Christian Extremists preach pure hate

[Richard]

I agree, I read a treatise not long ago whose point was that there was not enough moisture in the atmosphere to form a biblical flood of the proportions imagined in so many ancient books. BUT, given the location of the cradle of humanity. What if there was a land bridge between what is now known as the Pillars of Hercules? That narrow strait that now joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. What if an earthquake or land shift caused the Atlantic to flow into what is now the Mediterranean?

Can you just imagine? The entire force of the Atlantic ocean filling everything? Biblical flood indeed.

I see no reason to even consider the idea of a flood of Biblical proportions. We're dealing with primitive people who didn't even know about the rest of the world. Of course they thought the water covered the whole Earth - they just thought the Earth was very, very small!

Just a figure of speech Monica. I just meant that an event whose origins were based on the loss of integrity of that particular land bridge would bring about a flood of monstrous proportions. So large, that the effects of it would cover the many cultures..and sub cultures in the entire mediterranean area.

Could be a logical explanation of why the story seems to be so widespread, culturally speaking.

Richard