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Your argument is goofy. MountArarat would have still been a mountain during the flood myth. And no, there is not enough water on the planet to submerge it.It is impossible for mt Ararat to be covered with water under any condition at any time given the topography and the finite amount of water on the earth.Water covering the tops of mountains is just a little hyperbole that tries to convey the magnitude of the partial extinction event. In scripture "the mountains of Israel" also refers to the big shots of the community. Therefore, water covering their highest mountain could also indicate that all the well heeled big shots drowned. 10 feet of water would have done the trick, especially among desert dwellers who probably couldn't swim for a minute much less a month.. They really didn't need to exaggerate much.
That remains your own interpretation. No one knows what Noah saw to tell that it's actually a hyperbole.
Everyone knows that there isn't enough water on the planet to cover the top of any mountain in a flood..
It can only be figurative or hyperbole.
No. Again, you assume wrong. Humans don't know all kinds of catastrophe. It can be something wiping out the earth in a period of time we can't evaluate. You don't need to assume that the 'flood' covers all mountains of earth at the same time. It can cover one mountain at a time till the whole earth with everything in is destroyed.
The story is either about something else, a hidden teaching loosely based on actual events, , or it is all complete bullshit (the nature of gravity is beyond humans to know anyway).
I go for the hidden teaching. These same scripture use mountains as a metaphor for people, just like some people and their influence loom over the human landscape like an immovable mountain..
This is a verifiable fact.
In the same way the prophecies about mountains crumbling, valleys being lifted up, and stars being removed from their high places and falling from the sky are prophecies about social upheaval and change.
Not cosmic catastrophe.
When Jesus said that a person can move mountains with a few words if he had the faith, wouldn't it be irrational, even insane, to believe that he was speaking literally?
You overrated how things can be verified. Absolute no one can confirm that Ararat can't be covered by water in the past million years.
It is impossible for mt Ararat to be covered with water under any condition at any time given the topography and the finite amount of water on the earth.
The above is truly laughable. Do you realize how large our ocean is? It covers 70% of planet earth. It depends on whether a kind of catastrophe can swirl them up to cover a mountain, if you are willing to stay off gravity a little bit (the nature of gravity is never made known to humans anyway).