(September 25, 2015 at 6:37 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:(September 25, 2015 at 4:55 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: No problem. It's not like any of them will ever try to answer it.
Besides, it's not answerable because the craft wouldn't have been seaworthy to begin with.
That's true. I like the Rational Wiki article on the subject. It explains the whole thing clearly . . . outlines each problem, discusses the science, and has a LOT of useful citations. Rational Wiki: The Great Flood Those who believe the bible story to be literal probably won't read it though - stupid scientific atheist propaganda and all that.
That's a good article.
To be honest, it actually kind of infuriates me when they use that "flood myths from all over the world" line, because it's only partly true. Where you have civilizations in or near floodable areas, like coastlines that get hit by tsunamis or in river valleys, then yes, you find them all over the world. What you do NOT find are floods in central Asia, or in the Sahara, or in central Australia, the Andes, the Alps, etc. Taking legends of massive flooding, in the conventional sense, and then trying to say that cultures all around the world have something like the Ut-napishtim/Noah story, is not only ridiculous, it's patently dishonest.
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
