Lycorth Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 They had a festival for it and it was called "argha noa". Time for some etymological speculation. "Argha" = "Ark"? "Noa" = "Noah"? Perhaps that is where the writer of the OT flood myth got those names from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick5 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Well, Noah is obvious... but I have no idea what "argha" means. EDIT: I just checked, and "argha noa" means "wet moon". It refers to the lower quarter of the moon (the "boat"). This is also the origin of baptism. Being submerged in water, washing away the old.. being "born again". The waters of chaos, as the egyptians called them, were in fact a good thing because they brought fresh minerals and made it possible for new life to grow from the ground. Each year, egypt was submerged in water and was born again. That's why when you are converting from the "evil old world" to christianity, you must be "born again", or baptised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 They had a festival for it and it was called "argha noa". Time for some etymological speculation. "Argha" = "Ark"? "Noa" = "Noah"? Perhaps that is where the writer of the OT flood myth got those names from? Noah, very likely, since it's close to the name in the original book. But I don't think it's called "Ark" in Hebrew or Greek. -edit- Sorry, I mean, "it's possible", not "very likely", who knows if it came from the same word or not. But it's a strange coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnosis of Disbelief Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Since freeday wants to do his dissection of the theory of evolution, turnabout's fair play, don't you think? Maybe we can start a thread dissecting the pagan origins of Genesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick5 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I love how they just stop replying when you bring up those kind of facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astreja Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 My understanding of parthenogenesis (pregnancy without input from the male of a species) is that the resultant offspring are female. No "Y" chromosomes available, you see. So, unless Jesus was female, the virgin birth is nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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