[Whitney]

how did any of the animals get to Australia? And why aren't there kangaroos in Turkey?  Did all of the kangaroos and koalas and platypus's book passage to Australia immediately after landing on Mt Ararat?

I think the best explanation I ever got was "magic"   Which makes me wonder why a god would want to bother will all that flood nonsense he he could just make anything he wanted happen magically.....it makes no sense even when you try to force it to make sense due to some inner need to want it to make sense.

[Mark L Holland]

To Zyva

This is the link talking about the tablet

http://www.sphere.com/article/noahs-ark ... 2F19309746

 

[LoneMateria]

how did any of the animals get to Australia? And why aren't there kangaroos in Turkey?  Did all of the kangaroos and koalas and platypus's book passage to Australia immediately after landing on Mt Ararat?

I think the best explanation I ever got was "magic"   Which makes me wonder why a god would want to bother will all that flood nonsense he he could just make anything he wanted happen magically.....it makes no sense even when you try to force it to make sense due to some inner need to want it to make sense.

The video I linked to on the previous page was a good refuting of Noah's arc and it left God looking like a cheap magician who broke down and cried because even his angel realized how fucking stupid the flood was if everything that was done had to be magically done.

[Zyva]

I think the best explanation I ever got was "magic"   Which makes me wonder why a god would want to bother will all that flood nonsense he he could just make anything he wanted happen magically.....it makes no sense even when you try to force it to make sense due to some inner need to want it to make sense.

Yeah, magic, that must have been it.  The best explanation I ever got was that the flood happened during the ice age and the animals walked to Australia on ice bridges.   The imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

[Zyva]

To Zyva

This is the link talking about the tablet

http://www.sphere.com/article/noahs-ark ... 2F19309746

 

Thank you Mark!!! I've read all of Samuel Kramer's books, fascinating stuff. I'm happy to know that someone is continuing to translate the tablets that have been found. I'll have to go find out more about it!!!

[leonswan2000]

I read somewhere (maybe McQ can confirm it) that if it had rained for 40 days and 40 nights the subsequent baric air pressure would have been totally incompatible with any airbreathing life.

Bummer.

Sorry to go ontopic again.

I live in Washington State, and yes it does get hard to breath when it's been raining for forty days and nights!

[pinkocommie]

I read somewhere (maybe McQ can confirm it) that if it had rained for 40 days and 40 nights the subsequent baric air pressure would have been totally incompatible with any airbreathing life.

Bummer.

Sorry to go ontopic again.

I live in Washington State, and yes it does get hard to breath when it's been raining for forty days and nights!

I live in Washington as well.  I can still remember a few years back where we had more consecutive days of rain than Noah had to contend with in his flood story.  

[Tanker]

how did any of the animals get to Australia? And why aren't there kangaroos in Turkey?  Did all of the kangaroos and koalas and platypus's book passage to Australia immediately after landing on Mt Ararat?

I think the best explanation I ever got was "magic"   Which makes me wonder why a god would want to bother will all that flood nonsense he he could just make anything he wanted happen magically.....it makes no sense even when you try to force it to make sense due to some inner need to want it to make sense.

My favorite is they were trown all over the world by an exploding volcano therory, I know I've see it before but I can't seem to find it. Regardless Awsome power of self-delusion on that one.

[leonswan2000]

When anyone gives the impression that they are scientifically considering stories like the Ark thing, you know you are opening the door for Theist's. All inconsistencies can be attributed to God's mysterious ways. Its fun to play with the story but I think it is a waste of time to actually argue the point. If your sure the moon is made of Green cheese why argue. Its like trying to convince a 5 year old Santa isn't real. Unfortunatley most people don't seem to outgrow religious fairy tales. But most of us are brain washed as children and when we look around and see everyone else seems to believe it makes it O.K.. I wonder for real how many religious people question there beliefs but just go with the flow.

[leonswan2000]

I read somewhere (maybe McQ can confirm it) that if it had rained for 40 days and 40 nights the subsequent baric air pressure would have been totally incompatible with any airbreathing life.

Bummer.

Sorry to go ontopic again.

I live in Washington State, and yes it does get hard to breath when it's been raining for forty days and nights!

I live in Washington as well.  I can still remember a few years back where we had more consecutive days of rain than Noah had to contend with in his flood story.  

Hey have you ever been to the procession of the species parade in Olympia. It's hilarious. They dress up as species that evolve comically and its quite elaborate. Any Atheist who can visit the parade it's worth it. The next one is in April I think and its the 16th or 17th one. I wont go off topic again sorry.
http://www.procession.org/index.php

[pinkocommie]

Hey have you ever been to the procession of the species parade in Olympia. It's hilarious. They dress up as species that evolve comically and its quite elaborate. Any Atheist who can visit the parade it's worth it. The next one is in April I think and its the 16th or 17th one. I wont go off topic again sorry.
http://www.procession.org/index.php

That's so awesome, thanks so much for the link!  I had no idea this happened and Oly is only like 30 mins away.  Thank you!

[G-Roll]

My question about Noah's ark has always been, after landing on Mt. Ararat how did any of the animals get to Australia? And why aren't there kangaroos in Turkey? Did all of the kangaroos and koalas and platypus's book passage to Australia immediately after landing on Mt Ararat?

You see there were 3 arks. One had all the mammals, they landed on mt. ararat.
The second had all the dinosaurs, and that one sank….
The third had all the marsupials and weird poisons bugs and snakes. That one landed in what we now call australia.
 

[Nahuel]

I'd like to show you two videos I saw a while ago. (Sorry if any of them has been posted in this thread, but I couldn't really read it all)

This one's alright. Has some maths and facts.
[youtube:1gt6y1oh]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I225Vcs3X0g[/youtube:1gt6y1oh]
(the voice is very annoying, I know)

Then there's this one where they claim to have discovered noah's ark.
[youtube:1gt6y1oh]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_830WxtZQgQ[/youtube:1gt6y1oh]
The description's great:

This is a documentary about one of the most important discoveries in history. This should be more widely known and talked about.

[Zyva]

Yuck! on the second vid Nahuel, I watched as far as the crowd clapping while some man cut the throat of a goat (although they called it a lamb) in some kind of religious ceremony, very disturbing.
Ron Wyatt was either suffering from some mental illness or he was a fraud. Have you looked at any of his other "discoveries"?


To G-roll, best explanation I've heard by far!!

[PeytonFarquhar]

I think it would also require that waters rise at the rate of about 625 feet a day in order for the entire world to be covered in water (over Mt. Everest) in 40 days/nights.  Assuming it was all rain, then at that rate of downpour no wooden structure, including boats, would remain intact.

Almost all sea life would die because of the miles of fresh water added to the mix.