God Yahweh Allah was a volcano.

[Hannah]

It cannot be entirely mythical. The ten plagues of Egypt clearly occured due to the Santorini eruption. They experienced the aftermath of it. They must have been in Egypt to have experienced the fallout but to have not seen the volcano. Saying it's all myth is as bad as a Christian saying it's all the actual word of God. It's more complex than either or.

I disagree. There is no "clearly" about it. It is food for thought, but nothing more. There is another theory that the island of Santorini's destruction due to the volcano led to the myth of Atlantis. There are a lot of points to this story that make sense. However, you can't say that is "clearly" the case, because clear implies it is obvious. There is nothing obvious about the Bible. It may not be myth from front to back, but it is "clearly" the work of hearsay. You do realize that there was a huge gap between the events in the Bible, the life of Jesus and the writing of the Bible, right? Have you ever played that game "telephone" where someone whispers something in another's ear and that continues down a line of people until the last person says it loud? Nearly every time the end result is different than the initial whispered sweet nothing.

You're right. I shouldn't have used the word 'clearly'. The ten plagues in the Bible are a clear indicator that the Hebrews were in Egypt during or soon after the Santorini eruption and the Santorini eruption lends weight to the ten plagues story. They coroborate each other. Yes, I am well aware the books were written later, Genesis being written retrospectively and being entirely fictional. There is a vein of truth in the early OT though and it's important we do not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll have more time to do some actual research. Night night everyone.

[The Grand Nudger]

What plagues? seriously?

[Minimalist]

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll have more time to do some actual research.

That would be a welcome change.

[Gawdzilla]

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll have more time to do some actual research.

"That's the way the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper."

[thesummerqueen]

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll have more time to do some actual research.

"That's the way the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper."

Can we over-kudos for an Eliot reference?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

People get laughed out of here all the time for citing the bible as an authority. Don't feel special about it.

Special? I have no doubt you lot hunt out people who mention the Bible so that each one of you can feel special when they slate them. Bloody parrots the lot of you!

Dear Hannah

This is an ATHEIST FORUM,many of the people here are former theists,and some are erudite scholars. Most of us just have pretty good bullshit detectors, all of which went off when your posts appeared.

We don't hunt down anyone we just shred theists and anyone else who comes her with a personal agenda,as you have. A fast way to earn ridicule is to quote a sacred book of any religion as prime source historical evidence,which you have done repeatedly.


You are not a victim here. Although opened to all,this is a privately owned forum. You are a guest,with the same privileges as anyone else,but no rights of expectation. We have expectations of YOU.

You're welcome if you want to actually engage in civilised discussion and contribute to our community. So far you have only tried to argue a crackpot theory and taken umbridge when your hypothesis receives the ridicule it deserves. It's obsessive and tedious.


For what it's worth, I want you to stay. I think you probably have a lot to offer if you can possibly manage to change records,and talk about something,anything else, which interests you.

Do hang around;we are not monsters and nobody here hates you.Well I don't, and don't see any signs here from others.

Cheers

[Gawdzilla]

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll have more time to do some actual research.

"That's the way the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper."

Can we over-kudos for an Eliot reference?

Who? I got that from the beginning of "The Stand" mini-series.

[theVOID]

Hannah, one thing....

If God is a volcano then why the genesis myth about God existing prior to the earth? Do you think they conceived of a volcano sitting in empty space that exploded out the "heavens and the earth"? It seems more likely to me that, if anything, they saw volcanic activity as a sign from God.

[fr0d0]

p.s. did you know that the idea continental plates moved was unthinkable up until twenty years ago?

"In line with other previous and contemporaneous proposals, in 1912 the meteorologist Alfred Wegener amply described what he called continental drift"

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics

[theVOID]

Facts clearly aren't on your side Hannah

And besides, even if continental drift wasn't discovered until 20 years ago that doesn't make your poorly crafted theory any more valid.