The following is a great article refuting the concept that a global flood took place in history:
Roger A. Moore, The Impossible Voyage of Noah's Ark
For me, none of this is problematic as I have long held to the view that the flood recorded in the book of Genesis was very local. It is problematic, however, to those who wish to take an ultra-literalistic approach to the Genesis narrative.
For more, see, for instance:
FairMormon Wiki, Mormonism and science/Global or local Flood
Roger A. Moore, The Impossible Voyage of Noah's Ark
For me, none of this is problematic as I have long held to the view that the flood recorded in the book of Genesis was very local. It is problematic, however, to those who wish to take an ultra-literalistic approach to the Genesis narrative.
For more, see, for instance:
FairMormon Wiki, Mormonism and science/Global or local Flood
