RE: DESTROY NOAH'S ARK
March 27, 2014 at 3:43 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2014 at 3:44 am by Wyrd of Gawd.)
Every time I read a thread about Noah's ark I'm amazed at the comments. The Bible thumpers are gullible beyond belief and the critics don't have a clue.
For one thing the God character was an Assyrian or Babylonian Emperor. They were always killing and rampaging throughout the Middle East for hundreds of years. It's worthwhile to read the Noah story in conjunction with the book of Zephaniah, especially chapter 1.
Noah was a local king or warlord who took precautions to withstand the rampage of the Empire's troops. They swept through the land kicking ass and taking names. They were like an irresistible flood, sweeping all away before them. Imagine the Mongol horde as it swept through the area into Europe as a comparison.
The story uses birds (ravens and doves) as metaphors for war and peace. Noah first sent out a raven (a war party). He also sent out a dove (a peace envoy) that returned empty handed because the enemy troops were still in the area. Later on he sent out the dove (the peace envoy) and this time the dove returned with a peace treaty (the freshly plucked olive leaf).
Now when Noah and his family leave the ark we are expected to believe that the three sons and their three wives bred like roaches and repopulated the whole Earth (Genesis 9:19). So it seems that the wives were roach queens who spewed out untold thousands of babies every day.
And then within a very short time they had countless cities all over the place and formed nations and built the Tower of Babel.
So if anyone believes the flood story they also have to believe that three women churned out babies like roaches. It's estimated that about half of the population is crazy and the Noah story verifies it. It can be used a test to easily identify crazy people. Just casually ask a person if he believes in the Noah story. If the person says "Yes" then you know that he's basically insane even if he acts normally otherwise.
For one thing the God character was an Assyrian or Babylonian Emperor. They were always killing and rampaging throughout the Middle East for hundreds of years. It's worthwhile to read the Noah story in conjunction with the book of Zephaniah, especially chapter 1.
Noah was a local king or warlord who took precautions to withstand the rampage of the Empire's troops. They swept through the land kicking ass and taking names. They were like an irresistible flood, sweeping all away before them. Imagine the Mongol horde as it swept through the area into Europe as a comparison.
The story uses birds (ravens and doves) as metaphors for war and peace. Noah first sent out a raven (a war party). He also sent out a dove (a peace envoy) that returned empty handed because the enemy troops were still in the area. Later on he sent out the dove (the peace envoy) and this time the dove returned with a peace treaty (the freshly plucked olive leaf).
Now when Noah and his family leave the ark we are expected to believe that the three sons and their three wives bred like roaches and repopulated the whole Earth (Genesis 9:19). So it seems that the wives were roach queens who spewed out untold thousands of babies every day.
And then within a very short time they had countless cities all over the place and formed nations and built the Tower of Babel.
So if anyone believes the flood story they also have to believe that three women churned out babies like roaches. It's estimated that about half of the population is crazy and the Noah story verifies it. It can be used a test to easily identify crazy people. Just casually ask a person if he believes in the Noah story. If the person says "Yes" then you know that he's basically insane even if he acts normally otherwise.
