Religion

ZenHalfTimeCrock said:
Just on the subject of Noah’s ark, the ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh also contains a very similar flood narrative, as does the Akkadian Epic of Atrahasis.

What these narratives might preserve at best is the memory of some ancient natural disaster, maybe something like a tsunami, but that’s just me speculating.
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Like I always say; stories of gods, goddesses, prophets, angels, demons etc. can be explained with the celestial solar and lunar calendars, or occurrences. So all the other stories of religions will likely have very ancient roots in natural phenomenon and disasters that have had spiritual and deified stories attached to them.

All passed on through the generations for thousands of years, eventuating in them becoming widespread and engulfed en mass into religions.
 
paulsimpson said:
They were vegetarian before the fall. After that as God removed His sustaining influence they began to be hostile to other creatures. When God finished His work of creation there was an idyllic, harmonious existence between earth, animals, and man. The world that we observe today is not very idyllic, and it is certainly not very harmonious. The fall of man brought this change about.
"And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given EVERY GREEN PLANT for food.” And it was so.
31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good"
No death in paradise, so no carnivory (animals killing and eating animals) until Adam sinned and caused everything to begin to die. Then paradise was lost.
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It was the snake that tempted him.
A talking snake...
 
paulsimpson said:
They were vegetarian before the fall. After that as God removed His sustaining influence they began to be hostile to other creatures. When God finished His work of creation there was an idyllic, harmonious existence between earth, animals, and man. The world that we observe today is not very idyllic, and it is certainly not very harmonious. The fall of man brought this change about.
"And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given EVERY GREEN PLANT for food.” And it was so.
31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good"
No death in paradise, so no carnivory (animals killing and eating animals) until Adam sinned and caused everything to begin to die. Then paradise was lost.
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We can see from tooth examination of early human skeletons, that our niche as a species was to scavenge bones left over from carnivore kills. We ate the marrow as our primary source of nutrition.
 
paulsimpson said:
lol
The little bitty boat. Such ignorance . Do you know the dimensions of the Ark? I'll help you.
14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.16You are to make a roofe for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top,f place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks"
Cubit is from elbow to tip of middle finger - 1.5 feet . Bog boat. 450 ft x 75x 50
Why build such a big boat ?
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Sounds like Noah the daft twat caused the flood, cutting down all that wood to build a cruise ship destroying forests and natures flood defences.

Silly old bastard
 
urban genie said:
Sounds like Noah the daft twat caused the flood, cutting down all that wood to build a cruise ship destroying forests and natures flood defences.

Silly old bastard
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Did he allow ants on board ?

If so what about termites, I think it is only fair that they have a chance on the last boat to salvation.
 
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