Noahs inbred family tree
Dave Gaban drrod@slip.net
Mon, 04 Jan 1999 13:28:53 -0800 (00915506933, 36913295.6849@slip.net)
achillesz@usa.net wrote:
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> > Frankly,I am knowledgeable about this subject and hence following >queries; 1.the persons saved were 8 in the boat or arc.Does it apply to >only jews or the whole of world at that time or the population >affected in the flooded area? 2.What is the present population of >jews(forget christians)? Is it possible that eight persons could >multiply over four thousand years to the present level of jewish >population? The rationalism has no place in the religion of man either >in east or west. kanwal
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> Achilles
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> Greetings Kanwal,
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> The orthodox xtian reading of this story is that the flood covered the >entire earth, killing not just all people but also all land animals not >in the ark. This brings to mind some very interesting questions, such >as how Noah would have gotten polar bears to come to mesopotamia, and >how he got them back to the arctic afterwards... not to mention that it >makes no sense in light of archaeological evidence of local continuity >over this time in areas as far flung as australia and north america.
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> There are of course, more reasonable readings such as your questions >suggest - i.e. the account could be based on a real flood which covered >only mesopotamia, and Noah et. al. were the only survivors for this >area, however this is not often discussed because 1) it is not >satisfactory at all to xtians who insist the story is 100% true and 2) >those who do not believe the bible is innerrant don't need to make >sense of the account at all.
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> On your second question, I have no idea what the present population of >jews is, perhaps someone else does?
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Dave G.
Actually, wouldn't the more proper classify the survivors as Semitic,
not Jews? Not all Jews are Semitic and not all people of Semitic origin
are Jews.
My creationist brother-in-laws believe there were dinosaurs on the earth
at the same time as humans. It struck me as so absurd, I forgot to ask
if the Dinosaurs were on the Ark with the other 1,000,000 land animals.
If so, the Ark was 400 and someodd feet long. Apatosaurus was 60ft long
(X2), Barosaurus was 88.5 ft long (X2), Diplodocus carnegii was 90ft
long (X2)and Brachiosaurus brancai was 82 ft (X2) not to mention all the
other large Sauropods and the large carnivores. And don't forget, God
told Noah to bring enough food for all the animals: Genesis 6:21 You are
to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food
for you and THEM.
A starvation diet of only 100lbs of plant material a day, for 365 days
for 2 African elephants would be 73,000 lbs. Where did he keep all the
food????????