The Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza were all built by 2500 BCE, before the Bible says Noah’s flood occurred.
According to the Bible in the year 2348 BCE the earth was plunged into a global flood which killed everyone everywhere because everyone was doing everything naughty (except Noah and his immediate family).
How do we know the Bible says 2348 BCE for the flood? Because in the 17th century an Irish fellow named James Ussher figured it out by carefully adding up the ages of the ancestors of Jesus as listed in the Bible all the way back to Adam. He also determined that according to the Bible the universe was created in 4004 BCE.
But hold on….among other historical problems with these dates is the fact that Egypt has been continuously occupied from 5400 BCE through today.
That not only means there were people living continuously in Egypt before, during, and after the flood was supposed to have happened and killed everyone according to the Bible, but that there were people living in Egypt even before the Bible says the Earth and the Universe were created in 4004 BCE.
How do we know how long people were living there? Through archeological finds, carbon dating and Egyptian record keeping we know that people were continuously living in Egypt back to at least the 5400 BCE date.
So… no, the pyramids have never been underwater.
References:
Wikipedia article on Ussher’s Chronology
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/timeline.html
http://www.egyptologyonline.com/chronology.htm
Interesting. A decisive blow to YEC’s (as well as all other archaeological evidence in the world :P).
Thanks. I think the Egyptian chronology is very iron-clad. Hard to argue against for those claiming an accurate literal interpretation of the Bible.
i do not understand the two links you provide both say that the egyptian experience began approx 3000 bc you got an extra thousand years for whatever you want to throw in there, be it christian or non christian what makes the egyptian historians more accurate than the biblical type. what survived the flood….only a big stone structure…..expertly constructed. what say ye
I’m not sure where you’re getting that the two links I provided begin Egyptian experience in 3000 BCE. Both say that the first Egyptians are detected around 5400 to 5500 BCE, not 3000 BCE.
It’s not that Egyptian historians are more accurate. It’s that there is a *continuous history* laid out by Egyptian historians that spans way before, during and after the Bible flood was supposed to have occurred. Doesn’t make any sense if they were wiped out by a flood.
There were several pyramids that predate when the Bible flood was supposed to have occurred. None have any evidence of being underwater.
ummm thats definitely not an official date of te Flood. MOST creationists would put the flood well before 3000bc and possibly as far back as 5-8000bc
I don’t know about MOST creationists. Most creationists are laypeople because they are the only people that proponents of creationism can sway. These laypeople creationists more than likely mistakenly believe the Bible is correct in it’s genealogies. The scientific community of course doesn’t buy any assertion that puts the earth at 6000-10,000 years old because of the mountains of data which show the earth is billions of years old.
Any young earth creationist that claims that the flood happened before 3000 BCE has to then explain why the genealogies in the Bible are grossly wrong (which they are anyway because they contradict each other as well).
Christians that are old earth creationists have no problem with science because they think the Bible isn’t accurate or reliable as a scientific document.
Atheists of course have no problem recognizing that the Bible isn’t reliable as any kind of document.
Excellent point that you make capella. There are also other places in the world that show no signs of a global flooding ever taking place.
I would like to point out as well, what about plants being on board Noah’s Ark? Am I suppose to believe that they just walked upon the Ark as well? And what about the animals having birth defects and dying off due to in-breeding?
The whole story doesn’t make sense. Santa Claus and his flying rein deer is more plausible than this story.
If one wants to base their truths on beliefs as oppose to basing their beliefs on truth then I guess that’s their gig, so long as they don’t expect me to believe it.
In my opinion the Bible might as well start out as saying; “Once Upon a Time”.
Fish are also a problem. Most marine fish would be killed by diluting the sea water. Most fresh water fish would be killed by increased salinity. Corals just couldn’t survive either
Yes, good points. I have mentioned the water problem in one of my other articles:
Animal Cruise the Love Ark
Thanks, I love the picture on that. Do you mind if I use it on my blog sometime?
What were Noah’s last words?
Who brought those bloody termites on board?
Yes, you’re welcome to use any of my pictures. Good joke. :^)
Thanks.
Your site was one of the first that I came across when I was shedding my christianity a few years ago. Good to see you are still posting.
Jericho, a city in BIBLICAL land, has been occupied since 10,000 bc. They’ve also found a 6000 (Or is it 8000?) year old remnants of a village in Israel.
Oh the irony.