Creation Basics: Was Noah���s Flood Local or Global?

I often hear from Christians who don���t believe Noah���s flood was global. They���ll say it was just a local flood in the Mesopotamian area. Why?

Genesis is very clear that it was a global flood.

Well, it���s not because of what the Bible says���Genesis is very clear (as we will see in a moment) that it was a global flood. The idea of a local flood actually comes from starting with the words of evolutionary scientists and interpreting the Bible through that lens. The local flood idea in our time...