[Fundies have been reacting to the discovery of a tablet which describes a flood story that predates the Bible.]

I read about this elsewhere.

As to this story pre-dating the Bible, Moses did not record the events of Genesis from first hand knowledge. I mean, he was not there physically to witness the flood. So, how did Moses know what he knew? 1) Stories handed down from Noah's children through Abraham, etc. and down to Moses; and/or 2) God told him. I write "and/or" because I think he grew up knowing a lot of this history, but God then set him straight.

Next point. If a worldwide flood actually occurred, then there would be recollections of that handed down through the generations that descended from Ham, Shem and Japtheth. What happens to stories when they are handed down across generations, particularly in cultures that do not follow Yahweh? They get corrupted - modified to fit the culture or the ideas of the story tellers. (Think about the original Cinderella compared to the modern versions.) And what do we have? Different ancient accounts of a worldwide flood, but with different cultural glosses. Therefore, a worldwide flood did happen.

How do we know that the account in the Bible is the correct one? Because everything else in the Bible has been shown to be true, therefore the Bible's version of the story must be correct. Why would that be? Because God inspired Moses to write the Pentateuch, aka first 5 books of the Bible.