I was thinking about using a tactic of asking questions revolving around "Noahs Flood" to try to start my wife doing some serious thinking. Unlike doctrine that cannot often be PROVEN one way or another, this issue CAN be PROVEN beyond the slightest doubt that it is impossible.
I was thinking about asking a question something like this "I was reading about coral reefs today, and they sure are amazing! What amazed me the most is how long it takes for them to build the reef, and how long they live! The Great Barrier Reef they say is 6000-8000 years old! It is also interesting how delicate they are. A temperature or salt level change can wipe out a whole colony, and they only survive in a certain depth of water. I wonder how they survived the flood, when they had many miles of water over them.. How do you think they survived?
I dont know if this will work, I was thinking about asking something about how 8 people multiplied enough in 99 years to build cities costruct the tower of babel, all while spreading to China, the Americas, and Egypt all at the same time. The Insight book says that there may have been 4,000 males alive 100 years after the flood. How could they build all of that when 2 Chronicles says that it took 70000 laboreres, 80000 stonecutters, and thousands more just to build the temple, yet 4000 could build the tower of Babel, not to mention the pyramids etc.
I think getting someone to see the Flood is not literal is so key, because it may get someone to think, "If this is wrong, what else is?" Also it is indefensible. The trick is broaching it gently.
No wonder the WT discourages higher education. No truly educated person could believe in a global flood being possible.
Please share your thoughts, and if anone has any good ideas for questions regarding this topic, please do share.
-Brought Up 2 Believe