(November 4, 2019 at 2:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:(November 4, 2019 at 2:31 pm)soldierofGod Wrote: There may be a regional-universal flood without the need to cover all the large mountains. A regional flood does not mean that this has to flood only that area, it depends on which "regional" flood is located, it may actually be global.
The Sumerians did not settle on top of where the ark was but near. This civilization was the first to be formed after the flood, in Mesopotamia.
I know what Mesopotamia is, thank you.
And, as I said, there’s no reason why they would change the details so dramatically if the lived in the immediate vicinity.
I won’t even go into the downsides of populating the earth again through acts of incest (a whole world like Alabama...)
As Boru pointed out, the source material says different. If it’s the word of god then it shouldn’t be open to interpretation (or should be written clearly enough that there can be no doubt), and if it is open to interpretation then it cannot be the word of god.
And - just to hammer home the point - it isn't meant to be taken literally.
Early civilizations tended to grow up in the flood plains of rivers. Since not every river valley civilization was fortunate enough to have a nice, well-behaved river like the Nile, local floods could be unpredictable and devastating. The ultimate origin of the Flood narrative could very well have been some quick-thinking Sumerian who managed to get both of his goats on a raft before they were swept away. Would have impressed his neighbours no end.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson