This might explain the Noah's Ark parable in the bible

[Woodznutz]

Anyway those who "belief" in a children's book - aren't able to conduct a discussion or argue about science. They simply cling onto their childish believes since they can't understand science, or simply block it out. Such as Noah having gotten 950 years old, and so on.....

You haven't presented any science that refutes the biblical flood story.

Children's books don't contain stories of massive death such as the flood story.

 

[Woodznutz]

Unlike Bible aka child's book readers and believers like you, I have never read nor ever watched spongebob.
But do carry on gaining and adding enlightenment and knowledge for yourself via Spongebob and the Bible.

You gotta watch SpongeBob, it's a hoot.

 

[Woodznutz]

I don't need to continuously re-read a fairy-tale story book in order to place questions that provide no logical answers - aside from "the Bible says so".

The Bible wasn't written for unbelievers.

 

[surada]

Scientists are puzzled why terrestrial based organic matter is hardly present in ocean sediments even though billions of tons are carried there by rivers each year. Perhaps you can help them with this.

See estuaries.

 

[Flash]

The Book of Genesis is neither a history book or a science book. It is a book about the relationship between Man and God.

The real lesson in the story of Noah is that God is not going going to destroy the earth every time humans act evil. He did it once but he ain't gonna do it again. We are responsible for our own world.

That lesson falls into line with the other stories in Genesis of Man being given free will and having to deal with the consequences.

 

[BreezeWood]

The real lesson in the story of Noah is that God is not going going to destroy the earth every time humans act evil.

prey tell - so sad their misinterpretation, that's exactly what they did being their goal and will allow the final termination for the very reason given were the parable to end to their dissatisfaction.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

The premise of this thread is built on a lie. It's not a "parable "

All cultures have variations of the same story handed down for generations.

I believe God corrected this "story" in Genesis.

 

[surada]

The premise of this thread is built on a lie. It's not a "parable "

All cultures have variations of the same story handed down for generations.

I believe God corrected this "story" in Genesis.

Genesis was written after the Babylonian exile about 800 years after the death of Moses. It's a morality tale of redemption based on earlier myths of Sumer and Akkad. You do know that there was never any global flood in Egypt.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Well, if Egypt doesn't have a flood myth then Jesus must be a liar!

 

[BreezeWood]

The premise of this thread is built on a lie. It's not a "parable "

so the heavenly impersonators claim -

in fact a living parable, notably overlooked for which the conclusion remains pending ... for humanity as well the individual were they to accomplish the goal provided by the heavens for a&e to accomplish remission to the everlasting.

 

[Kruska]

You haven't presented any science that refutes the biblical flood story.

No sediments or e.g. saltwater residue, nor human fossils found on today's land areas nor it's elevated/mountainous areas. (That could be attributed to the flood).

Children's books don't contain stories of massive death such as the flood story.

Off course they do - foremost the Bible, and Grimm's Fairy-Tale Collection, ain't so bad either. In regards to murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest it's on par with the Bible. 1001 nights regarding the City of Brass is about as good as the Bible can get.

BTW - how many people were killed due to the Biblical flood?

 

[Woodznutz]

You think the other 250 creation myths were also passed down orally for thousands of years?

I think there are over 300, and most involved a global flood that wiped out everyone save a few couples that repopulated the earth. Curiously only Egypt and Japan don't have such myths. Of course, Egypt is famous for deleting any history that frames them in a negative light.

 

[Woodznutz]

No sediments or e.g. saltwater residue, nor human fossils found on today's land areas nor it's elevated/mountainous areas. (That could be attributed to the flood).

It wasn't that kind of flood.

There are salt deposits all over the world in catchment areas, as would be expected.

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The flood didn't affect the high mountain regions, only the high hills where people lived. "High mountains" is a mistranslation.

 

[Kruska]

The Book of Genesis is neither a history book or a science book. It is a book about the relationship between Man and God.

To be more precise - it's a book written to "document", Hebrews being God's chosen people and that the "promised land" solely belongs to Hebrews - that all there is to it - aside from that - it shows a merciless Hebrew God that is willing to kill and destroy anyone that opposes his will - aka Commands - later the Catholic Church made ample use of it for their own agenda - since God was then determined to be a Christian God from around 400 A.D. and thus an enemy of Hebrews, Muslims and anyone else of a different believe.

It automatically becomes a "Hebrew history guide" as to the onset of conquering (reprocessing) the promised land - starting of with Moses - for whom there is also no proof towards his factual existence, to "Hebrew historic accounts" as to whom they battled and slaughtered off.

It automatically becomes a "science explanatory guide" as to any questions pertaining to "how did everything get started" naturally using a childlike format - since it's primary readers are kids (indoctrination beginning in school and attending religious masses) - later those kids becoming adults who in turn read and lecture it to their kids, and so on.

 

[Woodznutz]

To be more precise - it's a book written to "document", Hebrews being God's chosen people and that the "promised land" solely belongs to Hebrews - that all there is to it - aside from that - it shows a merciless Hebrew God that is willing to kill and destroy anyone that opposes his will - aka Commands - later the Catholic Church made ample use of it for their own agenda - since God was then determined to be a Christian God from around 400 A.D. and thus an enemy of Hebrews, Muslims and anyone else of a different believe.

It automatically becomes a "Hebrew history guide" as to the onset of conquering (reprocessing) the promised land - starting of with Moses - for whom there is also no proof towards his factual existence, to "Hebrew historic accounts" as to whom they battled and slaughtered off.

It automatically becomes a "science explanatory guide" as to any questions pertaining to "how did everything get started" naturally using a childlike format - since it's primary readers are kids (indoctrination beginning in school and attending religious masses) - later those kids becoming adults who in turn read and lecture it to their kids, and so on.

Its primary readers are mature adults, otherwise you are mostly spot on. As the Bible is the history of God's relationship with Israel it's really no one else's business. It only makes sense to believers, to unbelievers it's nonsense.

 

[Kruska]

The flood didn't affect the high mountain regions, only the high hills where people lived. "High mountains" is a mistranslation.

The pigeons that Noah released - found land after his third try - "upon the water residing" that covered the entire earth.

If now you want to bring in that mountains or mountainous areas supposedly were not flooded - then why build the Ark in the first place?

 

[Woodznutz]

If now you want to bring in that mountains supposedly were not flooded - then why build the Ark in the first place?

There would be no way for man or animal to survive on those mountaintops for a year. Also, it's a long trek from the ark site to the mountains. They would never have made it there.

 

[Kruska]

Its primary readers are mature adults, otherwise you are mostly spot on. As the Bible is the history of God's relationship with Israel it's really no one else's business. It only makes sense to believers, to unbelievers it's nonsense.

Not quite - an adult usually won't pick up a Bible, if he hadn't already encountered it as a child.
Same goes for Comics, TV or any other form of entertainment, right down to sports and hobbies - Kids get started on them - and later most Adults keep up the interest, again promoting it towards their own and other kids.

It's the primary reason for lefty&Libs, religious groups and dictatorship's to get the "youth" inspired aka indoctrinated.

 

[frigidweirdo]

You haven't presented any science that refutes the biblical flood story.

Children's books don't contain stories of massive death such as the flood story.

Well, to "refute" the story with some science, here we go.

1) To take two of every animal on board an ark requires a lot of effort. Well, actually a little more complicated

"You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;"

Seven animals, a male and his female.... and one left over? Anyway, not really important here.

How did they classify animals? For example dogs, did they put two dogs on board, or did they put two dogs of every type of dog on board?

How did they feed the animals? Some of these animals are CARNIVORES which means that they need to eat other animals. Did they put two of every animal and then let the lions eat some of those species to extinction?

How did they cope with the fish? Fish are animals. What would be the point? Also said take two of every bird. How did Noah go around collecting the birds and what did he feed them with?

1,180 bird species right now.

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So, he'd have to have gone out there and caught bird species in the Amazon area, in Africa, in Asia, in Australasia. How did Noah get out there and capture this many bird species?

How did he get all the land animals? All the insects?

How many species are there?

How many species do we share our planet with? How many of these species have we found and identified?

ourworldindata.org

2.16 million species, he put at least 2 of every species, that's 4.32 million creatures on board. All of them needing to eat for 40 days and 40 nights. Then, after the flood receded, what happened to all the edible food?

How long would he have needed to keep these animals alive for before there was enough food for them to all eat after the flood?

I mean, this task would be nigh on IMPOSSIBLE in the modern era with modern technology. With a boat made of wood, built by some dude and his family. How long would it have taken to build a boat that could have 4 million creatures on board?

 

[Flash]

To be more precise - it's a book written to "document", Hebrews being God's chosen people and that the "promised land" solely belongs to Hebrews - that all there is to it - aside from that - it shows a merciless Hebrew God that is willing to kill and destroy anyone that opposes his will - aka Commands - later the Catholic Church made ample use of it for their own agenda - since God was then determined to be a Christian God from around 400 A.D. and thus an enemy of Hebrews, Muslims and anyone else of a different believe.

It automatically becomes a "Hebrew history guide" as to the onset of conquering (reprocessing) the promised land - starting of with Moses - for whom there is also no proof towards his factual existence, to "Hebrew historic accounts" as to whom they battled and slaughtered off.

It automatically becomes a "science explanatory guide" as to any questions pertaining to "how did everything get started" naturally using a childlike format - since it's primary readers are kids (indoctrination beginning in school and attending religious masses) - later those kids becoming adults who in turn read and lecture it to their kids, and so on.

The Bible was always going to be centric to whoever wrote it.