When Noah built his Arc


One thing to remember about the worldview of those who wrote the Old Testament is that they did not know of any other "world" beyond the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean.

Even if there was a geologically identifiable "flood" event that could be uncovered, you could just argue it was a regional event which adopted that particular narrative.

Are we going to pretend Noah took on board animals from continents and lands he never knew existed?
Of course. certainly a thing but within that region.
More cained and unable these days marra.
True.
 
Think they nicked the story of Gilgamesh and the flood from the Sumarians. They themselves could have nicked it from elsewhere but we don't know much from before that time.

We do have proof of humanoids existence for about 8 million years though so a worldwide flood is doubtful in that time though there will have been plenty of smaller floods due to the changing ice ages. We are led to believe that our ancestors didn't know the scope of the the world mind so maybes to them a flood could have seemed a worldwide one but I'm a bit skeptical of that a d think they knew more than we often give them credit for.
 
Think they nicked the story of Gilgamesh and the flood from the Sumarians. They themselves could have nicked it from elsewhere but we don't know much from before that time.

We do have proof of humanoids existence for about 8 million years though so a worldwide flood is doubtful in that time though there will have been plenty of smaller floods due to the changing ice ages. We are led to believe that our ancestors didn't know the scope of the the world mind so maybes to them a flood could have seemed a worldwide one but I'm a bit skeptical of that a d think they knew more than we often give them credit for.
These civilisations knew plenty IMO, so yes you are 'led to believe'"
 
Think they nicked the story of Gilgamesh and the flood from the Sumarians. They themselves could have nicked it from elsewhere but we don't know much from before that time.

We do have proof of humanoids existence for about 8 million years though so a worldwide flood is doubtful in that time though there will have been plenty of smaller floods due to the changing ice ages. We are led to believe that our ancestors didn't know the scope of the the world mind so maybes to them a flood could have seemed a worldwide one but I'm a bit skeptical of that a d think they knew more than we often give them credit for.

Depends on how you define "humanoids". Language itself is thought to have only developed 200,000 years ago, so I'd like to see how they passed on a flood myth before then. :)
 
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Most cultures worldwide tell similar mythical stories of great floods, where most civilization was wiped out and survivors came back to start it again. Its likely that these stories refer to the end of the ice age, during the Younger Dryas period c. 12,900 to 11,700 years BP. Noah's 'Arc' is likely one variation of myth that has been passed down through the generations and ended up in that form.

So yes massive sudden climate change like we can't imagine.

There is an outstanding documentary on Netflix currently called Ancient Apocolypse for those interested. Its amazing stuff.
 
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Most cultures worldwide tell similar mythical stories of great floods, where most civilization was wiped out and survivors came back to start it again. Its likely that these stories refer to the end of the ice age, during the Younger Dryas period c. 12,900 to 11,700 years BP. Noah's 'Arc' is likely one variation of myth that has been passed down through the generations and ended up in that form.

So yes massive sudden climate change like we can't imagine.

There is an outstanding documentary on Netflix currently called Ancient Apocolypse for those interested. Its amazing stuff.

I don’t believe there’s any folklore about when the Doggerbank region was permanently flooded following the end of the ice ages, but to those who lived through it, worshiped false deities and had no concept of global climate cycles, seeing the sea gradually take away lands you’ve lived on for many generations must have been terrifying.
 
Depends on how you define "humanoids". Language itself is thought to have only developed 200,000 years ago, so I'd like to see how they passed on a flood myth before then. :)
Doesn't really make any difference though when my argument is there wasn't such a flood,. Ot as described in biblical terms anyway.
 
i'm a bit sceptical of the whole thing...

Noah was 500 years old when he started to build the ark
He was 600 years old when it set sail
He lived for another 350 years
how long did it take the kangaroos, polar bears, bison and so on and so forth to walk, hop & swim to Israel before they set off (and who told them)?
 
I think there's a good chance that the legend of Noah is based on the Gilgamesh Flood Myth. Remarkable similarities.

A lot of biblical tales are very similar to other, more ancient stories.

Almost as if they had been passed down through generations and ‘modernised’ to enable the teachings to be passed down in a way that resonated with the target audience of the day (and helped further establish religion).
 
He left his ark then his family started shagging each other to repopulate the human kind, not mentioned like but how else did humanity return?

And people wonder why its obvious the bible is made up shite.
Where did Cain’s wife appear from ?
 
Surely it'd only the flat earther types who actually believe this happened, right?

Nobody of sounds mind thinks one dude built a wooden ship big enough for two of every animal. Especially the animals that weren't discovered for centuries to come.
 

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