Posted on 11/11/2005 1:09:32 AM PST by AlaskaErik
But the embarassing thing - from my point of view - is watching otherwise intelligent people grasping at straws.
"Look, there was a tsunami! Must be the basis for the Noachian flood legends."
"Look, the glaciers melted! Must be the basis for the Noachian flood legends."
"Look, the Straights of Gibraltar opened up! Must be the basis for the Noachian flood legends."
I mean, why not just look at things in and of themselves? Theres really no way to tell, thousands of years after the fact, what people "might" have thought about anything at the time. If they didn't write an idea down, it's gone forever.
Yes, tsunamis happen, glaciers melt, lakes flood, and so forth. I would love so much to read about real historical events without the obligatory nod to Noah or Atlantis or any other fairy tale.
But the embarassing thing - from my point of view - is watching otherwise intelligent people grasping at straws... I would love so much to read about real historical events without the obligatory nod to Noah or Atlantis or any other fairy tale.No debate there. Anything you've rejected a priori is a fairy tale. I understand perfectly.
I do "reject a priori" -- or just plain reject -- a literal belief that the entire earth was covered by a flood for 40 days and 40 nights, and that mankind and animal life survived by floating on a largish boat.
I do not reject floods or tsunamis or changes in climate causing the sea level to rise or fall or continental drift or any other natural process that puts water where it didn't used to be.
Running around trying to unify a lot of unconnected events in order to bolster faith is just plain silly.
The Bible does not describe scientific processes. It's an error to believe that it does.
How long before France is ruled by Islam?
Language changes much as the economy does: in some part from market forces, and in some part from centralized direction.
LOL. More Darwinist fairy tales.
Next month?
Note: this topic is from 11/11/2005. A re-ping, looks like the keywords were never put in, or were removed. Thanks AlaskaErik.
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Note: this topic is from 11/11/2005. A re-ping, looks like the keywords were never put in, or were removed. Thanks AlaskaErik.
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