The Noachian Flood

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@ Zen
As a vastly more interesting aside (since my conversation with Cat seems to be entirely composed of Cat repeatedly asserting a belief in fairy tales). I'd love to see how that whole Black Sea business works out (both sides of that case seem to have equally compelling evidence). Even this though, is not a candidate for any sort of validation of the deluge myth. It might be the well from which the notion of a flood in antiquity flows, but the event (if it occurred) would have nothing in common with the deluge narrative (save for both talking about "lots of water"). Much in the same way, we credit fossils in service of the myth of dragons, which is seductive (desiring to explain things like we do), but ultimately not very convincing.

The Black sea event, (if indeed it occurred, and there is some evidence to suggest it did.) would be a good candidate for the great flood myth.

To a person of that time it would seem like the whole world was flooding . And given the human propensity for embroidering the tale as it was told and retold.... well.

The wikepedia article on the subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_d...hypothesis

Also on flood mythology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth

Ryan and Pittman's hypothesis has taken a number of hits ever since it came out and real scholars ( i.e. not adventurers like Robert Ballard) started assessing it.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...074814.htm