Did the flood really occur?

[salty]

So, I'm curious about something, Salty.

You're hanging your hat on whether or not there was a "Flood." Do you buy the rest of the story? That a 600 year old guy and his 3 sons built a 450 foot long boat and gathered up 2 ( or 7 pairs ...depending on which version of the story you read ) of every animal and herded them onto the aforementioned ship?

That kangaroos were obtained from Australia? Bison from N. America? Alpaca from S. America? Polar Bears from the Arctic? Etc., etc. and that they all lived together on said boat until it crashed into a mountain and then they all what? Swam home?

How far are you willing to take this nonsense?

And No. Not only is the exodus a load of shit so is the entire idea of mass slavery in Egypt in the Late Bronze Age. That was not how they organized their building projects. They relied on a corvee labor system among their own populace.


However, by the time these stories were written down mass slavery was commonplace among the Greeks demonstrating once again that ancient writings tell us more about the lives of the authors than they do about the people they pretend to be commenting upon.

Minimalist. I'd like you to view what I wrote to bloody hectic.

It's hard to use the complexities of the Biblical stories to proove a point when my faith was formed upon the internal changes that happened to me as well as my external experiences. My faith is confirmed in the ways the Lord has shown himself in my life time and again, and my faith endures, not on facts that disprove events took place in the past, but facts that prove that I am doing God's will. I would tell you some stories, but I can't get serious with you. I wish I could, I'm sure you're interesting.