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Message 14 of 41 (796753)
01-03-2017 10:19 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by Faith
01-03-2017 7:52 PM


Re: Too too funny.
Faith writes:
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what a ridiculous comment.
Foreshadowing.
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If there are legends and myths worldwide that seem to validate the Biblical account, and I don't know if there are,
There aren't.
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but if there are then it is good evidence.
No, it isn't. You assume that similar stories have a single origin. Instead, they can have similar circumstances. For example, there are many flood stories around the world. But the fact that there are stories about a flood killing everything except for a single family in a boat with some animals (you do notice that the Bible's story of Noah is quite similar to the older, Babylonian story of Ut-Napishtim, yes?) doesn't mean there really was a global flood.
Why?
Because you only seem to find these stories in places that experience floods. In cultures that live in places where flooding hardly ever happens, you don't find flood stories. That there are flood stories across disparate cultures isn't evidence of a global flood. It's simply evidence that there are cultures that live in flood plains.
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Not evidence a Bible believer should need, of course, since we know it's God's word, but good evidence for unbelievers.
Not in the slightest. As you said: What a ridiculous comment.

Rrhain

Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.

Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.

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