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|H=Mormonism and the reconciliation of the Flood of Noah with scripture and Church teachings
 
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|L1=Question: How do Latter-day Saints reconcile scriptural accounts of the Flood of Noah with scientific evidence of continuous human habitation on the earth?
 
|L2=John A. Widtsoe (1943): "The Old Testament records a flood that was just over fifteen cubits (sometimes assumed to be about twenty-six feet) deep and covered the entire landscape"
 
|L3=Joseph Fielding Smith (1942): "Oh, no, it will not be literal fire any more than it was literal water that covered the earth in the flood"
 
|L4=Question: Why does the Church teach that the flood was a global event?
 
|L5=Question: Are Church members required to believe in a global flood?
 
|L6=Question: How could the Garden of Eden have been in Missouri if the Flood was local?
 
|L7=Question: Doesn't the Bible say that the continents were divided immediately after the Flood?
 
|L8=Question: How did ancient people of the Old and New Worlds view the "the world"?
 
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{{:Question: How do Latter-day Saints reconcile scriptural accounts of the Flood of Noah with scientific evidence of continuous human habitation on the earth?}}
 
{{:John A. Widtsoe (1943): "The Old Testament records a flood that was just over fifteen cubits (sometimes assumed to be about twenty-six feet) deep and covered the entire landscape"}}
 
{{:Joseph Fielding Smith (1942): "Oh, no, it will not be literal fire any more than it was literal water that covered the earth in the flood"}}
 
{{:Question: Why does the Church teach that the flood was a global event?}}
 
{{:Question: Are Church members required to believe in a global flood?}}
 
{{:Question: How could the Garden of Eden have been in Missouri if the Flood was local?}}
 
{{:Question: Doesn't the Bible say that the continents were divided immediately after the Flood?}}
 
{{:Question: How did ancient people of the Old and New Worlds view the "the world"?}}
 
 
 
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|subject=Statements by General Authorities on the subject of the scope of the Flood
 
|summary=Many statements have been made by Church leaders on the subject of the flood. We list these statements and examine their scope and purpose.
 
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[[de:Mormonismus und Wissenschaft/Sintflut: Global oder lokal]]
 
[[es:El Mormonismo y la Ciencia/El Diluvio, Local o Universal]]
 
[[pt:Mormonismo e Ciências/Dilúvio global ou local]]
 

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