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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]Iggo
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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