Canopy+Theory

__ Name of Theory- Canopy theory __

Description of theory- theory of the original earth possessing a water canopy consisting of vapor (which is the most common) or ice that surrounded the Earth above the troposphere and potentially up through the stratosphere. it is used to explain the long life spans of pre-flood humanity and the source of all water to explain a global flood.

Bible verses that support this theory- Genesis 7:11, 2 Kings 7:2, Malachi 3:10

Arguments for this theory- Genesis 7:11–12 states that “the floodgates of the sky were opened. And the rain fell ...” Doesn’t this imply a canopy? The responce someone gave was: If it did, similar canopy interpretations should predate Vail’s in 1874. Where are they? Quite often it is hard to see alternatives once we have learned “the accepted explanation.” - "The Canopy theory claims to provide all the water for a global flood. Nor does any canopy theory explain where the water went after the flood. Somehow transporting this water back into outer space or suddenly forming deep ocean basins after the flood is hard to imagine or explain. However, the phrase “the fountains of the great deep” (Genesis 7:11) implies that the flood water came from subterranean sources. To learn where the water went after the flood."

Arguments against this theory- **Quoted by Henry Morris** "A worldwide rain lasting forty days would be quite impossible under present atmospheric conditions; so this phenomenon required an utterly different source of atmospheric waters than now obtains. This we have already seen to be the “waters above the firmament,” the vast thermal blanket of invisible water vapor that maintained the greenhouse effect in the antediluvian world. These waters somehow were to condense and fall on the earth." "When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds," - Genesis 9:14 Resources Genesis 1:14-18 Genesis 1:14-18 http://www.godandscience.org/youngearth/canopy.html