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conkermaniac · 09-10-2003, 04:30 AM

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Originally posted by Haleysred
These people who are in your class, what is their theological background?

Catholic

Kilgore Trout · 09-11-2003, 03:53 PM

One of the best proofs against the flood myth is that they claim in Genesis that one of the descendants of Noah is named Egypt and is the ancestor of all the Egyptians. This shows that the bible thinks Egypt was flooded, so it was not a local flood. According to the bible the flood occurred around 2300 bce, so somehow the entire Egyptian civilization was wiped out, and then a single descendant of Noah started it all over again. It's strange that there is no evidence of a collapse of the Egyptian civilization!

Marduk · 09-11-2003, 03:59 PM

�It's strange that there is no evidence of a collapse of the Egyptian civilization!�

Actually there is. The Old Kingdom (the guys who built the pyramids) collapsed ca. 2250 BCE, Egypt was in chaos,
(but it was from a severe prolonged drought, very un-flood like)

Haleysred · 09-11-2003, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by -DM-
The difference is between two and seven.

GE 6:19-22, 7:8-9, 7:14-16 Two of each kind are to be taken, and are taken, aboard Noah's Ark.

GE 7:2-5 Seven pairs of some kinds are to be taken, and are taken, aboard the Ark.

-Don-

Well-versed. But it goes something like this:

One pair of each unclean animal is to be taken. . . while seven pairs of each clean animal is to be taken.

(Clean and unclean referring to Kosher laws in Judaism)

Haleysred · 09-11-2003, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by Marduk
�It's strange that there is no evidence of a collapse of the Egyptian civilization!�

Actually there is. The Old Kingdom (the guys who built the pyramids) collapsed ca. 2250 BCE, Egypt was in chaos,
(but it was from a severe prolonged drought, very un-flood like)

Maybe that is where all the water came from

(Don't take me seriously on this one, it is just a joke)

Amlodhi · 09-11-2003, 05:30 PM

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Haleysred: Maybe that is where all the water came from.

LOL . . . that's funny!

I would like to have seen the public service announcement:

Please be advised that there will be a severe water shortage for the next year or so due to the fact that God needs the extra water to flood the rest of the world.

-DM- · 09-11-2003, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haleysred
Well-versed. But it goes something like this:

One pair of each unclean animal is to be taken. . . while seven pairs of each clean animal is to be taken.

(Clean and unclean referring to Kosher laws in Judaism)

Yes, I know. Clean and unclean may be more specific than "some kinds," but the point is the same: the two different stories from two different authors from two different traditions disagree on the numbers that are to be taken aboard and were allegedly taken aboard.

-Don-

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09-11-2003, 03:53 PM	#32
Kilgore Trout Regular Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tralfamadore Posts: 246	One of the best proofs against the flood myth is that they claim in Genesis that one of the descendants of Noah is named Egypt and is the ancestor of all the Egyptians. This shows that the bible thinks Egypt was flooded, so it was not a local flood. According to the bible the flood occurred around 2300 bce, so somehow the entire Egyptian civilization was wiped out, and then a single descendant of Noah started it all over again. It's strange that there is no evidence of a collapse of the Egyptian civilization!

09-11-2003, 03:59 PM	#33
Marduk Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the 10th planet Posts: 5,065	�It's strange that there is no evidence of a collapse of the Egyptian civilization!� Actually there is. The Old Kingdom (the guys who built the pyramids) collapsed ca. 2250 BCE, Egypt was in chaos, (but it was from a severe prolonged drought, very un-flood like)

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