Flood Evidences — revised

[Dan From Smithville]

The flood sediment (footprint) is 150 miles wide and 350 miles to the south. They call that the Fertile Crescent. It flooded many, many times.. That's how the Delta south of Basra came to be.

They don't want science or common sense.. They want fantastic, supernatural children's tales.

That is the sort of local event that is so large, a population, without much news of the world, might consider it the end or be inspired to write about it as if it were a divine message or divine retribution for sin.

 

[sooda]

That is the sort of local event that is so large, a population, without much news of the world, might consider it the end or be inspired to write about it as if it were a divine message or divine retribution for sin.

They didn't have books or TV or movies.. They were storytellers.. and these are morality tales.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

They didn't have books or TV or movies.. They were storytellers.. and these are morality tales.

And they did not have a modern understanding of the size of the world they lived in. They told stories about the world as they knew it. Why people insist on rationalizing those tales into existence on the modern world stage speaks to me of the exercise of fear that their beliefs would somehow be diminished otherwise.

 

[sooda]

And they did not have a modern understanding of the size of the world they lived in. They told stories about the world as they knew it. Why people insist on rationalizing those tales into existence on the modern world stage speaks to me of the exercise of fear that their beliefs would somehow be diminished otherwise.

Exactly. The world as they knew it was quite small..

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Exactly. The world as they knew it was quite small..

I have used a candle flame as a metaphor to describe many things, but in terms of the ancient world, people had a candle flame that could only light one small room in vast house. Even in this day and age, when light shines out all over the globe, many of us still see by the light of one tiny little candle.

 

[Audie]

What would make water go UP .. water seeks its own level and is affected by gravity. This whole claim is asinine.

Hydroplate theory. Youtube. Be there. Aloha.

 

[Audie]

The flood sediment (footprint) is 150 miles wide and 350 miles to the south. They call that the Fertile Crescent. It flooded many, many times.. That's how the Delta south of Basra came to be.

They don't want science or common sense.. They want fantastic, supernatural children's tales.

None of that quite explains the need for a ark.

 

[sooda]

Hydroplate theory. Youtube. Be there. Aloha.

Walt Brown is a Creationist.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

None of that quite explains the need for a ark.

That was probably added by the third generation after the first version was repeated around the campfire.

Sometimes we see things in the flickering of the candlelight that are not really there. Other times, there is not enough light to recognize what we are seeing.

 

[sooda]

None of that quite explains the need for a ark.

The "ark" were river barges hauling beer, livestock and grain down river. They broke loose during the flood and ended up in the Persian Gulf.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Walt Brown is a Creationist.

And a creative science fiction writer.

 

[Audie]

The "ark" were river barges hauling beer, livestock and grain down river. They broke loose during the flood and ended up in the Persian Gulf.

You dont know that, it is as made up as the dove and olive branch story.

 

[Audie]

Walt Brown is a Creationist.

As if i did not know that.

 

[sooda]

You dont know that, it is as made up as the dove and olive branch story.

Its pretty well documented in the Sumer king's list and by geology. They also know the city state sold beer, livestock and grain.

 

[Audie]

That was probably added by the third generation after the first version was repeated around the campfire.

Sometimes we see things in the flickering of the candlelight that are not really there. Other times, there is not enough light to recognize what we are seeing.

The statement that it originated with a single historic event is
as evidence-free as the story itself.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

The "ark" were river barges hauling beer, livestock and grain down river. They broke loose during the flood and ended up in the Persian Gulf.

The Britannica web page mentions rafts called kalaks that could transport as much as 35 tons of people, animals and cargo. Are these the barges you are referring to?

 

[Dan From Smithville]

The statement that it originated with a single historic event is
as evidence-free as the story itself.

That is certainly true. There are a number of candidate events that could possibly be "the one", but maybe it is not even on the list.

However, there is usually some grain of truth on which legends and myths are built, so it is reasonable to consider that this myth has its grain of truth somewhere.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

As if i did not know that.

Did you know that he cut down a cherry tree when he was a boy?

 

[Audie]

Did you know that he cut down a cherry tree when he was a boy?

If he had lied then that would be lost to history,
along with his hatchet.

 

[sooda]

The Britannica web page mentions rafts called kalaks that could transport as much as 35 tons of people, animals and cargo. Are these the barges you are referring to?

Not sure. I do know that Babylonians also had sailboats 5,000 years ago.

https://www.brighthubengineering.com/marine-history/78133-the-sailboats-of-ancient-mesopotamia/