> On Jan 29, 4:47=A0am, harry k <
turnkey4...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Jan 28, 9:27=3DA0am,
Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
> > > > > In article
> > > > > <
40a0bb8f-0fe5-4b24-a76c-10db01e2e...@o20g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>=
> ,
> >
> > > > > Wombat <
tri...@multiweb.nl> wrote:
> > > > > > On Jan 28, 1:11=3D3DA0am,
Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
> > > > > > > In article
> > > > > > > <6f0d6968-b26c-4f29-8c84-59ee8598a...@c9g2000pbh.googlegroups.c=
> om>, h=3D
> > > > arry
> >
> > > > > > > k <
turnkey4...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Jan 27, 12:26=3D3D3DA0am,
Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
> > > > > > > > > In article
> > > > > > > > > <e60f5c6c-e6fe-4627-97ca-c57921145...@b20g2000yqb.googlegro=
>
ups.co=3D
> > > > > > > > > > On Jan 27, 7:39=3D3D3D3DA0am,
Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wr=
> ote:
> > > > > > > > > > > In article <jfsn0j$
jk...@dont-email.me>, DanielSan
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > <
danielsan1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/26/2012 12:57 PM, RichTravsky wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> In article<4F1CC861.3F13F...@hotmMOVEail.com>, Ric=
> hTravs=3D
> > > > ky
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> <traRvE...@hotmMOVEail.com> =3D3D3D3DA0wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> DanielSan wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> On 1/22/2012 2:20 AM, Jason wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>> For example, the thousands of valleys
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>> in the world that don't have rivers or creeks a=
> re evi=3D
> > > > denc=3D3D
> > > > > > e of=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > =3D3DA0Noa=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > h's
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>> Flood.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> Rivers can't dry up?
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> Not to mention that valleys don't need rivers. Gl=
> aciers=3D
> > > > =A0car=3D3D
> > > > > > ve t=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > hem =3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> they also form through uplift.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> Yes, I agree that glaciers can cause the developme=
> nt of =3D
> > > > vall=3D3D
> > > > > > eys.=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > =3D3DA0Noa=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > h's
> > > > > > > > > > > > >> Flood also caused the development of thousands of =
> canyon=3D
> > > > s.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Noah didn't exist nor did this flood...
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I've heard stories that the story of Noah was greatly=
> exagg=3D
> > > > erat=3D3D
> > > > > > ed o=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > ver
> > > > > > > > > > > > time and was originally a story in the Epic of Gilgam=
> esh wi=3D
> > > > th a=3D3D
> > > > > > =3DA0man
> > > > > > > > > > > > named Utnapishtim.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Utnapishtim was a trader. =3D3D3D3DA0He dealt in alco=
> hol, gra=3D
> > > > in, an=3D3D
> > > > > > =3DA0anima=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > ls. =3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > =3D3D3D3DA0He
> > > > > > > > > > > > took his boat out on a river to trade with the local =
> villag=3D
> > > > es. =3D3D
> > > > > > =3D3D3D3DA=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > 0He wa=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > s
> > > > > > > > > > > > massively in debt to his creditors. =3D3D3D3DA0When a=
> local f=3D
> > > > lood t=3D3D
> > > > > > hreate=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > ned hi=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > s
> > > > > > > > > > > > trade, he packed his family onto the boat and the flo=
> od was=3D
> > > > hed =3D3D
> > > > > > them=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > =3D3DA0out
> > > > > > > > > > > > to sea. =3D3D3D3DA0They went so far out to see that t=
> hey coul=3D
> > > > dn't s=3D3D
> > > > > > ee lan=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > d
> > > > > > > > > > > > anywhere around them.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > While out there, they caroused with the alcohol and a=
> te the=3D
> > > > =A0ani=3D3D
> > > > > > mals=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > =3D3DA0and
> > > > > > > > > > > > grain. =3D3D3D3DA0When the floodwaters subsided and U=
> tnapisht=3D
> > > > im wen=3D3D
> > > > > > t asho=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > re, th=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > ey
> > > > > > > > > > > > were in a different country. =3D3D3D3DA0Fearing retri=
> bution f=3D
> > > > rom hi=3D3D
> > > > > > s cred=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > itors
> > > > > > > > > > > > (they consumed the delivery), he settled his family i=
> n the =3D
> > > > diff=3D3D
> > > > > > eren=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > t
> > > > > > > > > > > > country (apparently modern-day Qatar).
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > That story morphed over time to Noah carrying all the=
> anima=3D
> > > > ls o=3D3D
> > > > > > f th=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > e
> > > > > > > > > > > > world on his ark and the rain caused Noah to not be a=
> ble to=3D
> > > > =A0see=3D3D
> > > > > > =3DA0any=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > =3D3DA0lan=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > d
> > > > > > > > > > > > (assuming that the floodwaters had swallowed even the=
> talle=3D
> > > > st o=3D3D
> > > > > > f
> > > > > > > > > > > > mountains). =3D3D3D3DA0It was also where the idea tha=
> t Noah w=3D
> > > > as a d=3D3D
> > > > > > runkar=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > d came=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > =3D3D3DA0from.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Nothing supernatural. =3D3D3D3DA0Just man embellishin=
> g a stor=3D
> > > > y over=3D3D
> > > > > > =3DA0and o=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > ver ag=3D3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > > > ain
> > > > > > > > > > > > until it was almost unrecognizable as the original st=
> ory. =3D
> > > > =3D3D3D3D=3D3D
> > > > > > A0Game=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > =3D3DA0of
> > > > > > > > > > > > telephone, y'know?
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > It's my understanding that other cultures have their ow=
> n stor=3D
> > > > ies =3D3D
> > > > > > abou=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > t a
> > > > > > > > > > > worldwide flood. Many of those stories are similar to t=
> he sto=3D
> > > > ry t=3D3D
> > > > > > hat =3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > posted above and the Noah's Ark story.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > Those types of stories lead me to believe that they wer=
> e pass=3D
> > > > ed d=3D3D
> > > > > > own =3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > > generation to generation. It's called the oral traditio=
> n. It'=3D
> > > > s my=3D3D
> > > > > > =3DA0gue=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > ss
> > > > > > > > > > > that Noah and his children was the original source of t=
> hose s=3D
> > > > tori=3D3D
> > > > > > es.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > Indeed there are many flood myths from around the world.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > However, they are not similar at all to the one from the =
> Epic o=3D
> > > > f
> > > > > > > > > > Gilamesh, nor are they similar to the Biblical flood stor=
> y.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > Some have no survivors.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > Some have only people surviving.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > Some have only two people surviving.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > The reason and cause for the flood are different.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > The list of differences is long.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > But I am sure you get my drift.
> >
> > > > > > > > > Yes, but some portions of all of the stories are similar.- =
> Hide q=3D
> > > > uote=3D3D
> > > > > > d te=3D3D3D
> > > > > > > > xt -
> >
> > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -
> >
> > > > > > > > Jason: =3D3DA0Please address the point about the earth being =
> in total
> > > > > > > > darkness until Ye Floode due to that canopy blocking out all =
> light.
> >
> > > > > > > > Harry K
> >
> > > > > > > I have outside on very cloudy rainy days. The entire sky was co=
> vered =3D
> > > > with
> > > > > > > rain clouds. Guess what--I could easily see without making use =
> of a f=3D
> > > > lash
> > > > > > > light. That is how it was prior to Noah's flood.
> >
> > > > > > Now factor in the vapour needed for 29,000 feet of water. =3DA0Re=
> sult -
> > > > > > black. =3DA0Back in the mid sixties at about 3 in the afternoon, =
> the
> > > > > > clouds were so thick that it was dark in the playground. =3DA0The=
> pupils
> > > > > > were wandering around saying "The end of the world is nigh" and t=
> he
> > > > > > like. =3DA0BTW, it didn't rain.
> >
> > > > > I don't know how thick the canopy was.
> >
> > > > Do the maths needed for a canopy shedding nigh on 30,000 feet of rain=
> .
> >
> > > I don't know if that is correct. We have had some major rain storms in
> > > California that have lasted for seven days in a row. That leads me to
> > > believe the canopy layer did not have to be very thick.- Hide quoted te=
> xt -
> >
> > > - Show quoted text -
> >
> > The minimum thickness of the canopy wouild have to be the same as the
> > depth of the water covering 'the highest hills' or a bit less
> > depending on how high up the canopy was.. =A0To be even that 'thin' the
> > canopy would have to be liquid water. =A0If the canopy was water in the
> > vapor form, like clouds, it would be some one hundred times thicker
> > than that.
> >
> > No matter how you play around with your mythical canopy, it cannot be
> > made towork for several different reasons.
> >
> > Darkness
> > Weight
> > Heat
> > Source/destination.
> > Atmospheric pressure.
> >
> > Pick any one and we can discuss it.
> >
> > Harry K
>
> Well with that much water the pressure would be phenomenal, the heat
> incredible, the weight unbearable, and the darkness total.
>
> But as to where it all came from and where it all went, I can only
> quote my venerable philosophy teacher who said "f**k nose". :)