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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:27:43 -0700 (PDT), hhyapster@gmail.com wrote:

>On Jul 19, 12:13 am, Antares 531 <gordonlrDEL...@swbell.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:44:42 -0700, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> Well, flooding does seem possible.  Ask some of the people in Cedar
>> >> Rapids if they believe floods are possible.
>>
>> >That's adorable! The child is using "analogy" to try to prove the
>> >Biblical flood really happened! That's just so damned cute!
>>
>> From many sources I've read over the years, there actually was a
>> humongous flooding of what is now the Mediterranean basin, after the
>> last ice age ended and this current interglacial warming got under
>> way. The Atlantic Ocean raised to the level that overflowed what is
>> now the Strait of Gibraltar. The Gibraltar dam washed out quickly and
>> the ocean rushed in. Many old archeological ruins, now under water,
>> are still available for study.
>>
>> I would speculate that the Noachian Flood was based upon the legends
>> that had their roots in this Mediterranean Basin flooding. After all,
>> that WAS the entire world to those people.
>>
>> But, in any case, the Noachian Flood should be regarded as a parable
>> and the embedded meaning sorted out, separate from the literal story.
>>
>> Gordon
>
>You do see the stupidity of ancient stories, good for you, Gordon.
>
More specifically, I see those ancient stories as a very effective
means for transmitting embedded information in a way that could/would
be easily and correctly interpreted by those ancient people, most of
whom had little or no reading/writing skills. Also, the embedded
information could be passed from generation to generation with very
little drift, and anyone, ancient or modern can interpret the embedded
meaning equally well. That is, no one had any advantage due to their
education or cultural background.   Gordon