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To: jerod

Your “essentially” is not in the Bible.

5 posted on 09/23/2026 6:25:03 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)

To: Deaf Smith

Wood older than the pyramids staying intact... I’m going with a hard ‘no’ on that.

7 posted on 09/23/2026 6:30:31 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)

To: Deaf Smith; jerod

Definitely not in those categories, since folk tales of a massive flood are endemic to ancient Mesopotamia, including in the Epic of Gilgamesh . Here’s one potential explanation:
https://ncse.ngo/yes-noahs-flood-may-have-happened-not-over-whole-earth

18 posted on 09/23/2026 7:46:12 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)

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