http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Cul ture/Religion-and-Spirituality/Question429368. html Regarding the ridiculous comments by this 'learned' churchman - I'm not exactly a bible basher (not a Christian...!), but even I know that the following passages are in the bible, setting out god's promise never to again flood the earth as a punishment:
"The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma (of the sacrifice)�Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth�I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you�Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth�This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life." (Gen. 8:21; 9:1,9,11-15)