(September 20, 2021 at 12:36 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(September 20, 2021 at 10:04 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: They didn't...and..frankly, this is an absurd rejoinder in the context of a tall tale about the contents of a big bote. Do you also think that those same nomadic tribes understood naval architecture when they dreamt up the SS Miracle? Was some ancient meteorologist consulted on the specifics of the storm?
Absolutely nothing about the story pans out. There was no collecting animals, there was no boat, there was no deluge. None of it ever happened. There's no use coming up with ludicrous explanations for a thing that never happened.
You are making my point which is that the ancient writers and the early listeners would have first hand knowlegble and experience of animal management, certainly enough to see the absurdities much more clearly than most modern First World citizens. So yeah, it is pretty dumb to consider the deluge narative a factual account of actual events. Apart from literal minded fundamentalists and atheist trolls, I do not know anyone who thinks giving a factual account was ever the point of the story.
What is the point of the story?
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