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   From: spammersMustDie@real-addr-is-madings-at-bmrb-wisc-edu.invalid   
      
   In talk.atheism Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1] wrote:   
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   :  THE Flood of Noah?s day was such a devastating cataclysm that   
   : mankind could never forget it. Over 2,400 years later, Jesus Christ   
   : spoke of it as a fact of history. (Matthew 24:37-39) This awesome   
   : event left such an indelible impression on the human race that it has   
   : become legendary all over the world.   
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   : In the book Myths of Creation, Philip Freund estimates that over 500   
   : Flood legends are told by more than 250 tribes and peoples. As might   
   : be expected, with the passing of many centuries, these legends have   
   : been greatly embellished with imaginary events and characters. In all   
   : of them, however, some basic similarities can be found.   
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   : As people migrated from Mesopotamia after the Flood, they carried   
   : accounts of the catastrophe to all parts of the earth. Thus,   
   : inhabitants of Asia, the islands of the South Pacific, North America,   
   : Central America, and South America have tales of this impressive   
   : event.   
      
   I suppose the simpler explanation that people have flood myths   
   because floods are common never occurred to you.   
      
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