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29th December 2004, 10:38 PM
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Reps: 1,208 (power: 9) | | Originally Posted by william jay schroeder this would make the story stupid. why wouldnt he need to build such a big ark and put animals and birds on it if the could just go where it wasnt flooding. it took him a year to build. it would take a lot less time to just walk to were it was not going to flood.
the story already is unbelievable, better that is believable then "stupid".
The fact that there is just so much that is wrong with the global flood makes it overwhelmingly unlikely as a key explanation for the world's geology.
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29th December 2004, 11:24 PM
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Reps: 12,567,898,174,147,644 (power: 12,567,898,174,166) | | Originally Posted by william jay schroeder this would make the story stupid. why wouldnt he need to build such a big ark and put animals and birds on it if the could just go where it wasnt flooding. it took him a year to build. it would take a lot less time to just walk to were it was not going to flood.
It also doesn't make sense to ask legends to be logical. Logic ruins many a good story.
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30th December 2004, 06:15 AM
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30th December 2004, 06:30 AM
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Reps: 1,840 (power: 12) | | Originally Posted by william jay schroeder this would make the story stupid. why wouldnt he need to build such a big ark and put animals and birds on it if the could just go where it wasnt flooding. it took him a year to build. it would take a lot less time to just walk to were it was not going to flood.
I agree that makes a lot of sense - but it was more like 100 years it took him wasn't it I'm sure he would have been furious if he found out that he didn't really have to do it.  |
30th December 2004, 11:10 AM
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3rd January 2005, 05:21 PM
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Reps: 5,038,481,752,567,930 (power: 5,038,481,752,583) | | Originally Posted by A4C I agree that makes a lot of sense - but it was more like 100 years it took him wasn't it I'm sure he would have been furious if he found out that he didn't really have to do it.
Was Abraham furious when he found out he didn't have to sacrifice Isaac? 
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17th January 2005, 05:51 PM
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Let me just say I would not have been. Dont forget there were different dynamics surrounding each case. |
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Reps: 5,038,481,752,567,930 (power: 5,038,481,752,583) | | Originally Posted by A4C Let me just say I would not have been. Dont forget there were different dynamics surrounding each case.
Different how?
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