Eliyahu writes:
What does exist however, is more than 300 flood stories, spread out over the whole world, with the same elements; one family escaping on a boat, birds being send out to check if the world is dry, a rainbow as a divine sign.
So therefore, we have a strong proof that the flood did happen.
No, you want to imply because other people had myths about floods that yours must be true. That does not hold water (hehe) at all, especially because there is no evidence worldwide for a flood at the same time. Perhaps, a more consilient explanation is the fact that many early cultures began near sources of water, what with requiring it to grow food, drink water, and all around basically survive. When floods occurred and caused damage these people included these tales in their myths. That is a far more logical assumption than the world was entirely flooded and no evidence was left behind.
In fact, if it was global and all humans are descended from the Noahic family line then we should see these identical flood myths in not just a lot of cultures, but in all cultures because they all stem from the same initial breeding population. However, the biggest death nail is that one culture (which we know a great deal about) does not have nearly a similar flood myth.......The Egyptians. Their flood myth does not even end with the deaths of all of the Egyptian people, but rather the God responsible for causing it, Hathor, floods the world with the blood of those she kills. Ra decides the punishment, while not total, has been enough and orders slaves (Living humans after the flood happens) to make a lake of beer for Hathor to drink while she is drinking the blood. She drinks it, gets drunk and gets bored of slaughtering everyone...
...Now, how on Earth can you claim this is justification for a myth of a global flood that destroys all but eight people of humanity? Perhaps, the logical answer of floods causing massive destruction so people tell stories about them for years to come is the best answer not your ridiculous claim, sans evidence. I mean, look at Hurricane Katrina, this happened 9 years ago and we are still talking about it even though other hurricanes have followed. We humans love to talk about devastation.
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