There are hundreds of stories about a family saved from a global flood. These stories are from all over the world, From before people mixed and shared stories.
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2007-12-13 15:52:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think there might be so many stories because.... There was a flood. Science also points to a universal flood.
2007-12-13 16:16:19 · answer #1 · answered by iiiidontcare 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There was a flooding period with huge floods but no evidence of a world wide flood-all happening at the same time. Saltwater and freshwater fish could not survive. How would a polar bear and a kangaroo share the same place if ac was not invented yet. How would you keep meat or milk for over a year w/o refrigeration?
2007-12-14 00:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by strpenta 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Err....they really aren't all that similar. Flood tales are common, but the details are very different. It is also almost universal that Orion is important. But the big problem is that would leave a signature in the geology that my cat could read. It ain't there, so it couldn't have happened.
And the whole thing about 2 of every animal is absurd on the face of it. You couldn't do the three living species of elephants and enough food for 370 days on the largest wooden ship ever built. It's to heavy. Let alone the other 2 million or so that you would have to get on there.
2007-12-14 00:00:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Floods happen all over the world, so people all over the world have come up with flood stories. It's not a divine or supernatural matter. It's about people's lives influencing the stories they create.
2007-12-13 23:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ever notice that each of those stories comes from a culture that witnesses flooding where they live (or have lived) fairly frequently? Show me a massive flood story from a culture that never sees flooding, and you might have a point.
Otherwise, not so much.
2007-12-14 00:29:58 · answer #5 · answered by skeptik 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There were some smaller floods, possibly within time of human experience. Both the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea were once dry. But the evidence is absolutely conclusive that no worldwide flood has ever occurred.
2007-12-13 23:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are flood stories, yes. And each probably did think the entire world was under water. And what's the question? Are you relating flood myths to proving your bible? No, just shows that there is one more flood myth out there and THAT one was probably taken from the Babylonian tales.
2007-12-13 23:56:48 · answer #7 · answered by Aravah 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The whole nation was wicked. God sent Noah who gave the message for them to repent and turn from their wickedness. They refused. God told Noah to build an ark as a witness for the people to turn back to Him. None would turn back so God flooded the entire nation except Noah and his family along with 2 of each kind of animal. God gave us a sign of the rainbow to remind us that He would never destroy the earth again. This is a true example in Gods word. The world today is becoming just as wicked. The end times are near, and the warnings are there for people to turn from there wickedness and repent and believe in Jesus who died for all our sins. So we can be with Him eternal. If not just as the warning before over and over in the Bible will come to pass and all the unsaved will be condemned to the lake of fire to burn eternal.
2007-12-14 00:08:23 · answer #8 · answered by reeree 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Sumerian flood account was localized. Same for Native Americans. The Biblical account is the only one that insists it was global.
2007-12-13 23:58:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a good story.
If there are no superheroes, why are there so many stories of them?
If astrology doesn't work, why are there so may astrologers..
See? That logic isn't correct. What you're doing is known as Argumentum ad populum, it's a fallacious argument.
2007-12-14 00:06:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋