can someone TRY to explain ANY one of the unbelievable bible stories?

Question

just one, because ALL of them seem impossible, and as far as that goes, i dont believe a single one happened as it was stated in the bible

what about the flood? how about what about the boat? that is a better question, the technology they had 2000 years ago couldnt float a canoe for 40 days let alone a ship of that size

Answer 1

Someone can try, but they will likely fail in their futile attempts to be clever.

I, for one, would never dare to be so bold and to try to give life to that which is fiction.

Answer 2

If you read Genesis, there is a sharp literary break when Abraham arrives. After this point, the tale becomes too detailed. It’s obvious that the people who are telling the Abrahamic tale are witnesses, or are fairly accurately recounting the stories told by witnesses. Before Abraham, many of the stories take the tone of fables from other cultures. Many of the fables are intended to provide answers to fundamental questions: Why are we here? Why are those people different from us? Why do they talk funny?

One legend that EVERY culture has is a story of a flood that wiped out civilization.

I have two hypothesis on this.

One is the end of the last ice age 12,000 years ago. It is well established that sea levels rose up to 200 feet or more when this happened. There is a cave in France which has Neolithic painting in the upper galleries. The entrance is now 200 feet under water, on an ancient beach. From what we know of climatology today, it is possible that this may have happened relatively quickly.

There is also mounting geologic evidence of a giant asteroid impact in the Indian ocean in early biblical times which unleashed the mother of all tsunamis, and just about did for the Human race.

If you stop and look at a demographic of population centers, even today we tend to congregate near the ocean. An early civilization would have naturally started building cities near the ocean. It simply gives too many advantages in terms of food and trade to ignore.

If the cradle of civilization is within 200feet of sea level, and the seas rise, either by Tsunami or by climate change, your civilization is now under water. The only people left are illiterate hillbillies.

The evidence of American Indian expansion down the west coast is erased, leaving scientists scratching their heads over how Clovis points got into south America before the great plains.

And those hillbillies talk about it for generation afterwards. The story gets bigger and eventually consumes the whole world. And their children’s children ask questions. “But what about the animals?” An ark extemporaneously gets added to the story. The American Indians have a story of an ark which saved the animals as well. I have met tribal people in the jungles of the Philippines who pointed to a nearby peak and told me “That was where our people went when Noah’s flood came”.

Answer 3

They're supposed to seem impossible. That's the point. See if either of these sound like inspirational stories about an omnipotent God to you:

1. Moses came to lead his people out of Egypt. Pharaoh wouldn't let them go. So the Jews started raising all kinds of hell--arson, drive-by shootings, tagging, the works--until Pharaoh gave up and let them go. But then he changed his mind and chased them. Just before the Red Sea there were train tracks. A train came just after the Jews passed, so they got away while Pharaoh and his army sat helpless at the intersection.

2. Jesus attended a wedding where they ran out of beer. His mother said, "Jesus, do something!" So he made a beer run.

Is this doing it for you? Anyone?

God/Jesus probably did lots and lots of perfectly ordinary things that any one of us could explain, which is why no one wrote them down. They wrote down the stuff that baffled them--the events they couldn't explain, the feats they couldn't reproduce. That's the point.

Answer 4

It is faith and traditions that make the bible what it is. Different books had different authors from different time periods.

And yes, they did have naval technology back then. If you would do your research you would find out that they transported heavy loads (such as stone) up and down rivers such as the Nile. Even television documentaries by the history channel recreate those technologies so viewers can fully understand the intellect and ingenuity of peoples from those times.

Answer 5

Um...the Flood happened because all the water was underground, or one version had it that there was giant sheets of ice covering the atmosphere...or that it was all up in the air (which would crush normal humans and all life as we know it pretty much.) Those are some explanations, however unlikely....

I don't either, but you could have left that part out, though.

Answer 6

Read "The Twelfth Planet" or "Genesis Explained" both by Zacharia Sitchin. It is a fascinating historical and anthropological insight into the true origins of the Old Testament and religion/religious wrintings in general.

Answer 7

Read a book on the subject by a reputable scholar. Honestly, this isn't a mystery guys - modern Biblical scholarship can tell you when the stories were written, why they were written, where they came from, and how the original hearers understood them. The Bible was never intended to be a history book. It is completely ludicrous to narrow it down to a simple "literal and true vs. completely worthless."

Answer 8

Since you have all ready stated that you don't believe a single one happened the way it says in the Bible and that they are unbelievable, then I would not even " TRY" to explain any thing to you that you have all ready set your mind against believing

Answer 9

What about the flood? They found flood deposits in ancient cities such as Ur, Kish, Fara, etc..

And go to a museum. They hold a lot of artifacts from biblical times.

Answer 10

My favorite fantasy is Job . when Satan lied to god and all kinds of miseries were put upon him he never gave up his faith in god the symbol for good . from this tale we gain new insight into the true nature of good or god if you must retain the poetic version ,hence we came up with the new improved version of christian love and a merciful god or if you take the trouble to convert to normal thinking good . Takes a little effort to change god to good by adding another "o". but it does keep it in real terms that anyone should be able to understand .you see whether it's Egyptian astro-theology polytheic paganism or another brand of supernatural myth /paradigm it helps us to use the idea and understand the concepts necessary for living a better life in good character and with a heart of love rather than the ignorant barbarisms of the past.

Answer 11

Faith can move mountains! Look, isn't the world screwed up enough? If we take God out of the equation, it only gets worse. I want to leave this earth knowing, that I don't know all of the answers to all of the Biblicial stories, but faith the size of a mustard seed has me feeling pretty good while I'm here! And man I'm releaved knowing that all the pressure is off me to be "perfect" & "walk on water." It's o.k if you can't explain the stories right now. It will be explained. Jesus said,"Blessed are those who believe without seeing".