I have some questions about the "Local Flood" of Noah

[thoughtful (Valerie (non-scientist))]

@Eddie

don’t think the Genesis narrative is reporting about the past, in the modern historical sense. That doesn’t rule out including this or that element corresponding to the actual past, of course, but the point isn’t to convey newsreel-style pictures of the past. It’s to teach something about the shortcomings of human nature. And I think that to teach the point being made, portraying the Flood as universal is more fitting than portraying it as happening only to Mesopotamians (as if the Chinese and other faraway peoples don’t have the same human flaws).

I just found out last night via a random YouTube comment that linked to a different YouTube video that the Chinese have an ancient creation story very similar to the Bible. That pastor in Singapore was describing how ancient Chinese characters relate to the Garden, the Fall, the Flood. It seemed compelling and since the audience was ethnically Chinese I assume could check if he was making it up. Not definitive, but at least interesting possible evidence of a historical world-wide flood and migration for what would become the Chinese culture soon after it. I was looking it up afterwards and it was on a couple of creationist websites too so now @PDPrice will probably link you.