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Article #12489Re: Does God need to prove He exists?
From: Ben Dolan
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:13
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:13
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Antares 531 <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote: > 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. There's no evidence to support your speculation (and certainly none to support the central thesis of the Noachian Flood fable, namely the existence of an ark). The "sources" you may be referring to regarding the Messian event typically range from crackpot science to science fiction. The chronology and timeframes are just wrong.
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