ArchivedThe Quran - Noahs ArkLight, my friend, you put yourself in a BIG trouble: Noah Flood in The Holy Bible and The Noble Qur'an Before talking about the Flood in The Holy Bible, please permit me to talk about Adam story in the Holy Bible then link it to the flood: Among the 4 Gospels used by the Christian church, only Luke provides information on Abraham's ancestors going back to the first man Adam. Luke mentions 20 names, while the Old Testament only mentions 19: After Arphaxad (# 12), Luke has added a person called Cainan (# 13) who is not mentioned in Genesis as the son of Arphaxad. Well let's leave this contradiction aside, and take the subject from a scientific view: Luke in his Gospel mentions 20 names between Adam and Abraham, 19 of which are to be found in Genesis (chapters 4,5 and 11). Today it's estimated that Abraham was alive in circa 1850 BC. And by using the ages provided by Genesis (chapters 4,5, and 11), and by doing a simple calculation, we conclude that Adam whom is supposed to be the first man has appeared on earth in 3796 BC!!!! In 3796 BC, many civilisations were in existence and were flourishing: For example, Mesopotamia was in existence since 6000 BC, Chinese civilisation in 4200 BC, Pre-Egyptian dynasty in 5000 BC... Even Jericho city in Palestine was in existence since 7000 BC. The first wooden tire was invented aroud 3500 BC. After all this, the Holy Bible wants to convince us that Adam appeared on earth on 3796 BC??? After all this we must be convinced that chapters 4,5, and 11 of Genesis are inspired by God!!!! That's not all: Bishop James Ussher (1581-1656) whom was bishop of Armagh in Northern Ireland, was able by using the Holy Bible to determine the exact date for the creation of the earth: 4004 BC!!!! (Craig G.Y. and E.J. Jones. "A Geological Miscellany". Princeton University Press, 1982). And by using the Holy Bible, professor John Lightfoot from Cambridge University, was also able to give us the precise date for the creation of the earth: Friday, October 23rd, 4004 BC!!!!!!!! (John Lightfoot, “A Few and New Observations upon the Book of Genesis”, London, 1642, pp. 1-4). There is no wonder why Galileo Galilee (1564-1642) once said: “The Bible is here to teach people how to go to heavens; it is not here to teach people how the heavens go”. The situation in The Noble Qur'an is totally different. The Noble Qur'an gives a general vision and doesn't mention any date or period for the appearance of Adam, which in consequence does not give rise to any criticisms from a historical point of view. Now back to the Flood: In the Holy Bible, we are told that the Flood took place when Noah was 600 years old (Genesis 7:6). According to the genealogies in chapter 5 of Genesis, we know that Noah is said to have been born 1,056 years after Adam. Consequently, the Flood would have taken place 1,655 years after the creation of Adam. The Flood, this universal cataclysm, would therefore be situated in the Twenty-first or Twenty-second century B.C. The genealogical table of Abraham given in (Genesis 11:10-32) allows us to estimate that Abraham was born 292 years after the Flood. As we know that (according to the Bible) Abraham was alive in roughly 1850 B.C. How is it possible to conceive today of a universal cataclysm in the Twenty-first or Twenty-second century B.C. which destroyed life on all the earth's surface? By this time, civilizations had flourished in several parts of the globe, and their vestiges have now come down to posterity. In Egypt at this time, for example, the Intermediate Period followed the end of the Old Kingdom and preceded the beginning of the Middle Kingdom. In view of our knowledge of the history of this period, it would be absurd to maintain that the Flood had destroyed all civilization at this time. Thus It may be affirmed from a historical point of view that the narration of the Flood as it is presented in the Bible is in evident contradiction with modern knowledge. The Qur'an gives a general version which is different from that contained in the Bible and does not give rise to any criticisms from a historical point of view. Whereas the Bible describes a universal Flood intended to punish ungodly humanity as a whole, the Qur'an, in contrast, mentions several punishments inflicted on certain specifically defined communities. This may be seen in verses 35 to 39 chapter 25. Alexei |
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