On 6/2/11 2:19 AM, harry wrote:
On Jun 2, 4:41 am, J wrote:
On 6/1/11 8:40 PM, HeyBub wrote:



harry wrote:
On Jun 1, 12:05 pm, wrote:
Steve B wrote:

It was one of the most avoidable accidents in history.

Remember, the Titanic was built by professionals.

The Ark was built by amateurs.

The Ark never existed.

To you and me, there's as much evidence that the Ark existed as there is for
the Titanic.

Oh, sure, thousands of people are said to have worked on the Titanic, saw it
sail, and were even aboard. On the other hand, everybody on earth witnessed
the voyage of the Ark!

The lack of instructions for a keel lends credibility to the gist of the
story. History's longest wooden ships were considerably shorter, about
300 feet. They broke apart. If they hadn't come apart, the flexing
would have caused water to leak faster than a crew could pump.

It was a monsoon barn. There was a very rainy period from 3000 to 2200
BC. River valleys would flood every year, which made fields very
fertile. People would have to go to the hills, then haul their goods
back and fight for a place to plant. The ark was a three-deck barn with
more than two acres of floor space. It allowed Noah's family to weather
monsoons without fleeing to the hills. When the annual floods receded,
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Heh.Heh. It also had on board T.Rex and animals imported by flying
saucer from N&S America and Australia. These were taken back after
the flood by the same means. Yeah right?

There are many "flood epic" legends around the ME. This was obviously
a one off event. Gilgamesh etc.
This is the likely explanation.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/blacksea.htm

It's no explanation for worldwide flood traditions.

According to the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, it got so rainy about
3000 BC that the Dead Sea rose 300 feet in 300 years. That's when
cities and big grain harvests appeared around the world.

The rainy period ended about 750 years later. Then, in 300 years, the
Dead Sea dropped 300 feet, where it remains.

Here are some of the scientists who were part of the expedition during
one 17-year period.
http://www.nd.edu/~mchesson/edsp_fieldstaff.html