Re: Evidence for a Great Flood?
a.manansala_at_attbi.com
Date: 02/25/05
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Date: 25 Feb 2005 12:49:27 -0800
Joe Jefferson wrote:
> Martin Phipps wrote:
> >
> > Joe Jefferson <jjstrshp@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:<421BE11A.5AD407D9@mindspring.com>...
> >
> >
> > There are people who, to this day, believe the
> > Bible to be literally true. Are you seriously saying that it is
> > generaly believed that no myth has any basis in truth whatsoever?
>
> Just the opposite; myths convey fundamental truths. But they are not
> factual descriptions of historical events.
>
Many events in the Bible are believed or known to be historical. Same
thing with the Quran, Homer's literature, etc., etc.
In almost every region, mythological literature is used to decipher
history.
> >
> > To say "that's the way people think" doesn't explain anything
because
> > we have to wonder why people think this way.
>
> Of course. Which is where the "myth as distorted actual event" model
has
> always broken down. Nobody has ever witnessed a current event being
> transformed into a myth, nor is there any plausible mechanism for
such a transformation.
>
Who says nobody has every witnessed a current event being transformed
into a myth? What about the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, the
cargo cults, or any modern or historical cult figure, to give a few
examples.
Look at the founder of the Bahai faith, who is generally accepted as an
historical figure. All the claimed miraculous events of his life have
become part of myth.
Another example is the great typhoon that destroyed the Mongol fleet
off Japan and was attributed to the Kami, the divine forces of nature.
As for a plausible mechanism, one doesn't even have to have much of an
imagination to figure out how this could happen.
Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala
http://sambali.blogspot.com/
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