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The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood is one of the most famous from the Bible, and now an acclaimed underwater archaeologist thinks he has found proof that the biblical flood was actually based on real events.
In an interview with Christiane Amanpour for ABC News, Robert Ballard, one of the world's best-known underwater archaeologists, talked about his findings. His team is probing the depths of the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey in search of traces of an ancient civilization hidden underwater since the time of Noah.
The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood is one of the most famous from the Bible, and now an acclaimed underwater archaeologist thinks he has found proof that the biblical flood was actually based on real events.
In an interview with Christiane Amanpour for ABC News, Robert Ballard, one of the world's best-known underwater archaeologists, talked about his findings. His team is probing the depths of the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey in search of traces of an ancient civilization hidden underwater since the time of Noah.
Most legends and fairly tales can be based on actual events, but to even imply that the Biblical story of Noah's Ark is accurate is ludicrous. From reading your link, this story goes farther to disprove the Biblical tale than to prove it by demonstrating how actual events can be blown out of proportion.
The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood is one of the most famous from the Bible, and now an acclaimed underwater archaeologist thinks he has found proof that the biblical flood was actually based on real events.
In an interview with Christiane Amanpour for ABC News, Robert Ballard, one of the world's best-known underwater archaeologists, talked about his findings. His team is probing the depths of the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey in search of traces of an ancient civilization hidden underwater since the time of Noah.
You did happen to notice he's discussing a local flood in the Black Sea right? Not a global flood covering the entire currently known planet. He also says, we've had modern day examples of such an event. The 2004 Indonesian Tsunami for example.
You did happen to notice he's discussing a local flood in the Black Sea right? Not a global flood covering the entire currently known planet. He also says, we've had modern day examples of such an event. The 2004 Indonesian Tsunami for example.
Facts do not matter to the Religiously Impaired™. These are people who take things out of context, quote mine, twist actual facts, obfuscate, ignore actual facts and outright LIE in order to give an illusion that things like this article actually support the impossible hallucinations claimed in the Bible. Noah's Flood simply did not happen and COULD not happen as outlined in the Bible. This issue has been hashed and rehashed, but keeps resurfacing merely because these lunatics are desperate for ANYTHING, no matter how obscure, to support their failing mythologies.
Most legends and fairly tales can be based on actual events, but to even imply that the Biblical story of Noah's Ark is accurate is ludicrous. From reading your link, this story goes farther to disprove the Biblical tale than to prove it by demonstrating how actual events can be blown out of proportion.
And as long as skeptics fall back on such blanket statements, any legitimate evidence that supports the Bible will never get a fair shake. I love how atheists perfectly accept archaeology as proof of ancient events EXCEPT when it supports the Bible.
Facts do not matter to the Religiously Impaired™. These are people who take things out of context, quote mine, twist actual facts, obfuscate, ignore actual facts and outright LIE in order to give an illusion that things like this article actually support the impossible hallucinations claimed in the Bible. Noah's Flood simply did not happen and COULD not happen as outlined in the Bible. This issue has been hashed and rehashed, but keeps resurfacing merely because these lunatics are desperate for ANYTHING, no matter how obscure, to support their failing mythologies.
I'm sorry, but unless you personally have first hand eye witness experience of that time period, you can not conclusively say as FACT that it never happened.
Gilgamesh outdates Noah by thousands of years. Another case of bible syncretism...and old news.
Which doesn't prove anything really. The oral tradition of the Biblical story (which is more detailed and plausible) could have existed before Gilgamesh, and someone deluded the story through generations and wrote it down before Genesis was finally commited to written form.
If you are going to compare the OT to other mythologies, at the very least, you need to present a mythology which contains detailed geneologies. Otherwise, the Bible is more historically realistic.
I'm sorry, but unless you personally have first hand eye witness experience of that time period, you can not conclusively say as FACT that it never happened.
When a god named Zeus seduced a Spartan queen named Leda, he turned himself into a swan. This story is also part of some old religious texts. According to your premise, we cannot say conclusively that this never happened even though this occurance is not logical.
I'm sorry, but unless you personally have first hand eye witness experience of that time period, you can not conclusively say as FACT that it never happened.
Wrong, Skippy, I sure can. A flood that was described in Genesis is IMPOSSIBLE for many, many reasons that have been discussed ad infinitum. Such a flood, even if it were possible, would have left a tremendous signature and that signature is not found ANYWHERE.
No sane person can try to promote the Genesis flood as a literal event. I'm sorry for your sanity if you do.
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