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Monday, August 3, 2009

Scales Tipping Against Biblical "Great Flood"

'The Celebration' by Tom duBois.

Scientists continue to haggle over whether the Biblical account of the “Great Flood” is historical fact or simply myth. So far, evidence points to some sort of climactic catastrophe occurring several millennia ago, but its scope and magnitude are up for debate.

The Epoch Times yesterday ran a summary of the research's current status. Here are some of the main points:
Contemporary hypotheses suggesting that the rapid growth of the Black Sea was a consequence of an incredible rainfall of planetary proportions has never received great sale. Based on a large framework of scientific laws, predominantly geological, which have been established on the basis of empirical observation over the years, makes this a rather improbable scenario.

In the first place, skeptical geologists propose that for such a flood to have occurred, we would find a similar stratum throughout the world covered with pebbles, sludge, boulders, and other elements. It is curious that this layer cannot be found, even more so when the flood narrated by the Bible had taken place in a time as recent as 3000 B.C. 


Neither can be found the strata of fossils, with different animal and vegetable species occupying specific soil layers. According to flood logic, the animal remains of all species before the big flood (including the extinct dinosaurs) should be found today in only one stratum, without any distinction. But paleontology completely contradicts these suppositions.

Then there’s the fact that, as with the account of Jesus Christ, the nearly identitical story has been told in other cultures, in earlier times.
With respect to non-Biblical myths about a purifying flood, these can be found in the Hindu, Sumerian, Greek, Acadia, Chinese, Mapuche, Mayan, Aztec, and Pascuanese (Easter Island) cultures, among others. Several of these stories appear to possess surprisingly similar common factors.

Among the most repeated themes are those of celestial announcements ignored by the people, the great flood itself, the construction of an arc to preserve life from the flood, and the later restoration of life on the planet. 


Click here for the complete Epoch Times article.

3 comments:

human being said...

hmmm... very interesting fact...


this story is mentioned with details in Qoran too...



but i always tend to regard all these religious and mythical stories and fables as a stage of development of man's personal and/or social being...


by studying the life and deeds of each prophet we discover one aspect of our personality... or our societ through history...

(kind of a macro/mircocosmic view...)

this is the way i look at all the religions... they are just stepping stones if you decide to walk on the path of the truth...


have you ever thought about the great flood when happening in our psyche?... and how we should prepare for it?... and what is the ark within?... or the aminals that we gather to save?...



thanks for this... a lot!

Gregory LeFever said...

Hello Human Being: Your comment is fascinating. I too believe in the symbolic power of our religions ~ both the events described in our holy books and the words of the prophets. To take them only at face value is to drain the lessons of their strength.

To be honest, I had never before thought of the possible symbolic meaning of the Great Flood, the ark and the animals. When you mentioned it in your comment, I immediately recognized the wisdom of what you said.

I appreciate this lesson from you, Human Being. You've given me much to think about.

human being said...

i'm much flattered...
:)