Mother fears for son missing on expedition to find Noah’s Ark

[Mich the Tester]

They always have some fit females those Jehovah's witnesses. I never pass up a chance for a chat about evolution.

Handing out free biology lessons?

[xoggoth]

Thinking about it, maybe stories passed by word of mouth are more accurate. If you had a vested interest in pedddling some particular line, you might spend more time polishing a written account you thought would survive than if you were simply telling a story you knew would be subject to variation due to error.

[doodab]

I can never figure out what the Jehovah of the old testament has to do with the Christ of the new testament, seems to be a totally different message and a totally different god.

Perhaps some believer can explain it to me. I promise not to laugh. (Much)

The Jehovah of the old testament was Christ of the new testaments dad. Or something.

[Platypus]

If you had a vested interest in pedddling some particular line, you might spend more time polishing a written account you thought would survive ...

Like the Bible ?

[shaunbhoy]

We already know what happens with stories that are passed down by civilisations. The main characters end up supernatural entities. Whole branches of science get lost even when they're written down, let alone complex numbers.

The whole thing can be explained with a few hockeystick graphs and a shedload of waffling!

HTH

sasguru

[OwlHoot]

The story of Noah is in many ancient texts and religions. It obviously has a basis in fact somewhere.

maybe the Black Sea deluge theory

(although, reading that article, opinion seems more divided than I thought)

edit: Oops, just seen your reply that mentions the same idea

[RichardCranium]

Well I'm not sure if RC and SY are sockies or not, jury's still out.

No it isn't. I'm a sockie and he's my sockie. Do try and KUATB.

[Spacecadet]

The story of Noah is in many ancient texts and religions. It obviously has a basis in fact somewhere.

The story itself probably pre dates all those texts and was woven in to each of them.
As for being based in fact... The flood, maybe, the details of the ark, probably not. The story, like many that would have been told orally would have had a strong moral purpose in teaching the listeners about being prepared, fearing god and acted as a warning that if he could do it once then he could do it again.
At that time, natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, droughts, plagues and pestilence would have been civilisation changing events

[d000hg]

I can never figure out what the Jehovah of the old testament has to do with the Christ of the new testament, seems to be a totally different message and a totally different god.

Trinity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[d000hg]

They always have some fit females those Jehovah's witnesses. I never pass up a chance for a chat about evolution.

I didn't know they had strong opinions on the matter. But then, I don't really know what their doctrine is other than not celebrating Christmas and birthdays.

I have only once ever had JWs come round, even though they have a meeting room across the street from where I live they never visit. Obviously not trying hard enough.