Originally posted by H. Godwineson
Myths usually have their basis in an actual event. The "flood myth" in which a righteous man builds a boat and saves himself, his family, and fauna of the world is found in cultures all over the world. Ancient writers tended to exaggerate the actual event.
By the way, if you read the book of Genesis a little more closely, you will notice that it does NOT say that the earth was covered with rainwater. It says that the "fountains of the deep" were opened. That indicates that something caused the waters of the ocean to drown the dry land. A great earthquake could cause this, or a meteor strike, or any one of a number of natural phenomenon. A meteor strike, by the way, would also fill the atmosphere with water vapor, setting off torrential rains.
Scientists now think that the "flood myth" may have had its origins in the sudden, disastrous flooding of the Black Sea basin that occurred when the barrier between it and the Mediterranean gave way.
By the way, let's refrain from calling our ancestors "stupid" for believing in myths. It shows a profound lack of respect for who we are and where we came from. By showing respect we also teach it, forestalling the day when our descendants refer to us as "stupid."
Regards, Shuckins
The first inteligent evolutionist in this thread! (no offense to others, & forgive me if I missed any post before this that was simi open minded)
Thank you shuckins, now maybe we can have an inteligent conversation
True, in allmost every civilization there are tells of a great flood, But I allways looked at this as actuelly prooving the bible, when noahs family split up, they carried their beleifs with them, but of course some people branched off, and created whole new religions, wich did evolved over time, but most likely borrowed from their orriginal religion. Of course at the time there was no such thing as religion really, I think they looked at it more as history, since there were no other religions of the time.
The comet hitting the earth and allowing for it to rain is actuelly a very good theory, and I wouldnt be surprised if this is how God made the flood. People tend to think of God as some king in the clouds pointing his rod at earth magically making things happen..
Thats not how it works
Oh and I just wanted to point out somthing I heard in another thread, someone said ALL religions evolve over time, and this is what I thought too even with christianity, but come to find out a modern bible was compared with the writings of the bible 2000 years ago, and they were exactly identicle! Nothing had changed!
