My sister's boyfriend is an atheist and says this didn't happen--and former gang member and construction contractor. He said that it flooded but there was really a drain and levees. Because they lived there in Ur for 1,000 years. So it flooded all the time.
2007-01-14 04:31:47 · 16 answers · asked by rosemships 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it was sabatoged.
2007-01-14 04:32:40 · update #1
Everyplace on earth has flood stories, so there must be a link
2007-01-14 04:35:19 · answer #1 · answered by FAUUFDDaa 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Back then parts of the earth did flood, especially Ur where the myth comes from, but there is no evidence of a global flood. You must remember that back then they had no idea how big the earth is, they thought their part of civilization was the whole world.
Early civilizations along the Nile flooded as well, and they developed theories that the Gods were angry with them, so they started ritual sacrifices to appease the Gods in order to stop the flooding.
2007-01-14 04:40:18 · answer #2 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The story of the flood is very old; maybe it is true, or maybe it isn't, but it is interesting. Your sister's boyfriend has a right to his opinion and you have a right to yours. I believe that the true God of the Universe does not need me as a defender of Gods might, or power. Imagine a little ant arguing with another and defending God, for example. For the vast Universe we humans on the planet Earth are not much bigger than ants, and our opinions are most likely negligible too, except in our ego self; this is what I think, others my argue with this.
Here I copied something which might interest you.
"The Ark story told in Genesis has parallels in the Sumerian myth of Ziusudra, which tells how Ziusudra was warned by the gods to build a vessel in which to escape a flood which would destroy mankind. Less exact parallels are found in other cultures from around the world. Indeed, the deluge story is one of the most common folk stories throughout the world."=copied from wikipedia--Noah's Ark.
Also from http://www. wsu.edu/ -dee/MESO/GILG. HTM
"The story of the Flood is a familiar one, as we shall see in Genesis and Popol Vuh (Plato also gives an account of the Flood and the city of Atlantis in the dialogue, Critias ; the Nez Perce of the Palouse also have a flood story in which the only humans that survived did so by climbing the mountain, Yamustus, that is, Steptoe Butte). The earliest surviving reference to the Flood goes back to 1900 B.C. Why do the gods bring on the Flood? These Sumerian Gilgamesh stories were integrated into a longer poem, versions of which survive not only in Akkadian (the Semitic language, related to Hebrew, spoken by the Babylonians) but also on tablets written in Hurrian and Hittite (an Indo-European language, a family of languages which includes Greek and English, spoken in Asia Minor). . . "
" The fullest surviving version, from which the summary here is taken, is derived from twelve stone tablets, in the Akkadian language, found in the ruins of the library of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria 669-633 B.C., at Nineveh. The library was destroyed by the Persians in 612 B.C., and all the tablets are damaged. The tablets actually name an author, which is extremely rare in the ancient world, for this particular version of the story: Shin-eqi-unninni--the oldest known human author we can name by name!" Thank you for asking such a fascinating question.
2007-01-14 06:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If everyplace on the Earth was underwater, it would take more water than exists on the entire planet. In the time of the bible the "whole world" was probably about the size of a river valley, and if there really was only two of every animal the resulting genetic inbreeding would have been absolutely disastrous. Its a metaphor for the power of God, but is not literally true.
2007-01-14 04:38:36 · answer #4 · answered by Paul H 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nice touch putting the gang member thing to impeach his athiesm.
Its strange how if he was now born again christian you wouldn;t attack his bleiefs
BTW the flood, if it happened, was a local occurence. there was no worldwide flood.
2007-01-14 04:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe in the story of Noah. If you look at science, the DNA can be traced back (of man). And I would expect that of animals, too. I have seen a picture that looks convincing.
2007-01-14 04:39:17 · answer #6 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pretty smart for a "former gang member and construction contractor" if you ask me.
2007-01-14 04:36:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well you should not try to explain anything to the Atheists. Noah saved people who believed in his God and a pair of each animal
2007-01-14 04:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by akband 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I dont know what Ur is but I wouldn't believe your sister's boyfriend. No intelligent person would join a gang. Consider the source.
2007-01-14 04:38:13 · answer #9 · answered by just me 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think he saved some of them for his post-flood barbecue. Ribs anyone?
2007-01-14 04:35:47 · answer #10 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋