[vannrox]

Why is it so hard to believe that the Bible and the other global records recount a true event?

[blam]

I believe Ryan and Pittman's account.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

This was also on the Discovery Channel shows about the Bible, etc., before Christmas. Of course they looked at anything in the Bible as "some say," "the Bible says," etc., then cast doubts on it. Not too bad but they threw in the doubters.

[Kerberos]

"Why is it so hard to believe that the Bible and the other global records recount a true event? "

But then again what’s wrong with critical analysis?

[DannyTN]

I've seen several write ups that point to the likelihood that the fossil record was primarily the result of the flood.

The flood would have put down layers of sediment which are now interpreted by some modern scientists as millions of years of sediment.

The flood would also explain things like why larger animals are found at the beginning of the fossil record. Or why fossilized trees are found standing through "millions" of years of sediment.

It would seem to be a better fit with the evidence, in my opinion.

[NetValue]

Ping

[elmer fudd]

Why is it so hard to believe that the Bible and the other global records recount a true event?

If what they claim happened really happened, then it disproves the bible. The bible doesn't say the Black Sea was flooded with sea water. It says that it rained for 40 days and 40 nights and that water covered the whole earth.

[KingNo155]

WoW Hard to believe............NOT!!!

[Snidely Whiplash]

Why is it so hard to believe that the Bible and the other global records recount a true event?

It's probably the fact that, despite years of searching by a variety of intersted and dispassionate parties, there's nothing in the geological, archaeological or paleontological record to support such a worldwide, catastrophic flood occurring. If it did happen, God did one helluva cleanup job afterward. Then there's the whole thing of "kinds," as described in Genesis. Did bacteria go on the Ark? How about species known to live solely in island ecosystems, like the dodo bird, Galapagos tortoise, etc? Earthworms? The thousands of species of spiders? Dinosaurs?

Beyond that, I couldn't tell ya.

Snidely

[Phil V.]

Why is it so hard to believe that the Bible and the other global records recount a true event?

Cosmas
 Encyclopædia Britannica Article

flourished 6th century AD, , Alexandria, Egypt

also called Indicopleustes  merchant, traveler, theologian, and geographer whose treatise Topographia Christiana (c. 535–547; “Christian Topography”) contains one of the earliest and most famous of world maps. In this treatise, Cosmas tried to prove the literal accuracy of the Biblical picture of the universe, asserting in particular that the Earth is flat and trying to refute Ptolemy's concept of a spherical universe.

Probably a Nestorian Christian, Cosmas sailed around the shores of the Indian Ocean and for some time was engaged in trade in Ethiopia and Asia. His variant name is Latin, meaning the Indian Navigator. He later became a monk and wrote several geographical treatises, but only the Topographia and fragments of his commentaries on the Psalms and Gospels have survived.

Cosmas viewed the Tabernacle of Moses as a model of the universe, the Earth being a rectangular plane surmounted by the sky, above which was heaven. In the centre of the plane was the inhabited Earth, surrounded by ocean, and beyond this the paradise of Adam. The Sun, much smaller than the Earth, revolved around a conical mountain to the north. Though Cosmas was scornful of Ptolemy and others who believed in a spherical Earth, his idiosyncratic work is not representative of the general state of cosmographic theory among Christian philosophers of his day and had small influence on later writers.

[Junior]

It helps if there is supporting evidence. Otherwise, why should someone believe it to be true?

[SunkenCiv]

· join list or digest · view topics · view or post blog · bookmark · post a topic ·
	Gods Graves Glyphs	Blast from the Past. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are Blam, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
· Google · Archaeologica · ArchaeoBlog · Archaeology magazine · Biblical Archaeology Society · · Mirabilis · Texas AM Anthropology News · Yahoo Anthro & Archaeo · · History or Science & Nature Podcasts · Excerpt, or Link only? · cgk's list of ping lists ·

-and-

· join · view topics · view or post blog · bookmark · post new topic ·