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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2797 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: |
Peg writes: there are a number of related sites you can view, here is one with pictureshttp://www.geocities.com/stegob/mammoth.html or... info on the Berezovka mammoth found in 1901 with grass in its mouth http://www.madsci.org/...rchives/2000-03/953730757.Sh.r.html In your first link, the paleontologist describes a 20,000 year old frozen mammoth. No flood evidence there. Your second link describes a mammoth that had eaten before dying of a fall into a fissure in the "ice" (or permafrost), and then freezing. The discoverers thought it had probably suffocated under the earth that fell with it.
quote: Definitely no flood evidence there. Quite the opposite, as the discoverer finds good evidence of the cause of death. The animal fell while grazing. Is this the sort of stuff that starts creationist memes? ![]() Edited by bluegenes, : No reason given.
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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2797 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: |
Peg writes: Oh i dont know...im trying use the quote box, but its not working for me Just use the "peek" button on the bottom right of other posts to find out how the various features work. And the dBcodes "help" to the left of the reply forms. ABE} You can see how both the quote box and the quote lines work in my post above this one. Peek! Edited by bluegenes, : addition
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Peg Member (Idle past 5249 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
@bluegenes: you make a good point and i'll take it on board
im not going to demand that this animal died in the flood because i dont think anyone can prove that... i will however remain convinced that something happened in the past that affected a lot of animals instantly this particular mammoth may have fallen into a ditch and been covered over by falling dirt, or it may have drowned in the ditch. I dont think even those who found it can really know for sure however, grass and undigested food indicates sudden destruction hence a sudden flood is plausible
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Peg Member (Idle past 5249 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
bluegenes writes: peek great thanks for the tip
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bluescat48 Member (Idle past 4509 days) Posts: 2347 From: United States Joined: |
t seems like a the earth has a lot of explaining to do if a flood wasnt the cause ... again though, this evidence makes the flood plausible Your link simply shows what has been known for years, the the movement of erratics is simply the work of glaciers particularly during the last ice age. There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002 Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
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bluescat48 Member (Idle past 4509 days) Posts: 2347 From: United States Joined: |
i keep hearing people say there is no evidence for the great flood, but i keep finding it There are many ways that fissures & crevices etc are formed. Earthquakes, local flooding etc. Such phenomena don't suggest a global flood . There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002 Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2797 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: |
Peg writes: im not going to demand that this animal died in the flood because i dont think anyone can prove that... i will however remain convinced that something happened in the past that affected a lot of animals instantly Many things have happened in the past that cause a lot of animals to die quickly at the same time, including floods. Look at the recent storm flooding in Burma. Many land animals would have perished in it.
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Brian Member (Idle past 5279 days) Posts: 4659 From: Scotland Joined: |
I appreciate the info , but I fail to see where these myths are 'very similar' to the biblical flood.
Logically, if the biblical flood were true, then shouldn't there be only one flood story the world over? We are told that the only human survivors were the inhabitants of the ark, thus all other cultures were terminated. Therefore, if the biblical flood is true then there shouldn't be all these vastly different tales in existence. According to the Bible, we are all descended from Noah and his sons, so I conclude that the vastly different flood stories are more the product of human imagination rather than an actual single catastrophic event. I have read many flood myths from around the world, some much older than the two merged biblical flood myths, and I don't see how they can be related.
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2426 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
According to the Bible, we are all descended from Noah and his sons... Except that DNA studies have contradicted this completely. Here is just one example: in a cave in southern Alaska a partial skeleton was found and dated to 10,300 years ago--definitely pre-flood. The mtDNA from that individual/lineage was found in living individuals spread along the Pacific coast from California to the tip of South America. There was no break at the approximate date of the flood, 4,350 years ago, with replacement by mtDNA associated with Noah's female kin. Hence no flood. This kind of evidence is common worldwide. I have a similar case from my own archaeological research dating back about 5,300 years. You just can't have a flood which flushes all human populations but which allows regional continuity of mtDNA lineages. Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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DrJones* Member Posts: 2362 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 6.7 |
so the fact that these huge animals were found with undigested food in their guts and grass still in their mouths, indicates that they died very suddenly
"Died very suddenly" is not the same as "frozen alive". soon I discovered that this rock thing was true Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world And so there was only one thing I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On *not an actual doctor
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Peg Member (Idle past 5249 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Brian writes: Logically, if the biblical flood were true, then shouldn't there be only one flood story the world over? We are told that the only human survivors were the inhabitants of the ark, thus all other cultures were terminated. Therefore, if the biblical flood is true then there shouldn't be all these vastly different tales in existence. Hi Brian,i know what your saying, and sure, you'd like to think that they would all be exactly that same, but if you consider that the story was passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth and add to that the influence of the religion that they practiced, then its understandable why there are variances but what we can be sure of is that on all six continents of the earth, the story of a great deluge and a small group of survivors can be found. an interesting fact is the chinese word for ship is made up of 3 characters: Vessel + Eight + Mouths
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Peg Member (Idle past 5249 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
coyote writes: The mtDNA from that individual/lineage was found in living individuals spread along the Pacific coast from California to the tip of South America. There was no break at the approximate date of the flood, 4,350 years ago, with replacement by mtDNA associated with Noah's female kin. hi coyote, im no expert on dna and havnt looked into it myself so i cant really comment on the bones found i do however have doubts about the carbon dating process and believe that it may not be accurate first it has to be assumed that the level of carbon 14 in the atmosphere has always been the same as it is now. Cosmic rays vary greatly in intensity at times, being largely affected by changes in the earth’s magnetic field. Magnetic storms on the sun sometimes increase the cosmic rays, the earth’s magnetic field has been both stronger and weaker in past millenniums, and since the explosion of nuclear bombs, the worldwide level of carbon 14 has increased substantially.
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AdminNosy Administrator Posts: 4755 From: Vancouver, BC, Canada Joined: |
Carbon 14 dating has lots of theads that will explain it to you and you can ask questions there.
Radioactive carbon dating Radiocarbon dates -- young coal and natural gas (things that C14 date too young/old) Carbon-14 Dating Debate Assistance Thread I suggest you withhold "doubts" until you actually know something about it. This thread covers dating more generally:
Age Correlations and an Old Earth: Version 1 No 3 (formerly Part III)
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Peg Member (Idle past 5249 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
my apologies
my doubts about the carbon dating were in relation to the 10,000 year old bones found in the cave
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2426 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
my doubts about the carbon dating were in relation to the 10,000 year old bones found in the cave Post your doubts to one of the proper threads and I can respond. Please scan the thread first, as suggested, and you might find the answers already there. Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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