rand@ihlpf.UUCP (07/04/83)
#R:orstcs:14800002:ihlpf:22600016: 0:570 ihlpf!dap1 Jul 3 22:54:00 1983 Okay, I have been convinced that the scriptures leave room for the rainbow as a promise. This raises the question, where did the water come from before the flood? Where was the water that ended up covering the face of the earth before said flood? Finally, how did Noah have any idea of what to build for a flood when he had never even experienced rain in his life? The original "rainbow discussion" dealt with ways to physically explain such phenomonen and I am interested in any reasonable explanations of these new questions. Interested, Darrell Plank
tim@unc.UUCP (07/06/83)
And why did Infinitely Merciful God drown all those innocent beasts when He could have just vaporized the bad humans without fuss? Answer: The Flood story is just another example of primitive man attributing natural catastrophes to gods rather than leaving them unexplained. It amazes me that any modern person could fail to see this, particularly since it is impossible that various beasts which are not and never were native to the Middle East could have been saved by Noah. The story just doesn't make sense except as a primitive explanation of a natural catastrophe. ______________________________________ The overworked keyboard of Tim Maroney duke!unc!tim (USENET) tim.unc@udel-relay (ARPA) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill