(August 21, 2014 at 12:14 pm)Rhythm Wrote:when hss came on the scene, advanced human culture appeared suddenly. the technology and culture displayed indicated that they were significantly superior to hominids who possessed some semblance of culture and relatively simplistic technology such as the hand axe which was basically unchanged for 2 million years( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_axe#Hi...stribution). the hss culture shows a quantum leap in cognitive capabilities (including symbolic thought), craftsmanship, inventiveness, and an artistic flair that the grunt brain hominid's didn't. this was the 'big bang' of human culture. from a Christian perspective, this was the result of a new type of creature (hss) that is endowed with a spirit, one made in God's image. neanderthals and other homo sapiens were simply bipedal primates, possessed limited intelligence with some type of culture but animals nevertheless. only hss possess a spirit and hence are held accountable for morality; the flood was a judgment against immorality.(August 20, 2014 at 10:56 pm)snowtracks Wrote: no, confined to deprave humanity who were confined to a relatively small area. humans defined here have a spiritual dimension; bipedal primates do not. if they did, the flood would have been more encompassing.So, just to make sure we're on the same page. We're excluding anything other than HSS. And we're limiting those "depraved" HSS just to the area in which you are (not)describing. So, the rest of the HSS spread around the globe at that time were a-ok (with god), and not depraved.....and thusly did not have to suffer through any flood?
Do I have that about right?
(also, are you saying that if those other bipedal primates had souls the flood would have been bigger? Why? There are, in your scenario - other HSS, with spirit, that the flood didn't touch. Clearly, the "spiritual dimension" doesn't have much to do with this proposed event)
Still wondering about the finer points of floating zoo construction with hand choppers, btw.
hominids were spread out but not around the world. whereas, hss were confined to the local flood area.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.