How many people died in the Queensland floods?

Answer 1

This depends very much on a number of variables which need to be clarified in order to understand the conclusion reached. It must also be remembered that it never was the intention of any Biblical author to satisfy the modern thirst for detailed information and statistics. However, using various assumptions an answer can be arrived at which must be seen for what it is - our best estimate based on available information. Others may come up with different estimates based on other assumptions. The assumptions used to come up with the figure below all take The Bible to be an accurate record of the events it describes - although of course not at all directly addressing the question we here have in hand.

The first of these is the acceptance that the flood was worldwide. This is made clear by the Biblical record repeatedly.

Secondly is the time frame from creation to the flood. A number of figures are available on this - even people like Newton and Keppler did their calculations and came up with similar time periods. The best known calculation is of course Ussher's time of 1656 years.

Thirdly, the rate of reproduction - using conservative figures of population growth based on the information provided in the Biblical record, then the figure arrived at would be around 7 Billion people.

Source: Henry M. Morris The Genesis Record: Baker, Grand Rapids,1976. p 143-144.

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Answer 2

alot, probably...

Answer 3

All the people on the earth died in the flood, except 8 people: Noah, his wife, his 3 sons Shem, Ham and Japheth. This was 1656 years after God formed Adam out of the dust of the earth. It is unknown how many people died in the flood, as there is no written record of the population.

Answer 4

yes 100 people have died near the river Nile beacuse they fell in and drowned in the river Nile so yes people have died in the river Nile

Answer 5

The worst tsunami on record was probably the Indian ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004, which killed an estimated 230,000 people.

Answer 6

1,496 people died on Titanic.

Answer 7

35 people died in the Queensland floods