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   From: enry@aol.com   
      
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   >> :> <20040603.181324.20158.23165@webmail04.nyc.untd.com>:   
   > This was no local flash flood or cloudburst. In fact, the Greek word   
   > used in the Bible to refer to the Flood, or Deluge, is   
   > ka·ta·kly·smos´, a cataclysm. (Lu 17:27, ftn) Local floods come and go   
   > in a matter of days; this one lasted over a year, the greater portion   
   > of which was required for the water to subside. How unreasonable to   
   > believe that Noah spent perhaps 50 or 60 years building a huge vessel   
   > of approximately 40,000 cu m (1,400,000 cu ft) for the survival of his   
   > family and a few animals through a mere local flood! If only a   
   > comparatively small area was affected, why the need of bringing into   
   > the ark specimens of "every living creature of every sort of flesh" in   
   > order to "preserve offspring alive on the surface of the entire   
   > earth"?   
      
   No flood, no ark, yes fairy tale.   
      
   'enry VIII   
      
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