Jason
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Post by Jason on Mar 17, 2008 16:05:32 GMT -4
1. Wouldn't a lack of evidence relegate this to "magic"? (Or supernatural causes?) I believe miracles can occur and that at least the majority of the miracles described in the Bible did occur, but I don't believe that miracles are supernatural in the sense that they break physical laws. Rather I believe they make use of physical laws in ways we don't yet understand. I don't know how to turn five loaves and two fishes into a meal for thousands of people, but I can accept that God knows quite a bit more than I about how the physical laws of the universe work and that He may have a way to seemingly produce food from nothing. Some people do so, but if it were a strictly natural occurance it would be of no concern and little interest to me. Because it was an act of God it becomes significant and worthy of study.
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 17, 2008 17:48:38 GMT -4
Without pulling out any of my books, isn't there strong evidence that the Medditeranean Sea was flooded following the meltdown of the last ice age?
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Jason
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Post by Jason on Mar 17, 2008 18:00:51 GMT -4
Without pulling out any of my books, isn't there strong evidence that the Mediterranean Sea was flooded following the meltdown of the last ice age? I have heard that theory before, though I'm not sure if it's a current theory. There was a science fiction series I read once that concerned the pre-historic civilization that occupied the Mediterranean sea bed - The Gandalara Cycle. The protagonist, who is originally from our own time, discovers Gandalara will eventually become the Mediterranean and begins a mass migration to Europe at the end of the series.
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Al Johnston
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Post by Al Johnston on Mar 17, 2008 18:25:24 GMT -4
Julian May's Many Coloured Land series (aka The Saga of the Exiles) used the idea too.
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