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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5314136" data-attributes="member: 24302">We had a hard enough time with lions, tigers, and bears.&nbsp; There&#039;s just no way we could have coexisted with giant meat eating lizards.&nbsp; It&#039;s about 100% certain that a giant meteor or comet struck in what&#039;s now the Yucatan Peninsula millions of years ago and killed off the dinosaurs, setting the stage for the rise of mammals.&nbsp; You may have not made it 6000-8000 years but I know plenty of Christians who do.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t aware that the Bible referred to Pangea or the separation of continents.&nbsp; What I do believe is men with primitive technology created mythology to explain the natural world.&nbsp; That&#039;s been true of every human group.&nbsp; And if that mythology is questioned then something is wrong with us because of faith.&nbsp; There was a time when men believed the entire universe revolved around the Earth and any questioning of that could get you in serious trouble.&nbsp; Plenty of evidence of floods without the Noah account or the Gilgamesh account.&nbsp; There&#039;s evidence the narrow strait that separates Istanbul collapsed and water flooded through from the Mediterranean to form what is now the Black Sea.&nbsp; Whole villages have been discovered under the water there.&nbsp; Now if you had primitive technology and your world got flooded on that epic a scale might you not create a myth to explain it?&nbsp; Remember the Black Sea area is where early civilization developed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5314136, member: 24302"] We had a hard enough time with lions, tigers, and bears. There's just no way we could have coexisted with giant meat eating lizards. It's about 100% certain that a giant meteor or comet struck in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula millions of years ago and killed off the dinosaurs, setting the stage for the rise of mammals. You may have not made it 6000-8000 years but I know plenty of Christians who do. I wasn't aware that the Bible referred to Pangea or the separation of continents. What I do believe is men with primitive technology created mythology to explain the natural world. That's been true of every human group. And if that mythology is questioned then something is wrong with us because of faith. There was a time when men believed the entire universe revolved around the Earth and any questioning of that could get you in serious trouble. Plenty of evidence of floods without the Noah account or the Gilgamesh account. There's evidence the narrow strait that separates Istanbul collapsed and water flooded through from the Mediterranean to form what is now the Black Sea. Whole villages have been discovered under the water there. Now if you had primitive technology and your world got flooded on that epic a scale might you not create a myth to explain it? Remember the Black Sea area is where early civilization developed. [/QUOTE]

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