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Berzerker
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topeka, kansas,USA
May 1999
time: 23:35
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MtG - quote:
That was one of three questions that got me kicked out of a Baptist Sunday school when I was four. |
A really smart ass even back then I see, what were the other two? 
Loin - quote:
I'd give thanks to the gods for sparing Utnapishtim, I s'pose. |
No, give thanks to Enki/Ea for telling Utnapishtim/Zuisudra the flood was coming when the other gods wanted to keep it a secret. 
Slow - quote:
Where did the water go? I wish I had the time and/or inclination to research for all you lazy asses, but it went underground. As a matter of fact, that very question was addressed on ABC news program this morning. That will give you a lead at least. |
6 miles of water went underground? Is that the hollow earth theory?
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The water was higher than Ararat, it covered all; and for you 2 whiz kids, Ararat isn't the highest point on earth. |
Who said it was? The Ark supposedly came to rest on the mountains of Ararat but the Bible says the waters covered the highest mountains which are ~10,000 feet higher, that's a bit less than 6 miles of water. Gee Slow, I didn't know you were a fundie. Actually, the Bible says the fountains of the deep were opened contributing to the flood and that appears to be a reference to the oceans, so something must have caused a great upheaval to send the oceans up onto the land.
I forget where I read it, but there is an S African myth about a great wave crossing the land. Maybe the end of the ice age began with or instigated a partial slippage of the ice sheet in Antarctica into the ocean. And as I mentioned, the Tlingit believe the Flood occured 13,000 years ago which coincides with the end of the ice age and the flooding of vast stretches of coastline and low lying areas like the Bering land bridge, the Sunda Shelf, etc. This I believe is the origin of Flood myths from around the world, but not a flood that covered the highest mountains.
Btw Slow, did you know that nowhere in the Bible does it say God created this planet or the universe? The words "Heaven" and "Earth" in Genesis have specific meanings, heaven was the firmament God used to divide the pre-existing waters and the Earth meant only the dry land revealed when the waters under the firmament were gathered together/receded to form seas. God didn't create the water, he merely established borders for the Seas once they formed. And the Earth existed before the dry land appeared, it was submerged under the "deep" mentioned in Gen 1:2. You'd be amazed how many creation myths from around the world claim God sent an animal down into the waters to bring up dirt/mud so God could begin forming the dry land. 
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Flip McWho
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New Zealand
May 2002
time: 17:35
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Dude that doesn't make sense. That ain't a rebuttal.
Why doesn't the 'Almighty' just show himself ... whats the big deal with remaining hidden?
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