(June 15, 2023 at 11:20 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:(June 13, 2023 at 3:48 pm)R-Farmer Wrote: Two things I personally believe the ark story happened further back than what most people understand. far enough back that the animals on the ark may not be recognized today. Which means Noah did not need to have today's zoological catalog on board. but rather some of the ancestors to what we have today. so instead of opossums and Koalas maybe all Noah needed was whatever their common ancestor was.
How about this: the story is really about a very large local flood and a family that was able to save all the animals on their farm by getting them onto a coracle; and the story grew quite a bit before Hebrews wrote it down; based on the similar Babylonian tale tthat they learned during their captivity?
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-...les-n20441
Yeah, that one. The liars sitting around camel dung campfires in the desert weren't very imaginative. Reminds me of a bunch of shit-faced sailors telling stupid lies for their own self-aggrandizement.
