Originally posted by Count Chocula

Another thing to consider why flood stories are so prevalent in so many diverse societies is the fact much of early humanity centered around areas where WATER was. River basins, coast lines etc. Water was life, unfortunately those areas are also prone to major flooding, especially the coastlines as the glaciers melted off about 10k years ago ending the last ice age.

Very true. One of the things that makes me think that it may have been tens of thousands of years ago is that some mythologies in Europe contain stories of "trolls." I think it is possible that those are mutated descriptions of Cro Magnons meeting Neanderthals. And, of course this is speculative, that would send us back some 30-40k years ago. Well since that is a divergence from tales in other places that also have the global flood tale, it COULD mean that the "global flood" (of some local area) happened over 30-40k years ago. Or, it could be that as you say, it just happens that because we usually set up camp near water, it just happened that every culture got flooded out at least once.

With the discovery of the hobbit people, it also makes me wonder if they may have been the whole Leprechaun/Menehune origin. After all, we knew that stories of little secretive people were just myths, until we found skeletons of little people. Who knows, it is an interesting area yet to be investigated. Forensic Mythology.

Originally posted by LurkerMan

because you were around 70k years ago, and remember it like it was yesterday.

And like you were around 2k years riding dinosaurs with jesus? Or maybe you were around 6k years helping noah build his boat?

Originally posted by pumpkinorange

Originally posted by Pauligirl
Ron Wyatt has claimed, among other things, to have discovered the following:
Do a little research on Wyatt.

Well, since you're the denier, why don't you tell us?

Tell you what? That he claimed to found all these things and never provided any proof?
if I told you that, would you believe me? That's why I said do a little research on him.

What you never heard from Wyatt was that on a hill adjacent to that site is another formation exactly the same and looking further along more like it. Noah's ark has been proven to be circular in shape anyway.

all I want to know is this. didnt anyone else in the whole world have a boat when the great flood supposedly happened? seems anyone with a decent boat could have survived this flood, not just Noah and his zoo. did noah supposedly build the first boat or what? ridiculous nonsense!

hmm. double. sorry

[edit on 3-3-2010 by Totalstranger]

Protoplasmic Traveler calling earth, please come in earth…

Attention: When an entire planetary body is covered in water for an extended period of time killing every living thing but those afloat on one gigantic wooden vessel the first thing you do upon finding dry land is to disassemble the vessel to create shelters, carts, pens and corrals.

Because there is no other wood!

Considering the Bronze Age, would not lead to the iron age for thousands of years afterwards, it’s doubtful any petrified wood found with Iron nails would have been the arc.

In the case of most people being marooned on a wooden vessel in an isolated place without resources they strip the vessel in short order in that fashion for those things.

I love a good story as much as the next guy, which is why I will now add, once upon a time there was a man named Japhetto who dreamed of having a little boy but was old and had no wife, so he made a wooden doll that he fashioned into a puppet and named him Pinocchio, who wanted to be a little boy so bad…

Also, what about insects? I know there are aquatic insects, but there are a lot that can't survive in water, and I think there are more insects then animals. So I guess Noah and his family, not only, gathered all of the animal species, but all of the insects.....times 2!

Originally posted by DarkspARCS

Originally posted by IntastellaBurst


You would think they would be able to get a scientist out there to confirm this after say ...... 30 years !!!

If that really was the ark, or even a ship, .... the whole structure would be petrified wood wouldnt it ???

why only just a plank ?

The whole structure is pertified wood! =)

and they found more than just a plank... they found petrified animal dung, and did a radar scan of the site, which revealed the object has the shape of a ship with internal compartments.

Do you have any idea how long it takes for wood/animal dung to become petrified?