The Flood Story Changed How I Read Scripture Forever | A Case Study in Cognitive Dissonance #2

In Part 2 of A Case Study in Cognitive Dissonance, I wrestle with one of the discoveries that fundamentally changed the way I read the Bible: the story of Noah’s Flood. What happens when we encounter ancient Near Eastern flood traditions, discover multiple literary strands within Genesis, and realize that the biblical authors may have been doing something very different from writing modern history or geology? Rather than abandoning faith, I explore how scholarship forced me to reconsider what Scripture is—and how learning to look for the theological message behind the ancient worldview ultimately gave me a deeper and more meaningful way to approach the Bible.