God Flooded the ENTIRE World?

I have been reading a lot lately on the debates as to whether or not God really flooded the entire world in Genesis 6-9. This is referring to the story of Noah and the Ark.

When this question was posed in the block Debunking Christianity, it was curious enough to read the comments. Many people agreed that it was not physically possible for God to flood the whole world. One comment, posted by one by the name of Kevin, stated:

"The language in Genesis does not demand a global flood, only a universal one. In other words, it seems the flood was a huge local event confined to the Mesopatamia.
The language also can be viewed from the standpoint of the observer, i.e. “under all the heavens”, the “entire earth” etc. means horizon to horizon.
“Mountains” can be interpreted “hills” and the water/rain is depicted as running over them as a deluge and falling on them – not that the highest mountains such as Everest were under water.
It was confined to the Mesopatamia because mankind had not moved beyond it. The flood can go back to over 50-60 thousand years ago. (One cannot date the flood according to geneaologies because there are gaps). Therefore, it was universal in its effect.
The animals on the ark were regional and of particular relationship to man in the area. There were no polar bears or penquins onboard, etc."

This has some truth to it. Very few humans, if any, had made it out of the Mesopatamia. Most were living a hunter gatherer lifestyle, and therefore had to leave the confinement of the Mesopatamia at some point in search of a variety of food, plants, and things to make tools and weapons from. So mankind was not entirely confined to the Mesopatamia.

As for the argument that the water would have to be a certain depth in order to cover Mount Everest, I do not think this is as much of an issue as some make it out to be.

Mount Everest may not have reached it's full height, let alone even been more than a hill at this point in time. Mountains are caused by the earth's tectonic plates colliding with one another and rising up together by the force of impact they have on each other. Since these times, tectonic plates have shifted and moved multitudes of times. Therefore, there is no logical proof that Mount Everest was at it's peak height at the time of the flood.

In my opinion, I do believe the whole world was flooded. God said he was going to flood the WORLD, so I believe he flooded the WORLD. Some say that many other civilizations, such as Egypt, have no record of such a flood. The answer to that is relatively simple. Ancient civilizations such as Egypt don't have any record of this phenomenon because these civilizations were not yet created and did not exist! Egyptian civilizations and culture was not formed at this point in time.

I believe God flooded the entire world, as he said he would. This is my opinion.