EP: 408 The Flood of Noah: Science and The Bible with Hugh Ross

Blurry Creatures

Nature, Science, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Astrophysicist and apologist Hugh Ross returns to the blurry basement to talk about his new book, Noah's Flood Revisited, and the case he's making that the Genesis flood account is scientifically credible when read literally and historically. Hugh walks through why he believes the flood was universal to all humanity but not necessarily global in geographic scope, how no Christian scholar explicitly argued for a global flood until the 17th century, and why the Bible itself, in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs, may rule out water covering the entire planet after creation day three. He also unpacks Noah's overlooked role as a prophet, the "two books" framework of nature and scripture, and why this passage is by far the most ridiculed section of the Bible among skeptics and believers alike.The conversation goes deep on ancient human migration, the dating of the flood to a possible Ice Age event tens of thousands of years ago, the Nephilim and what Genesis 6:4 actually says about their return, and how 300+ flood legends across the Americas support a pre-migration event. Hugh also drops news about a forthcoming book on ETI and UAPs, talks about why ancient peoples weren't as ignorant as we assume, and shares why getting skeptics past the flood narrative might be the key to getting them all the way to Jesus. This Episode is Sponsored By: https://rocketmoney.com/blurry — Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster! https://zocdoc.com/blurry — Find and instantly book top-rated doctors today! https://timtebow.com/tree-blurry/ — Get your copy of If the Tree Could Speak by Tim Tebow on Amazon today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	They say I'm putting science over the Bible, that only the Bible gives us a trustworthy revelation of the past,
0:07.0	and I'm ignoring what the Bible says, and I'm claiming that science trumps the Bible.
0:14.0	That's never been my position, but I do believe that God has revealed himself through two books,
0:20.0	the book of nature and the book of scripture,
0:23.1	and that both God has rendered utterly trustworthy and reliable.
0:28.8	The history of our earth is so different from what we can imagine.
0:35.0	The Smithsonian, that if they found out about a large skeleton somewhere was to go get it.
0:42.0	I'm going to assume at least one person is right, because if one person's right, it bust the paradigm.
0:47.9	It all goes back to the fallen chair.
0:50.3	And the problem with the modern day church, they have a very truncated view of the supernatural.
0:54.5	This backdrop that's just pregnant with all kinds of meaning associated with this Mount Herman event.
1:04.3	And this guy defects from the kingdom. That's a big deal.
1:09.4	Oh, wow. from the kingdom. That's a big deal.
1:19.7	Welcome into the blurry basement, Hugh Ross. Thank you for coming in today.
1:23.7	We're going to talk about all things. Well, we're going to get you to talk about some weird stuff,
1:28.0	but probably more than you're used to on other people's shows. But we have a new book out. flood revisited we're excited you're apologist astrophysicist author and we did one show with
1:33.8	you about a year and a half ago yeah you famously told us you didn't play golf so you just write books
1:38.9	and you you keep pumping them out it's wild we just had a NT write on the show recently and the
1:44.1	guy's written 80 books I'm thinking you might
1:46.0	be coming for the crown. I don't know. I've only got 24. We didn't get to ask you. We got some time. We're sorry we didn't ask NT write about Bigfoot. We only had an hour with him so we had to kind of get right into it. But you live down the street from Bill and Ted's phone booth so you're right you're as cool as it gets welcome back to the basement i would love to
2:03.1	get into this book we've got some time here we got a little more You live down the street from Bill and Ted's phone booth. So you're as cool as it gets.
2:01.0	Welcome back to the basement.
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