A Case For Creation

[Cracker Jack]

"The Gilgamesh Epic:

Hey, I remember Picard saying something about Gilgamesh on Star Trek the Next Generation

Gilgamesh, a king. Gilgamesh, a king. He tormented his subjects. He drove them to anger. They cried out, "Send our king a companion! Spare us from his madness!"
Enkidu, a wildman of the forest, entered the city. They fought in the temple. They fought in the street. Gilgamesh defeated Enkidu. They became close friends. Gilgamesh and Enkidu, at Uruk.
The new friends went into the desert, where the Great Bull of Heaven was killing men by the hundreds. Enkidu caught it by the tail, Gilgamesh struck it with his sword. They were victorious. But Enkidu fell to the ground, struck down by the gods.
And Gilgamesh wept bitter tears, saying, "He who was my companion through adventure and hardship, is gone forever ..."

 

[squeekness]

I am not convinced that everything in the Bible should be taken literally. Genesis and your legends speak of the flood. Well, geologists have proven there was a cataclysmic flood in the area of the Middle East so the legends may speak true of an actual event that did occur. I don't know exactly that an ark was built and a whole bunch of animals were saved on it. The importance of the story of Noah is obedience. God asked Noah to do something and even though it seemed nutty at the time, he obeyed and it turned out to be the right thing and Noah and his family was saved. Noah trusted in God and God delivered him. That is the covanant, that is the bond between us and it is a lesson in faith.

 

[TheSumOfGod]

I am not convinced that everything in the Bible should be taken literally. Genesis and your legends speak of the flood. Well, geologists have proven there was a cataclysmic flood in the area of the Middle East so the legends may speak true of an actual event that did occur. I don't know exactly that an ark was built and a whole bunch of animals were saved on it. The importance of the story of Noah is obedience. God asked Noah to do something and even though it seemed nutty at the time, he obeyed and it turned out to be the right thing and Noah and his family was saved. Noah trusted in God and God delivered him. That is the covanant, that is the bond between us and it is a lesson in faith.

I was thinking that the "Great Flood" was more a gigantic tsunami that occured when the island-continent of Atlantis sank into the Atlantic Ocean at the end of the last ice age. It would have killed millions of people along the coastlines of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and the story would have been passed down among many different cultures, each adapting it to their own part of the world.

 

[squeekness]

I was thinking that the "Great Flood" was more a gigantic tsunami that occured when the island-continent of Atlantis sank into the Atlantic Ocean at the end of the last ice age. It would have killed millions of people along the coastlines of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and the story would have been passed down among many different cultures, each adapting it to their own part of the world.

t's very possible. Tho I am iffy on the whole Atlantis thing. I'd settle for a huge earthquake which is essentially the same thing.