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So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ??

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ??

August 29, 2017 at 2:48 pm

(August 29, 2017 at 2:14 pm)Cyberman Wrote:
(August 29, 2017 at 12:38 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: To my mind and in contrast to both the OP and alpha_male, I think figurative language such as "foundations of the deep" and "window of heaven" point to a more metaphorical interpretation of the story. I never regarded the Bible as a science book.

Metaphors still have to refer to some object or action. Was the Flood a real event or not?

My personal opinion is that the biblical narrative was a local cataclysmic water event in Southeast Asia at the end of the Ice Age, retained in ancestral memory and expressed in flood myths across cultures.

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So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by vorlon13 - August 28, 2017 at 12:49 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Minimalist - August 28, 2017 at 1:06 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by vorlon13 - August 28, 2017 at 1:10 am

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by ignoramus - August 28, 2017 at 4:28 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Homeless Nutter - August 28, 2017 at 5:19 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Wyrd of Gawd - August 28, 2017 at 5:29 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by brewer - August 28, 2017 at 6:48 am

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by John V - August 28, 2017 at 8:33 am

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Harry Nevis - August 28, 2017 at 10:49 am

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by John V - August 29, 2017 at 6:24 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Anomalocaris - August 29, 2017 at 7:51 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Harry Nevis - August 29, 2017 at 7:51 am

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Cyberman - August 29, 2017 at 10:53 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by vorlon13 - August 29, 2017 at 11:24 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Anomalocaris - August 29, 2017 at 3:48 pm

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 29, 2017 at 11:59 am

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by vorlon13 - August 29, 2017 at 12:02 pm

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Succubus - August 29, 2017 at 7:54 pm

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Gawdzilla Sama - August 29, 2017 at 12:11 pm

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Cyberman - August 29, 2017 at 12:24 pm

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 29, 2017 at 12:38 pm

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Cyberman - August 29, 2017 at 2:14 pm

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 29, 2017 at 2:48 pm

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RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 29, 2017 at 4:53 pm

RE: So, what would an actual 'biblical' flood look like ?? - by Wyrd of Gawd - August 30, 2017 at 3:51 am

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