RE: Phony Ark Hunters Denounced
December 6, 2010 at 1:17 am
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2010 at 1:29 am by Minimalist.)
Quote:Have you noticed that when you demand contemporary evidence for Jesus, they tell you that people didn't write stuff down back then, a lot got lost, there wasn't the same degree of accuracy or reporting back then, etc.
Yes, sir. They lie like rugs.
(December 5, 2010 at 11:43 pm)Shell B Wrote:(December 5, 2010 at 5:32 pm)lilyannerose Wrote: There's more of a chance that someone will find Atlantis before anyone finds Noah's Ark.
I recall when that story broke, it was pretty funny.
I think the legend of Atlantis stems from the destruction of the island of Santorini. In other words, I think we already found it. Noah's Ark will never be found, because it is fictional. Even if it wasn't, that shit would have disintegrated by now.
Hey Shel, take a peek at this:
http://www.helike.org/
Quote:In 373 BC, a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami destroyed and submerged the ancient Greek city of Helike, on the southwest shore of the Gulf of Corinth. The sunken city gradually silted over until it disappeared without a trace. Ancient writers ascribed the disaster to the wrath of Poseidon, god of earthquakes and the sea.
Plato was about 56 when Helike dropped into the Gulf of Corinth and was living in nearby Athens. His two dialogues which mention "Atlantis" are Timaeus and Critias both of which are considered late works and dated to c 360 BC. So....one doesn't really have to resort to mythology to get an inkling of where Plato might have come up with his inspiration.
