What's in a rainbow?

That post about The Rainbow Song reminds me of something else.

Since coming to Melbourne, we've seen more rainbows in a year than all the years we've been in Singapore. They just seem to pop up all the time, even on very dark, storm-threatened days.

Last night, Beth and I watched Noah's Ark, a video starring Tony Danza as a widower with three sons who is commissioned to build an ark in his backyard.

The Bible tells us the rainbow is a sign of God's promise to Noah (and to us) that He will never again destroy the world by flood as He did in Noah's time.

On Sunday, we watched Amazing Grace, the movie that depicts William Wilberforce's campaign to abolish the slave trade in England.

A pre-screening trailer announced a new movie: Evan Almighty. It's produced by the same people who brought us the hilarious Bruce Almighty, and is about another modern-day Noah called to build an ark.

While on the subject of The Great Flood, do you suppose it actually happened in history? Is there any evidence that there was once a flood of waters that was so catastrophic it completely wiped out the then known world? Or is Noah's Ark just a myth?

Years ago, I recall reading about the discovery of archaelogists who found what appeared to be the remains of an ark on the top of Mount Ararat.

While scientific findings will always be hotly disputed, especially when vested interests are involved, it is worthwhile keeping an open mind to the possibility that the Bible's account of history is true. It is uncomfortable and confronting to admit we may be wrong in the things we believe, and much courage is required to allow ourselves to accept the possibility that The Others - however much we may dislike or fear them or resent their views - may be right.