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Does anyone have any idea what predators ate after they disembarked the ark? Don't say carrion....most predators do not like to eat carrion.

Some animals [like the possum] "play dead" so that predators get turned off and ignore them.
 
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I believe lucaspa posted a paper not too long ago where the writters looked at as many ancient myths as they could find and they discovered that less than half of all cultures have a flood myth.
I believe more cultures have a talking animal myth than a flood myth, but im not quite sure.

I would say that the abundance of flood myths has to do with civilizations often forming next to a sea, river, ocean, etc. Not knowing how big the world was, the first time a big flood came from that sea, river or ocean, they thought the entire world was flooding.


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Although I do not know where I heard or read this but it was that many such cultures did have such common knowledge about a deluge.
 
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Alessandro said:
I believe differently though.
JM: You can believe in everything from fairies to men from mars to trolls, but that is not the point. Can you provide physical evidence for this flood? Can you at least tell us how we might identify the defining event in earth history in the geologic record? For example, what set of strata marks the onset of the flood on a global basis? The peak of the flood? The end of the flood?

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PS: Don't worry if you can't answer the questions. No creationist has ever been able to answer them. Strange huh?
 
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Alessandro said:
You might have to speak to a proffessional scientist probably, but I am sure it can be proven.
JM: That's the point. It's already been disproven. 150+ years ago and by people who went looking for the evidence because they too believed it was an actual event. They concluded there was absolutely no evidence supporting a global deluge and insurmountable evidence indicating it COULD NOT have occurred. However, I'll accept that you have no idea whether or not there is any physical evidence for the flood. At this point, it places your belief in the flood on equal footing with trolls, fairies and elves.

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By the last resort I mean "I don't care what evidence is being shown to me, it came from God, so it must be true".

In this instance, either a.) your interpretation is incorrect or b.) it didn't come from God.

Pay your nickel, and take your choice.
 
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Alessandro said:
I would not equal it to a myth (fairies). It came from God so I cannot put it on the same standing as a myth.
So if the bible said the sun was made of cheese you'd simply ignore all this stuff about firey hot star which provides heat/light for our planet?
 
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Routerider said:
So if the bible said the sun was made of cheese you'd simply ignore all this stuff about firey hot star which provides heat/light for our planet?
JM: Well, the sun is made of cheese. However, God did not say there was a global flood. The Sumerians said it and the Hebrews liked the story so much that they borrowed it. We know this for several reasons. !st the Epic of Gilgamesh predates the Pentateuch. 2nd there is no physical evidence for the flood. 3rd, the Hebrew and SUmerian cultures shared a common history so it's no surprise that the Hebrews borrowed especially powerful stories into their history. Since you have no evidence to support your claim other than a borrowed story from the Sumerians, the Noachian flood is on equal footing with fairies, elves and trolls.

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