The story of Noah (in the Bible) is so infuriating...

[Anomalocaris]

A cat is one kind of animal.
A tiger, lion, cougar, panther, leopard, hyena, etc are all also kinds of animals.
Unless you're going to claim that 'feline' is a kind unto itself, and say that all those animals plus cat are just one kind.

You are making the mistake of speaking truth to stark raving insensibility.

[Godscreated]

A cat is one kind of animal.
A tiger, lion, cougar, panther, leopard, hyena, etc are all also kinds of animals.
Unless you're going to claim that 'feline' is a kind unto itself, and say that all those animals plus cat are just one kind.

Exactly, nice of someone to notice.

GC

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Did you see the video I posted about how this myth is just ripped off from earlier myths? Maybe that would would grease a few gears. I'll go get it:

To me, there's one reason alone why people believe shite like this: indoctrination. It's probably been beaten into him since a child that this is true, so reality must bend and even snap in order for it to remain true.

It must be extremely frustrating, I'm sorry to hear about it.

The oldest story about the flood was written in a language closer to ancient Hebrew than any other language, interesting you wouldn't mention that. The oldest copy of the Gilgamesh story is about 7th century BC.

GC

[dyresand]

A cat is one kind of animal.
A tiger, lion, cougar, panther, leopard, hyena, etc are all also kinds of animals.
Unless you're going to claim that 'feline' is a kind unto itself, and say that all those animals plus cat are just one kind.

Exactly, nice of someone to notice.

GC

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Did you see the video I posted about how this myth is just ripped off from earlier myths? Maybe that would would grease a few gears. I'll go get it:

To me, there's one reason alone why people believe shite like this: indoctrination. It's probably been beaten into him since a child that this is true, so reality must bend and even snap in order for it to remain true.

It must be extremely frustrating, I'm sorry to hear about it.

The oldest story about the flood was written in a language closer to ancient Hebrew than any other language, interesting you wouldn't mention that. The oldest copy of the Gilgamesh story is about 7th century BC.
GC

Even Time magazine called out Noahs flood myth not being original 
http://time.com/44631/noah-christians-flood-aronofsky/

So Noahs flood did it happen no did any of the flood myths happen no. Sodom and Gomorrah did they exist no.
Nazareth no, jesus virgin birth no, jesus birth possibly, nazerth being his birth place no, all in all this is as far as i am going im going to bed. 

[Mudhammam]

I don't understand why he believes this, as it sounded like he was making up excuses as he went along.

Ask him why you or anyone else should be persuaded to take the biblical flood myth more seriously than any of the others that came before or after it:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_myths

There are only a couple dozen others or so to choose from, so choose wisely.

[ReptilianPeon]

I don't understand why he believes this, as it sounded like he was making up excuses as he went along.

Ask him why you or anyone else should be persuaded to take the biblical flood myth more seriously than any of the others that came before or after it:  
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_myths
There are only a couple dozen others or so to choose from, so choose wisely.

Why are the so many flood myths? Would it be reasonable for somebody to conclude that there was actually a flood because of this? If there was a flood this does cause other problems, which Robvalue mentioned in his post:

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I really don't know what else you can do to get through to someone about these things, if they are prepared to just make up any bullshit explanation after another and refuse to consider how ridiculously impossible the whole thing is. (I'm talking to OP )
I guess it is a good launching pad though for why worshipping this dick for brains God is a bad idea.
1. He fucked up everything. Again. (See garden of Eden.)
2. Instead of resetting things instantly and putting them right, he decides to have a tantrum and blame his creations, including all the animals who have nothing to do with it.
3. Such irrationality and anger are not qualities one would normally associate with an omnipotent, omniscient being but rather a dodgy human.
4. After deciding to kill everything, he chooses one of the most hideous ways possible, making his creations suffer a gruesome horrible slow death.
5. Incest follows. Humanity would not be able to repopulate from such a small sample. Neither would the animals. Oh I forgot, that's about reality. Never mind.
6. He can't even come up with his own method of solving problems but steals it from other "made up" gods.
Remind me why anyone would even tolerate this God, let alone worship it?

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[Mudhammam]

Why are the so many flood myths? Would it be reasonable for somebody to conclude that there was actually a flood because of this?

It's simple: floods are relatively common. More common than the occasional devastating flood, however, was/is the human tendency to ascribe divine causes to weather events, vastly overexaggerate details, and if the occurrence was of such significance to a town or city's way of life, tell the subsequent generations of children and grandchildren about it with an added moral until over time the story takes a bona fide literary form.

[robvalue]

For sure, atheists aren't denying floods have happened! Just special magical ones that don't leave any of the evidence you'd expect or make any sense when compared to reality.

[ReptilianPeon]

Why are the so many flood myths? Would it be reasonable for somebody to conclude that there was actually a flood because of this?

It's simple: floods are relatively common. More common than the occasional devastating flood, however, was/is the human tendency to ascribe divine causes to weather events, vastly overexaggerate details, and if the occurrence was of such significance to a town or city's way of life, tell the subsequent generations of children and grandchildren about it with an added moral until over time the story takes a bona fide literary form.

I understand now. I heard somewhere that even if all of the ice on the Earth melted there wouldn't be enough water for a flood Biblical proportions. Then again, there is also lots of water hidden underground. I'm sure Theists have drawn their own conclusions from this. But Robvalue is right, there is no evidence for this. My father seems to think the prevalence of sedimentary rocks is evidence for Noah's flood (because those are the only ones in which fossils are found he said)...

[Cyberman]

If you have a pet and someone asks what kind of pet you have? you might reply- a cat.
Same idea. A cat is a "Kind" of animal.

[Mudhammam]

If you have a pet and someone asks what kind of pet you have? you might reply- a cat.
Same idea. A cat is a "Kind" of animal.

Smh. The stupid things creationists say...

Per Genesis and professor "logic," what "kinds" of animals are the Eupleridae?

Or the Viverridae?

Or how about the Prionodontidae?