Finding exceptions in things has nothing to do with the origin and/or the correctness of the method. Quite the opposite, it points out the ability to stick to actual findings when these are available. (You may want to have a look at http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/media/book/chapter-06a-in-science-we-trust/ ).

Religion is not measured in ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ because it does not have a method of dealing with factual claims. When it comes to ‘values’ and ‘beliefs’, there is no right and wrong.

And finally, the fact that we don’t know everything, does not make the things we know wrong. It is just a cause for keeping on researching. Science research would cease if we knew all. The fact that we cannot know all, in fact, is an interesting scientific argument by itself.

Even science is a system of beliefs which is constantly evolving.

Take any scientific formula in existence and upon closer examination, you will find exceptions when you extend the scope of application. Even F=ma loses it’s meaning as you approach the speed of light. Energy equals mass times the speed of light is coming under scrutiny in light of quantum mechanics.

Just because a system is useful doesn’t mean it is absolutely right – or wrong. Religion is quite right about things that science can not quantify … yet. In time, science .. or something like science as we know it today will succeed in quantifying ethics and morality into a more exact method as we come to understand ourselves better. But have no fear, the vastness of the universal and all it’s possibilities will never be exhausted.

One creative Jewish excuse I heard of is of huge waves, each time covering OTHER mountain at any given time.

Thanks for the article. I professionally reserve the right to be undecided. ;)

Engrid

(1) It seems to be always possible to find excuses that explain whatever you want. If all else fails you can always come up with the “miracle” excuse.

(2) Not *every other* part of the bible is “stolen”. Like many ancient texts, some is and some isn’t…

First of all the concept of a watery canopy is just ridiculous. Having all that extra water in our atmosphere doesn’t just sit there suspended. It will add weight, increasing our atmospheric pressure. The pressure would be so great that blood would actually boil. So there goes that theory.

As to Noah being 600 years old, come on folks. Are you that stupid?

It is impossible to create a billion people in 5-6 generations starting from just 2 people. unless pregnancy lasted less than a day. And if that was true, why is it longer now? Why go through the trouble of changing our pregnancy terms?

If god was omniscient he would have foreseen the degeneration of the people he created in such a short time. He would have known this would happen, thus how could he be sorrowful? If he is omnibenevolent how is it benevolent to knowingly create a race that you know will degrade in such a short time? I consider that malicious and evil.

All this is pretty damning proof there was no great flood ever, but the most damning piece of the puzzle is; why are there no written records of the various cultures during this time of the great flood? Egypt would have been flooded but their society clearly survived, so how can you explain that? They were not wiped out at all, and they were not on the ark. so that proves what god said was wrong. not everything died. Also there is NO explanation of the America’s, Australia, or any other continent with populated people on it. All those people would have been wiped out. They survived, and we found civilizations on each as they were discovered. There are maps of this time from several areas that show the earth was the same as it is now, continents were not together.

This tall tale, like every other part of the bible is stolen from previous myths that might loosely be based on some truth, but changed much over the thousands of years of time in between.

If you don’t like it.