Gilgamesh's boat was round

Post #385,797 by boxley 1/25/14 1:54:12 PM Reply	Gilgamesh's boat was round http://hosted.ap.org...14-01-24-14-58-33 proper story Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #385,802 by Another Scott 1/25/14 2:21:24 PM Reply	This is new? http://en.wikipedia....s_the_secret_plan The god Ea leaks the secret plan[edit] 1. Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh a secret story that begins in the old city of Shuruppak on the banks of the Euphrates River. 2. The "great gods" Anu, Enlil, Ninurta, Ennugi, and Ea were sworn to secrecy about their plan to cause the flood. 3. But the god Ea (Sumerian god Enki) repeated the plan to Utnapishtim through a reed wall in a reed house. 4. Ea commanded Utnapishtim to demolish his house and build a boat, regardless of the cost, to keep living beings alive. 5. The boat must have equal dimensions with corresponding width and length and be covered over like Apsu boats. [...] I guess it could have been square, but ... Thanks. Cheers, Scott. (Who hasn't found anything on "Apsu boats" yet.)
Post #385,813 by a6l6e6x 1/25/14 6:34:15 PM Reply	So are some water rides at amusement parks. It just needs to float, not go anywhere in particular. Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #385,814 by drook 1/25/14 6:38:21 PM Reply	Actually makes sense In a global flood, why would you need something that steers? -- Drew
Post #385,815 by Another Scott 1/25/14 7:24:48 PM Reply	Steering would be helpful when the drain is opened. "Hey! There's some land over there! Let's go that way! I gotta get out of this pig sty!" But without sails, yeah, it wouldn't work too well. However, since God was running everything, Noah didn't need a rudder. ;-) Cheers, Scott.

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