Before The Flood

badboy

The title of an interesting book by Ian Wilson about the idea that the legend of Noah's flood originated from a cataspastric(sic) flooding in pre-recorded times circa 5600 BC when water from Meditterean burst through to flood what is now the Black Sea.

(My bookclub sent me two copies of each book,POSSIBLY THE RESULT OF AN ADMINISTRIVE ERROR,the other being Earthly Remains, I did think, should I tip the two extra books into the KH carpark!)

Interestly it mentions the Institue for Creation Research who the WT quotes from in their Evolution/Creation book who claim that John Morris saw the Ark on Ararat,(Their is a Ark shaped structure on a nearby mountain but it is a geological structure that has `slipped'.

The wood that has been found on Ararat probably comes from a Byzantine hermitage,it has been dated to c. AD400.

Lets hope the WT publishes yet more Bullshit!

funkyderek

cataspastric(sic)

Cata-what? I can't find this word in a dictionary. Obviously you're quoting verbatim but do you have any idea what the word means or which word the author intended to use?

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"Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein

Nemesis

Badboy:

Have you read the book ‘Angels and Women’? It was endorsed by the Golden Age back in 1924. It was supposed to have been written by a psychic/medium who got it dictated to her by some repentant fallen angel. Anyhow it’s all bout the conditions before the flood under the rule of the Nephilim and the materialised angels. I enjoyed it as an interesting novel, seems to have been tampered with a lot after the flood section, either that, or the Watch Tower took many of its views from that book. Mind you they would class you as dabbling in demonism if you read it now; ‘new light’ don’t you know!

Sargon

Since I happened to be in the library, I looked up the word cataspastric in lots of dictionarys. I couldn't find it.
Badboy, are you sure this author isn't related to Lewis Carroll.

Imagination is more important than Knowledge. Albert Einstein

badboy

I mean Catastrope? meaning disaster/disasterous etc

JAVA

Interestly it mentions the Institue for Creation Research who the WT quotes from in their Evolution/Creation book who claim that John Morris saw the Ark on Ararat,(Their is a Ark shaped structure on a nearby mountain but it is a geological structure that has `slipped'.

When groups like the Institute for Creation Research seek so-called proof to support their religious myth, it's little wonder organizations like the Watchtower quote them to support their myth. This type of circular support keeps the faithful busy watching the hound chase its tail, while the rabbit eats the carrots. If one seeks verifiable evidence about something like the Ark story, empirical observation must be used to report. That's something the Watchtower and groups like the Institute of Creation Research fail to do. As a result, they quote unscholarly reports to support myths. The faithful believe because they want to believe, but whatever you do, don't confuse them with empirical facts! Thanks for the report, badboy.

funkyderek

I mean Catastrope? meaning disaster/disasterous etc

OK, so you meant catastrophic. You see, when you put sic after a word, you're telling people that you're quoting it exactly as it was printed, and usually that the original was spelt incorrectly or used in an incorrect context. Hence the confusion. Try http://www.dictionary.com if you're unsure of the spelling of certain words.

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"Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein

Abaddon

Nice point funky D... I'm terrible at spelling, but if I'm not sure and can't be assed I normally put (sp?) after the word to indicate I know I'm probably wrong.

Before The Flood

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