Expert: Harbhajan Singh - 7/19/2004

Question
Thank you for taking my question...I am 75 years old and by definition I would consider myself an Agnostic because I do not believe God had anything to do with writing the bible nor do I believe everything in it..but I would appreciate your opinion and please do not quote the bible but   tell me in your own words..my question pertains to Noah"s flood..now as I understand it the bible events that took place in the Mid East around the Mediterranean Sea...When God told Noah he was going to kill all the ppl on earth except Noah and his family why did he include the Asian culture the Euopeans and North America etc etc when they where never mentioned in the bible..in other words why did he kill so many innocent ppl..Thank You  George Pope ..Illinois

Answer
I am a non-christian from Asia and have not read much Bible. From your question it is clear that probably the man who wrote Bible did not know much about people beyond his own area. Or he was talking in symbols. More evolved or knowledgeable as he must be from the people around him, he actually talked of saving Noah and his family by giving them 'light' of knowledge while ignoring all others and thus 'killing them' by leaving them to die in darkness.

Thanks.