Ark Kinds

Dr. Jean Lightner , et. al. • Aug. 1, 2014

This research effort provides information necessary for the best possible reconstruction of the animal kinds preserved on the Ark for the Ark Encounter.

Ancient Egyptian Chronology and the Book of Genesis

Ancient Egyptian Chronology and the Book of Genesis

Matt McClellan • Aug. 24, 2011

This paper will look at the different possibilities that can be constructed concerning how long each dynasty lasted and how they relate to the biblical dates of the Flood, Tower, and Patriarchs.

Where in the World Is the Tower of Babel?

Where in the World Is the Tower of Babel?

Anne Habermehl • March 23, 2011

This biblical story is believed by many to be the record of a real historical event that took place after the worldwide Flood, at a time when the earth’s population still lived together in one place.

Geomorphology of Uluṟu, Australia

Geomorphology of Uluṟu, Australia

Ken Patrick • June 9, 2010

A Australian inselberg, Uluṟu, is an interesting geological feature in that its geomorphology is still a matter of controversy among conventional geologists.

Untangling Uniformitarianism

Untangling Uniformitarianism

Dr. John K. Reed • March 17, 2010

Of the nine terms associated with uniformitarianism, seven can be replaced or eliminated, which refutes the accusation that diluvialists do not understand uniformitarianism.

Genetics of Coat Color II

Genetics of Coat Color II

Dr. Jean Lightner • June 10, 2009

Recognizing the population bottleneck which occurred in land animals at the time of the Flood, it is clear that genetic variation was once more limited than it is today.

Genetics of Coat Color I

Genetics of Coat Color I

Dr. Jean Lightner • Oct. 8, 2008

Given the number of alleles within baramins, much of the diversity at this locus must have developed since the genetic bottleneck at the Flood where only a single breeding pair was preserved.

Mars, a Testament to Catastrophe

Mars, a Testament to Catastrophe

Charles Creager, Jr. • July 23, 2008

The unlikely geographic relationship between these gigantic features suggests a cause and effect relationship between them. This implies a global Martian catastrophe comparable to the Genesis Flood.

Catastrophic Granite Formation

Catastrophic Granite Formation

Dr. Andrew A. Snelling • Feb. 6, 2008

The timescale for the generation of granitic magmas and their subsequent intrusion, crystallization, and cooling as plutons is no longer incompatible with the biblical time frames.

Noah’s Flood on Answers Research Journal

Since the rise of uniformitarian geology in the late eighteenth century, the biblical account of the Flood in Noah’s day has been rejected and even ridiculed by the majority in the scientific community. Many Christians have accepted the secular timeline and reinterpreted the flood account as referring to a regional or local event, or even a myth, rather than a worldwide catastrophe that covered the entire globe as the Bible clearly describes. Even in the church, many people have rejected the traditional understanding of Noah’s Flood as a worldwide, catastrophic event.

The biblical Flood plays a significant role in discussions about the age of the earth as well as the historical and scientific accuracy of Scripture. Uniformitarians view these layers as irrefutable evidence that the earth is billions of years old. They also interpret the fossils found in the strata as corroborating the evolutionary belief that life on earth evolved from simple to complex creatures. Biblical creationists instead believe that most of the sedimentary layers around the globe were deposited by the Flood of Noah’s day and its aftermath. ARJ papers show that most sedimentary layers were deposited by the Flood, and the secular views of earth’s vast ages and biological evolution are seriously undermined.

These Answers Research Journal (ARJ) articles focus on the biblical, theological, historical, and scientific issues related to Noah’s Flood and defend the view that it was a global event. Research papers cover the proper understanding of the biblical Flood narrative, the correct interpretation of the sedimentary layers and the fossils found therein, and historical evidence of the Flood found among the world’s cultures.


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