flood stories from all over the world to April
April adorsey@netusa1.net
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 15:21:39 -0600 (00901419699, 199807251955.PAA03762@gatem02.netusa1.net)
> Terry
> And here is another question if the flood did not exist,
> > why are there legends and stories of it in almost every society and
every
> > corner of the earth today known to man, they may not be exactly the
same
> but
> > they have enough similarities in these stories that they may have
> originated
> > from the same source. Ok now lets see some speculation from you April.
> >
> April
> Nobody is denying that floods have occurred around the world - we had a
> fairly major one here just a few days ago. (Fortunately I live on the
top
> of a hill, so was unaffected. Many of my Christian neighbors, however,
> lost some or all of their houses, and belongings. Maybe God is an
> atheist?) No one is also denying that a lot of our myths and legends
have
> a common source. So an early human tribe had a major local flood, which,
> as the tribe expanded, moved and dispersed, continued in their history.
> Stories grow with the retelling, so, what, in actuality was a real, but
> local flood, becomes, over time, a world (at least as far as the tribe
> understands it) wide flood.
> And, if I remember correctly, the flood story is not as universal as the
> inerrantists would like us to believe. Many tribal cultures have no
flood
> story at all. But I don't have the reference - anybody?
>
> TERRY
> I am sure nobody denies floods but I am talking about a global flood. I
> looked up some research information for you April and here it is. A
> cataclysm as the Flood, which washed the whole world of that time out of
> existence, would never be forgotten by the survivors.
April
It's interesting how, when Paul is talking about the whole world he only
means the world he knows, but when the flood story talks about the whole
world we are supposed to believe that means the WHOLE world, not just the
world Noah knows. Not, of course, that an inconsistency like that would
bother an inerrantist....!
Aside from any other argument, there is no universal archeological layer
which contains fossils of all types of plants and animals from
approximately 6000 years ago, as would exist if there had been a global
flood.
But, for the sake of argument, let's say there was a universal flood as
described in the bible. Are you prepared to deal with all the problems
that entails, or, are you going to just say that God hocus-pocused any
problems away? (I noticed you snipped most of my message. Shall I post it
again, or will you address those issues?) If you want me to believe in a
universal, global flood, then you must give me real answers to the real
questions I have.
Like - where did all the water come from? Where did it all go? Why isn't
all the water on the earth the same salinity, as it would be if it had all
been mixed together in a universal flood? What about the plants? The
fish? (Don't say "hocus-pocus".) The insects? (There are approximately
750,000 species of insects - did Noah really get them all into the ark, or
have they all evolved from a pair of flies in only 6000 years?) The
temperature - polar bears and snakes, remember? And I still haven't
mentioned the elephants.
April