Fri Dec 21, 2012, 09:21 PM

UTUSN (34,874 posts)

No, really, AMANPOUR, the Flood & all that Bible crap?!1

O.K., there likely been a flood in the inhabited Black Sea. Discuss, discuss. discuss.

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No, really, AMANPOUR, the Flood & all that Bible crap?!1 (Original post)	UTUSN	Dec 2012	OP
Context?	SheilaT	Dec 2012	#1
To extrapolate. There is a belief that the black sea flood happened during pre-history, but	R. Daneel Olivaw	Dec 2012	#4
This message was self-deleted by its author	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#2
I called my congresscritter about an hour ago after someone else told me to call him	madinmaryland	Dec 2012	#3
But what about the Flood and all that Bible crap?	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#5
We have had some flooding here in Maryland, but nothing like what happened north of here in NJ,	madinmaryland	Dec 2012	#6
I hope they changed his name! nt	Auntie Bush	Dec 2012	#12
I hope so too. Hopefully his new parents will give him the childhood he deserves. nt	madinmaryland	Dec 2012	#15
We had a flood in the basement once when the pipes froze.	tavernier	Dec 2012	#7
Just turned the channel.	Doremus	Dec 2012	#8
thx nt	UTUSN	Dec 2012	#10
I saw the promo for that. Very disappointing.	Arugula Latte	Dec 2012	#9
science has proved it, almost	Viva_La_Revolution	Dec 2012	#11
List of flood myths	PADemD	Dec 2012	#16
I watched some of it.	femmocrat	Dec 2012	#13
Many cultures have great flood stories, even many with no known connections	TheKentuckian	Dec 2012	#14

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 09:32 PM

SheilaT (12,465 posts)

1. Context?

Sounds like you're watching something that not everyone here is.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:01 PM

R. Daneel Olivaw (2,928 posts)

4. To extrapolate. There is a belief that the black sea flood happened during pre-history, but

that humans lived in the area and are the basis for Noah and the great flood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis

I believe that there is also evidence for archaeological structures lying beneath the surface of the black sea which could give credence to the whole hypothesis.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 09:56 PM

madinmaryland (52,935 posts)

3. I called my congresscritter about an hour ago after someone else told me to call him

RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

Congressman Cummings was not in, but they took my message thanking him for supporting more gun regulations!!

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:01 PM

slackmaster (60,567 posts)

5. But what about the Flood and all that Bible crap?

Have you thought about the Children?

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:08 PM

madinmaryland (52,935 posts)

6. We have had some flooding here in Maryland, but nothing like what happened north of here in NJ,

though we do have bible thumpers in central Maryland who are KKK/NRA members. I think one of them named their child Adolf Hitler Campbell. Fortunately they took the child out of that horrible situation.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:31 PM

Auntie Bush (15,264 posts)

12. I hope they changed his name! nt

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 11:03 PM

madinmaryland (52,935 posts)

15. I hope so too. Hopefully his new parents will give him the childhood he deserves. nt

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:16 PM

tavernier (627 posts)

7. We had a flood in the basement once when the pipes froze.

FYI... don't flush the toilet when that happens.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:18 PM

Doremus (5,138 posts)

8. Just turned the channel.

She is usually someone whose reporting I admire but the subject matter is stretching credulity this evening, for me. DH was enjoying it but when he left I saw no reason to continue listening to it.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:23 PM

UTUSN (34,874 posts)

10. thx nt

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:20 PM

Arugula Latte (40,188 posts)

9. I saw the promo for that. Very disappointing.

It looks like it will only encourage the idiots who mistake mythology with history.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:25 PM

Viva_La_Revolution (27,078 posts)

11. science has proved it, almost

The area did flood about 5000bc. (and several times before) The bible tells the tale, approximately. It wasn't a worldwide flood, just a flood covering their known world.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 11:58 PM

PADemD (2,013 posts)

16. List of flood myths

Many cultures have flood myths similar to the Noah flood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_myths

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:41 PM

femmocrat (13,962 posts)

13. I watched some of it.

The part about the flood was pretty interesting, IMO. But then I got bored and changed the channel. LOL

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 11:00 PM

TheKentuckian (17,393 posts)

14. Many cultures have great flood stories, even many with no known connections

I think there may be something to it in human history, in a substantial way. Probably not a literal global flood but it wouldn't take such a thing to make people of ancient times believe it.

Who knows. Mythology is fun and probably chock full of little kernels of truth.

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