There are over 300 global flood stories, in different parts of the world, and many of those myths place that time at the beginning of their era or ancestory.
This itself is a myth. No...it's a lie, used to prop up a myth. The only stuff that matters is the literature of the Early Bronze Age. This covers only three cultures: the Mesopotamian/Levant (Middle East), Egypt and India. These myths correspond to local flooding of the Tigris-Euphrates, the Nile, and the Ganges rivers.
All of the other stories which originate a thousand years later, or more, are useless to this discussion.
The only stories that matter, as far as you are concerned, are the stories from the Middle East, which are easily dismissed. Isreal (Canaan) was never under water, and the cities mentioned in the Mesopotamian myths were frequently under water.
Remember how spidergoat (post 341) specifically stated that there is no sedimentation deposited worldwide? Guess what - you have layers of sediment on top of various cities from various dynasties near the Tigris-Euphrates.
Clearly then, all of these myths relate to local river flooding, nothing more. And they are very silly myths indeed.
It points to either a major event, or many major events, but rarely can one deduce local floods, unless every local flood had prewarned citizens escaping in an ark, with animals and seed on board for one year.
Again, it's all foolishness, since these are silly myths realating to local river flooding.
No doubt there are other flood stories, and catastrophies, but none of such an impact as to remain in tradition for thousands of years.
The myths of the Bible are most easily disproven. Their survival is brought to you by the Holy Roman Empire, which says nothing of their foolish content.
If a handful of self made and styled universities some four and a half thousand years later, deny that...?
No, it's the other way around. Every center of learning in the world, except for only a few Creationist schools of propaganda, teach geology and related sciences. All of the evidence is freely available, and you can collect it all the days of your life and never run out of fresh clues that your ideas are utterly bogus.
We are back to the theory of "we are the most advanced generation ever."
Theory? You mean it's not self-evident that every generation learns by the mistakes of its predecessors, and also learns by building on the accomplishments of its predecessors?
The reason thousands of intelligent students are rejecting evolution is that the evidence they find does not always support it.
That's utterly bogus. No, it's just a lie. There is no such thing as evidence that does not support evolution. It is one of the most fundamental threads that links all of the life sciences.
I say not always, because evolution templates do fit many excavations, but not all, but a flood theory fits them all, and that's where the students make their mind up.
Here you are demonstrating a lack of knowledge of archaeology. The principle flood evidence concerning excavation sites occurs along the Tigris-Euphrates, near places mentioned in the Bible before the flood (Ur and Nineveh come to mind.) "Ashurbanipal - He who builded Nineveh" is a king born after the Gilgamesh epic, found in the ancient library at Nineveh. The excavations at principal Iraqi sites in or around these ancient cities reveals sedimentary deposits - city upon city - so it's very clear these were repeated flooding events. And they all took place before the Genesis creation story even begins.
Whether we like it or not, evolution has had its day and is crumbling as quickly as its exponents, which is sad in a way because they have spent so much time and diligent effort in that pursuit.
That's ridiculous. You're obviously steeped in propaganda. Every educated person in the world has the facts of evolution clearly laid out. They are irrefutable. You just don't read much. However, disputing evolution will not rescue your flood myth. You will also need to overturn all the findings of history and archaeology.
You can run, but you can't hide.
Your recommendation for me to be educated comes from a supportive intent, and I am certain that if I had no learning difficulties, I could have been successful in other ways.
I suggest you not give up, but pursue further testing and help. You demonstrate here that you have learned a lot from Creationist material. For example, you were quick to claim that there are around 300 flood myths. I think if you are concerned about your learning ability you should take extra care to ensure that the material you are reading comes from accredited schools and universities. I would urge you to refer to the National Academy of Sciences for some introductory material concerning evolution and science in general. The USGS, NASA and NOAA are all excellent sources of earth science educational materials.
To be honest, I was fascinated as a child, with those strata drawings, because I went through school looking at pictures and diagrams, to think that history can be read by what lies beneath.
Then don't give up, follow up. If I were you I would investigate the following information:
These are sites where clay deposits are found on top of ancient cities. If I were you I would read up on these cities and investigate ancient history. I would encourage you to read more on Ur and Nineveh. The tablets at Nineveh are in the British Museum, which has a good search tool.
Think about what it means to cite the name of a city, then to claim it was wiped out in a flood, and then to refer to that city again to people who would not be aware of its existence. Who does the Bible say came from Ur? The ancestors of the Isrealites? And this place, Ur, is covered by sedimentary clay. Think about it. And in the tablets of the people of Ur is the flood myth involving Utnapishtim. The gods that spared Utnapishtim are the "pagan" gods of the Isrealite arch-enemies, the Babylonians. Get it? They picked this story up from their enemies while in captivity.
The worst fallacy of all is to read the literature of one's pagan enemy and claim it is the "gospel truth".
