Noah and the Ark

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Sasha

On the scientific side, how can we say God put a rainbow in the sky as a promise when a rainbow is a result of the sun shining on the rain? I have seen a 'rainbow' in water puddles. I have never understood why we teach that a rainbow is God's promise when it's just a scientific happenstance. It's no different than claiming God puts a shadow behind a door or that God makes the ocean water blue.

If you want to get "scientific". there was a "vapor canopy" before the flood in the upper atmosphere like a layer of water. It most likely blocked these U.V. rays that created rainbows of light. It collapsed during the flood, giving us the 40 days of rain. After that, the sun shone through the upper atmosphere like it does now.