From Noah to Abraham

Please watch this video right through to the end: to do otherwise would be to miss the punchline.

The myth of noah devastates the Old Testament. This is partly due to the flood story itself, but even more devastating is what comes after, which ends up making a mockery of the entire book of Genesis and the authenticity of Yahweh himself.

I think this video will, for many people, be a 'keeper' well worth favouriting.

I hope so anyway, it is a point I alluded to in a video response over six months ago but one which really deserved a video of its' own. Here is that video.


Notes:
The historical human geography is very complex. Not only do we have locations to deal with we also have to place these on a timeline and, in this case, not one timeline but two (the biblical version and the historically more accurate version).
In view of this let me state that I know some of the statements made in this video are open to debate (the location of Ur and who, in a biblical version of history, we should class the sumerians as desendants of) but none of this impacts on the two messages of the video as they are only included to give some background and flesh out the situation.

Secondly, I don't mention the Tower of Babel story. If I had it would only make the problem of keeping these burgeoning races apart even worse and it is unclear in the bible at exactly what juncture between Noah and Abraham this event actually occured.


Additional:
Link here to article on radiometric dating for those discussing it in the comments:

http://www.asa3.org/ASA/RESOURCES/WIENS.html

Category:

Education

[Uhlbelk]

Ok :) last comment for the evening. This argument seems like a reductio ad absurdum type of argument. The problem though is that you allow absurd propositions (for arguments sake) but then don't apply those absurdities with logical consistency. For instance the animals going back home, or a 900+ year old man living in the same community that you apply a high infant and childhood mortality rate to? Its just not really possible to make this argument this way imo.

[noelplum99]

@Uhlbelk

I understand the point you are making here and it has some validity. However, just because someone posits something remarkable - like a 900+ year old man - is no reason not to point out the other remarkable factors that would be required to make the story possible

[a012345]

Logic does nothing to superstition and magic.

[noelplum99]

@indiasucksalways

I was listening to a lecture series recently and the guy was talking about roman society around the time of Julius Caeser. He said that, even with the advances of roman society, every woman that made breeding age needed to average 6 children just to MAINTAIN the population, never mind expand it. Even on those figures that would require 18 births per woman to treble the population, add on the harshness of the conditions and the figure is just silly.

[Maxid1]

You forgot to add that the ark wasn't big enough to even carry every species of ant or that all sea creatures would have perished.The serving of other gods was the reason for the flood.The turning away from the God of Christ.I don't know why you persist in trying to explain away the bible.The bible says you can't understand it without the spirit of Christ within you to give you discernment.There's only one way:Truthfully accept Jesus Christ and ask Him into your heart.He'll explain the rest.

[stellerrocker9]

responce on Richard Dawkins, you mention that empathy could possibly be a gene we have developed, hence why we feel bad tredding on frogs! Is there a gene then for faith, hope and prosperity which are possibly the reasons for the rise of Noah and the root to all mankinds success to the now. Surely with the capacity to believe that the minute old "parallell universe theory" makes just about anything possible, even a truly real creator can exist in your world?

[Cloyde100]

Shem= Father of the White/Fair skinned race.

Ham= Father of the Black/darkerskinned race.

Japhet Father of the Yellow (ish) race.

[MrOmniblast]

So...which son had mongoloids? <_<...Oh right...who ever wrote this didn't know shit about far East Asia...carry on.

[blipin1]

@phil89531 you are a moron!

[phil89531]

You have nothing to do other than make videos? do you have a family? do you have a job? why are you bald? why is your voice so annoying?

[sol3a1]

Awesome. Thanks for the info.

[evoman1776]

You don't need to argue that there was no flood. Anyone who believes that is beyond hope anyway.

[Aydosh1991]

The first video I have seen of yours. Worth watching and I like your conclusions. Keep up the good work.

From a fellow mensan.