Fundies say that great flood was 4400 years ago. Bronxe age civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Indus Valley existed during that time. We have able to decipher the writings of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. They have not recorded any such floods.
Their scriptures were written before Christian mythology was written. Since they were the first written records after man was banned from heaven how can one say that they are not true. They were written about 6000 years ago
2007-01-20 19:24:31 · 8 answers · asked by Born again atheist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
never happened
2007-01-20 19:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Brooke 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Commenting just on other answers, people seem to misunderstand the issue. The point is that, if a civilization is destroyed, you see: -Artifacts made before destruction. -Widespread devestation. -No artifacts for a while. -Artifacts that come after the land is settled again. But that isn't what we see anywhere in the world. It doesn't matter if the histories are preserved orally (although why the only family in the world that god deems righteous enough to save would preserve oral traditions of other nations, some which they wouldn't have had contact with, is curious in itself), nor does it matter if the records are true or not. The point is that somebody made them during a time when people allegedly wouldn't have existed in the area. It isn't like Noah and his descendants had so many children so quickly that they could rush to the old areas, rebuild everything in the same architectural styles, and get agriculture and domestication running so smoothly that a new class of artisans could immediately spring up (and then only use the styles, idioms, and language structures that were prevalent in the old culture), along with a new priestly caste that tossed away the religion of (literally) their parents and grandparents, despite seeing first-hand the effects of the flood, and thus the effects of displeasing god, in favor of the beliefs that existed in the area that they just happened to move to.
2016-05-24 04:07:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You havent really tried to figure this out before you asked the question?
What happened to the minoans on crete?,atlantis?
Having said that moses wrote the earliest parts of the old testiment.
Before 6000 years ago THERE WAS NO RECORDED HISTORY.
Man has been around 30000 years,If there was a flood before then how would we known about it?nobody had biros to write things down.
fvck.
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2007-01-20 19:50:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
wow, this takes me by surprise, you wanna know why a flood that destroyed everything, and everyone is not recorded by the people that it destroyed. thats thesame as asking why people don't come back from the dead to tell us how they died. wow, i'm amazed at your question. it really does take me by surprise. i mean to steal a quote answering this question is like the thought of milking a male horse with a cheese grater, and wondering why the milk is pink and slimy.. i'm not trying to make fun or nuthin, its just i am amazed by this question
2007-01-20 20:31:42 · answer #4 · answered by stinger_449 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Recheck your research.
The flood story is contained in the oral traditions of people all over the world.
There is also a widely known account of the flood in the writings of the ancient middle east.
Google "Gilgamesh".
2007-01-20 21:42:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Every culture on earth has a similar story of the flood.
2007-01-20 22:26:24 · answer #6 · answered by drg5609 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Every culture has its flood story and every where you go on the planet you find its evidence.
2007-01-20 19:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by djm749 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Could it be because it didn't happen?
2007-01-20 19:27:40 · answer #8 · answered by Vader 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋