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Animals into the ark two by two? Not if you believe the BBC
The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^
| 03/07/04
| Chris Hastings
Posted on 03/06/2004 4:50:17 PM PST by Pokey78
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posted on
03/06/2004 4:50:17 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
It's a great fantasy.
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posted on
03/06/2004 4:52:18 PM PST
by
MonroeDNA
(Soros is the enemy.)
To: Pokey78
there is not enough water in all of the world's oceans to support a torrent of such proportions.And of course there is no God to make all of this happen.
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posted on
03/06/2004 4:52:32 PM PST
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: Pokey78
I think recent events have shown that the Beeb is 'a "great myth", devoid of any scientific or historical credibility'.
To: Pokey78
I love how they say Genesis stuff was a "myth" and go on to say "but here's how it really happened."
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posted on
03/06/2004 4:57:51 PM PST
by
AmishDude
To: Pokey78
"[T]hey stayed alive by drinking the beer that they were transporting."
My kind of people! And is it true that Gilgamesh is a historical, rather than mythical, person? That I did not know.
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posted on
03/06/2004 4:58:16 PM PST
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
To: Pokey78
I read about a "flood story" told and celebrated by the Mandan Indians of North Dakota! The following link takes yoy to a site with a plethora of flood stories.
Floods Around the World!
To: Pokey78
Unable to drink seawater . . . Liberals are so stupid. It was raining. And rain water is drinkable.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:05:46 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: Pokey78
From BBC.co.uk:
Noah's Ark
BBC One
Sunday 21st March, 7.00 - 8.00pm
According to the Bible, Noah was a holy man who saved humankind on a wooden ark two thirds the size of the Titanic.
Throughout the world, children are familiar with this well-loved tale of animals loaded onto an ark, two-by-two, before a giant flood destroys life on earth. But is there any truth to this incredible story?
In Noah's Ark, Jeremy Bowen searches through ancient history for traces of the life and times of the man who inspired the story. Using state-of-the-art computer generated graphics and dramatic reconstructions, the programme re-creates how Noah's ark could have looked, tests if it was possible for the animals to have boarded two by two, explores geological evidence for a worldwide flood and searches for the remains of the ark itself.
Archaeological evidence does suggest that the story could actually be a simpler tale based on real historical figures and events. Clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal a story that is remarkably similar to that of Noah in the Bible. Several epics tell of a Sumerian King who survived a massive flood in Mesopotamia. The story is supported by geological evidence for flooding in the area around 5,000 years ago.
Could this story have provided the inspiration for the Jewish priests who wrote the Book of Genesis 2,000 years later? Jeremy Bowen says: "When they first heard the story, how could they fail to recognise its moral power? If humankind falls short of God's laws there's a dreadful price to pay. Behind that moral message lies one of the world's greatest stories."
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:09:02 PM PST
by
mhking
To: Pokey78
The BBC's cadre of professional leftists are getting a 2-fer here, one of which is probably unknown by most Americans.
Remember, virtually every society on Earth has or has had a "great flood" story. The Hindus have the story of Ma-nu, that is, Noah, It has all the same number sets that the Biblical Noah account has, and a large boat,
Without recounting the entire thing, it's worth remembering that British snobbery regarding Hindu India and it's ancient stories is alive and well at the BBC, and those old boys don't count it a good day unless they get to insult Indian culture and history.
Somebody there is going to get a bonus this year for this one.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:16:26 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: aimhigh
Liberals are so stupid. It was raining. And rain water is drinkable. There's nothing in the article to suggest that it was raining during Gilgamesh's putative flood.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:28:09 PM PST
by
SedVictaCatoni
(Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why.)
To: Pokey78
To: Young Werther
Apparently, great flood stories exists in many cultures around the world. It would make sense to believe either there were a lot of local large floods or one universal flood.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:33:49 PM PST
by
IpaqMan
To: Pokey78
I don't know why we should suddenly believe the BBC on this story.
We can't believe them on anything else!
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:36:39 PM PST
by
Gritty
("The religion transforming the West for two millennia is a blank slate for liberals-Ann Coulter)
To: jocon307
And is it true that Gilgamesh is a historical, rather than mythical, person? I have also heard the Gilgamesh flood story described as the worlds first novel.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:42:05 PM PST
by
jimtorr
To: Pokey78
I love naysayers. They are so "worldly". My God can create anything he wants. I also love how they often speak of God in the past tense. No faith there!
I was caught in a flood in Dallas back in 1988. It rained seven inches in forty-five minutes. I believe in water. I believe in God.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:42:15 PM PST
by
whereasandsoforth
(tagged for migratory purposes only)
To: IpaqMan
Apparently, great flood stories exists in many cultures around the world. It would make sense to believe either there were a lot of local large floods or one universal flood. I think it's most likely that there was one very large localized flood a long time ago, and that the story was so impressive (and so easy to visualize, because most cultures have experienced flood) that it propagated worldwide. My money's on the speculated Black Sea flood; it would have been long enough ago that the story could spread through population migrations.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:42:49 PM PST
by
SedVictaCatoni
(Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why.)
To: Pokey78
They conclude that the Noah story was invented by Jewish scribes who embellished the story of Gilgamesh to evoke an all powerful and vengeful God. Noah's Ark will be shown on BBC1 on Sunday March 21 at 7.00pm.What? No stories about how showing this film will cause a rash of anti-Semitism? No wailing about how historically inaccurate it is? No calls for the BBC to not show it? Hmm.
To: Pokey78
BS i have a nail from the ark. it is located about 200 feet above the black sea about 10 feet under ground and about 1000 yard?? from the black sea in turkey.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:47:46 PM PST
by
camas
To: Pokey78
Sounds like nothing new here.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:47:46 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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