Seashells at the top of Mt. Everest

Originally posted by @fmf
"The names of the people"?

Genesis 10:1-32, 11:10-26
1 Chronicles 1:1-27, 1:28-9:44

Originally posted by @rbhill
Genesis 10:1-32, 11:10-26
1 Chronicles 1:1-27, 1:28-9:44

ah, you mean the local list. I don't see any mention of the Aborigines in Australia or the Siberians or the Chinese.

Originally posted by @rbhill
Genesis 10:1-32, 11:10-26
1 Chronicles 1:1-27, 1:28-9:44

It would seem you are carefully trying not to address my first post on page 1. If you think you are addressing it, perhaps you could you have another go?

Originally posted by @fmf
How were such ethnically diverse groups as Australian Aborigines and the Chinese Zhuang and the Nigerian Igbo and the lily-white members of the English aristocracy, for example, supposed to have been produced from the cousin-with-cousin incestual sexual intercourse of Noah's grandchildren - who'd been provided to him by his three sons in a supposedly otherwise unpopulated earth - in such a short time span?

Do yourself a favor and read up on mutations and exponential growth.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Do yourself a favor and read up on mutations and exponential growth.

How many years do you claim there were between the three sons' children having sex with each other and the emergence of the ethnic diversity we currently see in the world? For example, the Australian Aboriginals date back at least 40,000 years. How does the story of Noah's three sons having children fit into that?

Originally posted by @fmf
How many years do you claim there were between the three sons' children having sex with each other and the emergence of the ethnic diversity we currently see in the world? For example, the Australian Aboriginals date back at least 40,000 years. How does the story of Noah's three sons having children fit into that?

Modern dating methods rely heavily on certain presuppositions that cannot be proven.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Modern dating methods rely heavily on certain presuppositions that cannot be proven.

So how many years do you claim there were between Noah's three sons' procreating after "the flood" and the emergence of the ethnic diversity we can now see around the world?

Originally posted by @fmf
So how many years do you claim there were between Noah's three sons' procreating after "the flood" and the emergence of the ethnic diversity we can now see around the world?

Don't think anyone knows for sure, if someone does let them speak up. Do you know how many years there were?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Don't think anyone knows for sure, if someone does let them speak up. Do you know how many years there were?

Well, I think the flood and Noah and animals and the sons and the incest and all the rest are all mythology. So what are you asking me? You're asking me how many years since the occurrence of some mythological event ~ which you just so happen to believe in ~ the timing of which you yourself don't know? Bit of a silly question on your part.

Originally posted by @fmf
Well, I think the flood and Noah and animals and the sons and the incest and all the rest are all mythology. So what are you asking me? You're asking me how many years since the occurrence of some mythological event ~ which you just so happen to believe in ~ the timing of which you yourself don't know? Bit of a silly question on your part.

I merely returned the favor and asked you the 'silly' question that you asked me. You should ask yourself why it is that when you ask a question nothing is wrong with it, but when the identical questions is posed at you you find it 'silly'.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
I merely returned the favor and asked you the 'silly' question that you asked me. You should ask yourself why it is that you ask 'silly' questions.

I don't think asking you how much time you think has elapsed since the Flood/Noah story ~ something you believe is a real event ~ is a silly question, at all. Asking me how long has supposedly elapsed, when you know I don't believe in the Flood/Noah story, certainly is silly of you.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
You should ask yourself why it is that when you ask a question nothing is wrong with it, but when the identical questions is posed at you you find it 'silly'.

I am asking about your beliefs regarding the worldwide flood mythology. For you to ask me "identical questions" about the worldwide flood mythology is just plain daft.

Originally posted by @fmf
I don't think asking you how much time you think has elapsed since the Flood/Noah story ~ something you believe is a real event ~ is a silly question, at all. Asking me how long has supposedly elapsed, when you know I don't believe in the Flood/Noah story, certainly is silly of you.

Does your question not assume that not enough time has elaspsed since the flood to account for the current population size on earth?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Does your question not assume that not enough time has elaspsed since the flood to account for the current population size on earth?

My question is asking you about your belief in the Flood/Noah story and the implications of the story.

Originally posted by @fmf
My question is asking you about your belief in the Flood/Noah story and the implications of the story.

But your question does assume that Noah's flood occurred less than 50 000 years ago? So I have every right to ask you why you made such an assumption.