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| The [[traditions]] of a time when water covered the whole of the earth’s surface are [[universal]]. | | The [[traditions]] of a time when water covered the whole of the earth’s surface are [[universal]]. |
− | Many [[races]] harbor the story of a world-wide flood some time during past ages. The Biblical story of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark Noah, | + | Many [[races]] harbor the story of a world-wide flood some time during past ages. The Biblical story of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark Noah, the ark, and the flood] is an [[invention]] of the Hebrew [[priesthood]] during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian captivity]. There has |
− | the ark, and the flood] is an [[invention]] of the Hebrew [[priesthood]] during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian captivity]. There has | |
| never been a universal flood since life was established on [[Urantia]]. The only time the surface of the earth | | never been a universal flood since life was established on [[Urantia]]. The only time the surface of the earth |
| was completely covered by water was during those [[Paper 59|Archeozoic ages]] before the land had begun to appear. | | was completely covered by water was during those [[Paper 59|Archeozoic ages]] before the land had begun to appear. |
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− | But Noah really lived; he was a wine maker of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_%28biblical_region%29 Aram], a river settlement near [http://www.britannica.com/place/Erech Erech]. He kept a | + | But Noah really lived; he was a wine maker of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_%28biblical_region%29 Aram], a river settlement near [https://www.britannica.com/place/Erech Erech]. He kept a |
| written record of the days of the river’s rise from year to year. He brought much ridicule upon himself by | | written record of the days of the river’s rise from year to year. He brought much ridicule upon himself by |
| going up and down the river valley advocating that all houses be built of wood, boat fashion, and that the | | going up and down the river valley advocating that all houses be built of wood, boat fashion, and that the |