SPOEM | St. Paul Orthodox Evangelism Ministry

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1. Why would a loving God destroy nearly all life on Earth, including innocent animals and children?
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2. Couldn’t God have chosen a less destructive way to punish humanity’s wickedness?
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3. How does the Flood reflect both God’s justice and mercy simultaneously?
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4. If God is all-powerful, why couldn’t He reform humanity without resorting to a global catastrophe?
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5. Why would God regret creating humanity if He is omniscient and already knew their future actions?
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6. Could the objectives of divine justice have been achieved without such widespread destruction?
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7. How does the narrative of divine regret align with the concept of an all-knowing God?

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8. How could Noah have built an ark of such immense size without modern tools or skills?
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9. Why should Noah’s obedience justify the survival of only his family while others perished?
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10. Why did God choose Noah’s family specifically? Were they truly free from sin?
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11. Could Noah’s righteousness have been enough to save others, rather than requiring their destruction?
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12. Is it plausible that Noah could construct an ark capable of housing such vast biodiversity?

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13. Why is the Ark seen as a symbol of salvation when it saved so few?
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14. If the Ark represents the Church, why does its story involve exclusion and destruction?
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15. How can the physical Ark prefigure spiritual salvation in Christ?
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16. Was it fair to give humanity a limited time to repent before the Flood came?
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17. How does the Flood narrative teach about God’s plan for universal salvation?
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18. How does the physical preservation of select species on the Ark relate to broader theological themes of redemption?

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19. What geological evidence supports the occurrence of a global flood?
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20. How could Noah have gathered and housed the vast diversity of animal species, including those from distant continents, on a single vessel?
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22. Why do historians explain continuous historical records of ancient civilizations that show no interruption from a global flood event?
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23. What evidence distinguishes a literal worldwide flood from regional flood myths prevalent in various cultures?
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24. Why is there a lack of consistent, global geological evidence supporting a recent worldwide flood event?
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25. How can the Flood account explain geological formations and fossil records that suggest a much older Earth?
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26. How do ice cores and sediment layers contradict the idea of a global flood?
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27. How could endemic species, like kangaroos, have traveled to and from the Ark’s location?

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28. How can the death of countless people, including children, be seen as an act of divine justice?
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29. Why does mercy seem absent in a story that focuses on destruction?
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30. How does the Flood align with the understanding of God’s patient love for sinners?
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31. Could God’s punishment have been proportionate to the sin without wiping out the majority of life?
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32. Why would God save animals if they had no moral culpability, yet destroy others?
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33. How does the Flood narrative reconcile divine justice with its seemingly indiscriminate punishment?

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34. Why would God need a physical sign, like a rainbow, to remind Himself of His promise?
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35. If God is unchanging, why was a covenant needed to prevent another flood?
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36. How does the rainbow reflect God’s continued faithfulness after an act of judgment?
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37. Why didn’t God make a covenant with humanity before the Flood to avoid destruction?
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38. How does the rainbow fit into the belief that God’s promises are eternal and unchanging?

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39. Why would God allow humanity to become so wicked before intervening?
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40. How does humanity’s rebellion in Noah’s time reflect ongoing struggles with sin today?
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41. Why didn’t the Flood solve the problem of sin if wickedness returned after it?
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42. How does the Flood relate to the concept of baptism and spiritual renewal?
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43. What does the Flood narrative suggest about the nature of divine intervention in human affairs and the persistence of sin?

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44. If the Flood was global, how did animals from remote regions (e.g., Australia) reach the Ark?
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45. How did Noah’s family repopulate the Earth without issues of genetic diversity?
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46. Why don’t all cultures have a consistent account of a worldwide flood?
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47. Why do ice cores and sediment layers lack evidence of a global flood?
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48. How does the Flood explain the apparent interruption of ancient civilizations, or lack thereof, in archaeological records?