According to Bishop Ussher, who is evidently considered the final authority on all Biblical matters concerning timescales by all young Earth creationists, the great flood occured in 2348 BC.
Let's forget all counter evidence from physics, geology, biology, linguistics, and anthropology against a universal flood.
Let's talk about history, namely the history of Egypt.
According to modern, less biased estimates of the age of various pyramids, the Great Pyramid of Khufu would have been made during the reign of Khufu, some 200 years before any flood. subsequent to Khufu, there clearly exists pyramids by the next pharaohs Chephren and then Mycerenius, all of these pyramids were built prior to the flood. There are several clear precedents to these pyramids such as the step pyramid of Saqqara and the weird one they tried to make too steep.
Although creationists will obviously attempt to shift the dates of such massive undertakings it would be difficult to explain how this matches the Genesis account of the flood. If the pyramids are older than the flood, where is the water damage? If younger, where are the massive amouts of labor needed for construction? After all, it would take more than a few women quite some time to pop out all those Egyptians.
Where are the written accounts? I think a society that could put up such edifices would have noticed a universal flood. Why is there no lack of continuity in this civilization (or any other at the time?)
Of course it could have been done by magic, by the god that created a world that implies a reward for the curious but then intentionally decieves the curious and rewards the unquestioning.
Or maybe the literal interpretation of the Bible is wrong, it should be treated as a parable (who implied that?)
This message has been edited by anglagard, 04-29-2006 05:39 AM
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