Date of Flood - Warning, Long mail.

Jason Filley errancy@infidels.org
Tue, 18 May 1999 11:41:38 -0500 (00927063698, 37419842.3654DD6B@relative.net)



"Comley, Filip" wrote:

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> To all searchers for the truth,
>
> I have been trying to calculate the date of the flood, and I think I have,
> but I would like my calculations to be open to critical scrutiny. The date
> I get for the flood is 2325 BC. This is relevant to Biblical inerrancy, I
> feel, because, if this date is correct, then it will be difficult to explain
> why there is a continual record of occupation in Egypt/Mesopotamia /China
> etc. covering this date.
JASON Also: http://gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Park/nv/pin_gb.htm "Great Basin bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva), among the oldest trees in the world, occur near treeline in three groves in Great Basin National Park. These trees are remarkable for their great age and their ability to survive adverse growing conditions. A 4,600-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California is the oldest known living tree. A bristlecone pine near Wheeler Peak was dated to be more than 4,900 years old in 1964. Unfortunately, before the area became a national park, the tree was cut down and sectioned to get an accurate reading of its growth rings......"