The Far East (Religion)

by dhw, Saturday, September 18, 2010, 12:36 (4962 days ago) @ David Turell

GEORGE (under Ain't Nature Wonderful): Anyone who tries to argue in favour of the story of Noah's Fludde being a reality is not a skeptic but a propagandist for creationism.-I'm certainly not going to enter into the learned debate on the waters of the earth, let alone the logistics and the food storage and the toilet arrangements, but I would like to make a few general comments. Personally, as regards Noah, I find the tale itself quite farcical ... and indeed once wrote a comedy on the subject. But since there are so many legends concerning terrible floods, and since the ancient world didn't have our means of mass communication, I've no doubt that there were umpteen floods that seemed to the people of the time to cover the earth. But that is by the by.-The real reason for my wanting to respond to George is that even if a creationist were to join us, I would rather we explained why we find his/her views absurd than refusing to talk to him/her. If some folk don't want to join in, that's fine. Also, when it comes to privacy, B_M has every right to be wary of the Internet ... as I am myself ... and I would not want anyone to feel obliged to reveal their identity. The purpose of the forum is discussion, and this should be an end in itself. -In fairness to George, I have to say that he was one of the very first contributors to this website, and for all his occasional grumpiness (!) has made a colossal contribution to our discussions. I'm grateful to B_M for his measured and polite response, as well as to David for his apt intervention. May I suggest, though, that those who want to continue discussing Noah do so on this thread, and leave wonderful Nature to wonderful Nature?

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