Why Would the God of the Bible Flood the Earth?

He didn't flood the world. It rained and a bit of the world flooded and people thought it was the whole world because they didn't know how big the world is. If genocide truly worked wouldn't the world be a beautiful and loving place by now?

Genesis chapter 6 gives four reasons why God sent the Flood: 'The wickedness of man was great in the earth' (v. 5). 'Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually' (v. 5). 'The earth was filled with violence' (v. 11). 'The earth...was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth' (v. 12). (All the people on earth had corrupted their way.)... God's mercy regarding the Flood is just as evident as His judgment, and is seen in the fact that God provided a way of escape for those who were prepared to believe what He had said, heed the warning He gave, and avail themselves of the means of salvation which He provided by instructing Noah to build the Ark (Genesis 6:14-16).... as in the days of Noah, so now God has both given warning of the judgment to come and provided a way of salvation. ......

The way the world is going, they won't need God to destroy them..they will do it to themselves.

I don't remember where I read it, but it must come from Sitchin's mythology (the Anunnaki). The flood was sent because there were too many noisy humans back then, and one of the deities wasn't pleased. Yes, that's all.

Zero Tolerance, you reckon? Perfect ideas require perfect beings in order to work perfectly, and we are far from perfect in so, so many ways.

He wants people dying to repent over this sins. He gave many chances. We have not realized our mistakes and go on committing sins. This is the safest weapon he got to eradicate all the sinners of the planet.

This world, in general, has a hard time listening.

If one is to base their view on stories and beliefs, how can one ever acquire the true picture? It doesn't matter what everyone else does, it's what you choose to do that counts. Are the dark side choices really the better choices? Aren't the good choices the only one's that return good results? It's for each of us to choose then learn. You say that no one ever changes. Is that really true? Are you the same person you were 10 years ago? Life is the education of God's children. Sometimes people do learn slowly. Often they change far slowly than we want or expect them to, however everyone learns and grows. This is how you can really change another: Move a grain of sand every time you see them. It doesn't matter how they respond. One can move a mountain, a grain of sand at a time given enough time. I find people do change, however when they do, they usually think it was their idea all along. Of course, that does not matter because we were after change not glory. If you never see the change, know that interactions among so many people are many. You might have helped someone else influence the final change that takes place. There are many levels. In a multilevel classroom that is this world, many are struggling to learn lessons we might have already learned. It might be better to point them in the right direction rather than condemn, hate or destroy. We must remember that we too are here learning lessons. It might not help right away if someone else points us in the right direction, however it's nice having received the answer when we finally discover what the intelligent choices really are. Religion has corrupted many people's view with their condemn, judge, and hate, however really look at this world and it's people. See it all, not just the bad choices. It is a Masterpiece!!! I must say if I were creating it all, I would not have done it different. The world would be just as it is today. So often the true answers live beyond the surface.

or, those who lived through a flood needed a way to try and comprehend why their deity would do that, when in all reality it was prob more the lines of letting nature take it's course and they got unlucky

Love your view! (re: genocide because it is the most direct approach when all else fails!)