The great floodDid the great flood really take place? Was it just a big made up story? Or does the Bible tell the truth. Evidence from around the world has shown that the flood occurred. The city of Ur was destroyed by a flood. All the different stories from the world of the flood save a family. Abraham could have recorded the story of the flood of Ur. Flood theories do not contradict the Bible. Furthermore, the Black Sea was not always a body of water. Although the Great Flood was thought to be a myth, scientists may have found evidence of the Flood's existence because scientists may have found the boat, they found houses under the Black Sea and many cultures have variations of the flood. Noah was a righteous man among the unrighteous. When God saw evil in the world, he told Noah to build an ark and save himself, his family, two of every animal, and everyone who would believe, but no one did. Although it took many years to build, the people considered Noah a mad man and could not be saved because they did not believe. They were warned, but only mocked and perished in the flood. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. When it was over, God placed a rainbow in the sky as a sign that God would never flood the Earth again. The question is where was the ark? For a long time, biblical scholars tried to prove that there was an earth-wide flood, while scientists simply ignored the biblical account. But more recently, scientists and the Bible have moved closer to agreement. Many geologists and archaeologists now believe that the flood story refers to a real geological event. Meanwhile, anthropologists point out that similar stories of disastrous floods are found in cultures throughout the Middle East and Europe...... middle of paper ... under the Black Sea, and many cultures have variations in flooding. .Works CitedThe Bible in English Standard Version: containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocrypha. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2009. Print. Than, Ker. “Noah's Ark Found in Türkiye? » National Geographic. National Geographic Society, April 28, 2010. Web. January 20, 2014.Mitchell, Stephen, ed. Gilgamesh: a new English version. New York: Free Press, 2004. Bennett-Smith, Meredith. "Evidence suggests Noah's Ark Flood existed, says Robert Ballard, the archaeologist who discovered the Titanic." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, December 10, 2012. Web. January 22, 2014. Isaac, Mark. “Flood Stories from Around the World.” Flood stories from around the world. Np, and Web. January 23, 2014. Trimarchi, Maria. “Was there really a big flood? How things work. HowStuffWorks.com, July 14, 2008. Web. January 23. 2014