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Originally Posted by pai mei
I did not open this thread to prove the bible wrong. I am not an atheist, I am more into buddhism. The existance of all the other flood myths only proves that the one in the bible is true.
I believe there was a global flood, and it happened fast, that is why all the myths tell about boats and very few survivors. What else could have caused all the myths ?
I wrote about the egyptians and tobacco just to show that history could be inaccurate. 10000 years ago they say we were living in caves. But the earth is very old, look how far we got in just 10000 years.
Also there are traces of nuclear explosions in ancient India and they also have a poem about them. Troy was just a fantasy story until someone decided to go digg it up.
http://s8int.com/atomic1.html
New theory of mine :
10000 years ago or earlyer there were some advanced civilizations, and they were destroyed by some flood, not all the people on earth experienced it, then the flood myths appeared. Simple  |
Alrighty then! I'll say it, Atlantis! So there...take that! I'd much rather discuss the unknown than the known, whether its a flood myth, galactic alignment myths, or the existence of Atlantis. The reference to nicotine & cocaine found in Egyptian mummies brings us to the realization that 3000 years ago trade 'may' have existed between South America & Africa.
http://www.science-frontiers.com/onl...=1&zoom_sort=0
I've heard theories that Altantis was everywhere from Antarctica, to the Himalayas, and everywhere in between.The antarctica theory proposes that it was in a temperate climate 10,000 years ago but moved to its present location. I reject that, continents just dont move that fast, at least to our current level of understanding.The island of Thera in the Agean sea, is also a candidate, the modern island of Santorini. I also reject that because this island simply isnt big enough. The written account by Plato states...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis
Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your state in our histories. But one of them exceeds all the rest in greatness and valour. For these histories tell of a mighty power which unprovoked made an expedition against the whole of Europe and Asia, and to which your city put an end. This power came forth out of the Atlantic Ocean, for in those days the Atlantic was navigable; and there was an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Heracles; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent which surrounded the true ocean; for this sea which is within the Straits of Heracles is only a harbour, having a narrow entrance, but that other is a real sea, and the surrounding land may be most truly called a boundless continent. Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire... (from Timaeus)
If Atlantis was larger than Libya(north Africa) and Asia(probably Asia Minor) then its a continent, or continents, that exist past the straights of Gibralter, in the Atlantic. 10,000 years ago more land would have been exposed, especially in equatorial and temperate regions(I'll exclude ice covered regions), maybe 400 ft lower than today. A civilization could have existed in South & Central America, which traded with the Egyptians, but all evidence has since been covered by water. The bimini road may or may not be evidence of that. During the next ice age, when sea levels are lower, we may actually find out.
