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The story of Noah is a common myth also present in the Gilgamesh epic, with a non Hebraic name. There is a broadly similar Inca tale of the goddess Tonantzin.

Like most of Genesis its best seen as a parable when looked at from the point of view of religious value.

The great flood was evidently a local event as the concept of a global event is localised in Genesis. Best way to explain this is to ask where Cain got his wife from when he was apparently one of only three people on the planet taken from a literalist point of view.
If the supposed entirity was instead localised then events can proceed from elsewhere.

I'm starting to think this isn't a documentary.

 Orlanth wrote:
The story of Noah is a common myth also present in the Gilgamesh epic, with a non Hebraic name. There is a broadly similar Inca tale of the goddess Tonantzin.

Like most of Genesis its best seen as a parable when looked at from the point of view of religious value.

The great flood was evidently a local event as the concept of a global event is localised in Genesis. Best way to explain this is to ask where Cain got his wife from when he was apparently one of only three people on the planet taken from a literalist point of view.
If the supposed entirity was instead localised then events can proceed from elsewhere.

Or, you could take the existence of other flood accounts as being retellings of the same worldwide event as passed down by the descendants of Noah's family as people multiplied and spread across the earth. It makes more sense than a single local event getting told by people across the entire world. That would be like the Aztecs having a story about Alexander the Great.

And obviously Cain's wife was one of his sisters. Adam and Eve would have had dozens of children, potentially upwards of a hundred or so, and they would have married each other. The Bible doesn't mention each of their children by name, that would be both pointless and a waste of time. Cain and Able were just their two first male offspring.

I like the rock people.

 poppa G wrote:
I like the rock people.

I think their visual design could have been less boring, but other than that I don't have much against against them.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
The story of Noah is a common myth also present in the Gilgamesh epic, with a non Hebraic name. There is a broadly similar Inca tale of the goddess Tonantzin.

Like most of Genesis its best seen as a parable when looked at from the point of view of religious value.

The great flood was evidently a local event as the concept of a global event is localised in Genesis. Best way to explain this is to ask where Cain got his wife from when he was apparently one of only three people on the planet taken from a literalist point of view.
If the supposed entirity was instead localised then events can proceed from elsewhere.

Or, you could take the existence of other flood accounts as being retellings of the same worldwide event as passed down by the descendants of Noah's family as people multiplied and spread across the earth. It makes more sense than a single local event getting told by people across the entire world. That would be like the Aztecs having a story about Alexander the Great.

And obviously Cain's wife was one of his sisters. Adam and Eve would have had dozens of children, potentially upwards of a hundred or so, and they would have married each other. The Bible doesn't mention each of their children by name, that would be both pointless and a waste of time. Cain and Able were just their two first male offspring.

Wow GT..you are my new hero!!

GG

Were there any Dinosaurs on surfboards following the ark?

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Were there any Dinosaurs on surfboards following the ark?

No, but some of the animals were eaten before they got on the boat. So I guess we know what happened to unicorns.