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In reply to the discussion: Cosmos & Neil Degrasse Tyson state that Great Flood occurred in Sumeria & retold as Noah's Ark [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)64. He did not quite go far enough
But it is a science program, not ancient history.
The sources for the Noah story are both the story of Gilgamesh, covered by Tyson (very well mind you) and the story of a local prince who survived a great flood of the Tigris on an ark (raft) full of chickens and goats on the way to market
For some odd reason the hero had his full family on board.
Add to this story an angry god and a 40 day flood, and a dove...silly me, forgot the dove. But that and Gilgamesh are the two parent stories
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Cosmos & Neil Degrasse Tyson state that Great Flood occurred in Sumeria & retold as Noah's Ark [View all]
E-Z-B
May 2014
OP
Great show. He's building up to a big climax of telling all the repubs that they are idiots for
FSogol
May 2014
#2
I figured he would show that Reagan wasn't give a place in the stars despite Nancy's astrology.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2014
#54
The ancient Hebrews just filed off the serial numbers and claimed the story as their own.
hobbit709
May 2014
#5
sure but their known earth would be localized by real global standards nt
arely staircase
May 2014
#59
You are refereing to the Tihanaco ruins (and terracing) from, at most, 1500 years ago
intaglio
May 2014
#113
I have, in fact, spent time with Bible believers, and I didn't like it much.
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2014
#24
Many intriguing possibilities with ice dams. Alternatively, Mediterranean & Black Sea
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2014
#33
'Believers' already have hand-waved that away for the reason the poster above you mentioned.
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#40
Large parts of the Old Testament were written after the Babylonian exile & return.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2014
#27
The aim of all those fundie laws to get creationism into the classroom is two-fold. First...
Moonwalk
May 2014
#69
Writing, pre-production, taping all done. Often editing is finishing an episode or two ahead. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2014
#34
Yeah. Ironically, Noah's Ark might wind up being "true" after all, in the future.
Arugula Latte
May 2014
#23
Fox TV is very separate from Fox News. Note the animated comedy shows. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2014
#35
I have noticed that they credit women (finally!) for a lot of important things.
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2014
#26
Missoula Flood is a well documented more recent glacier event.....where I now live.....
zwyziec
May 2014
#36
Not only did I see it, but I wrote down the guy's name…(Gilgemesh) (spelling?) for research. nt
silvershadow
May 2014
#41
I don't have a tv, so I didn't get to see it, but there is a class called "Heaven and Hell" taught
jtuck004
May 2014
#43
Apparently he also has a class, "A Cultural History of Beer". I suspect that one
jtuck004
May 2014
#81
It's just a learned skill. Put some things in the ground and learn about them, and don't
jtuck004
May 2014
#78
I was told by a Jewish friend that the books of the Old Testament are not meant to be
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#53
I heard that the melting of the ice may account for the legends of Atlantis. The rising waters
E-Z-B
May 2014
#62
I thought it was the creation of the Black Sea when the mediterranean rose after the ice age melt
vkkv
May 2014
#77
Mount Sinai is in the Sinai penninsula, between the Red Sea and modern-day Israel
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#121
I saw it, too, and loved it. I wish the series wouldn't end. Tyson is so engaging.
valerief
May 2014
#85
Please tell me he said it was a legend, and not that it 'occurred'
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#87
That 'controversial theory' doesn't actually have decent evidence for it
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#120
So far, Hiding in the Light has been my favorite episode, although I've enjoyed them all.
valerief
May 2014
#90
But it's in the Bible!! It's the the word of God!! We must believe believe believe believe
YOHABLO
May 2014
#106
You might enjoy how empowered the feminine is in this "different" telling of
truedelphi
May 2014
#116
People, thousands of years ago, trying to make sense of what happens to them and their
merrily
May 2014
#118
I still think it's more likely that the flood stories were inspired by something much larger ...
dawg
May 2014
#146
And we have no evidence that something like that happened in the Neolithic
nadinbrzezinski
May 2014
#151
I think I remember Fundamentalists rejoicing about the war in Iraq. The destruction of Babylon
E-Z-B
May 2014
#143
Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Miles O’Brien slam CNN as the ‘Wal-Mart of journalism’
napkinz
May 2014
#149
and here's a deeper discussion on Mesopotamian ties to their neighbors, yea and nay
MisterP
May 2014
#162