IN> Grigori Conjecture

[William Keith]

>> Canonically, the Flood has not shown up.  In a number of places it's
>> explicitly mentioned as having *not* happened, and the GMG timeline as
>> well as all other sources generally assume an old-Earth chronology of
>> Creation.
>
> So far, so good.  Could you cite some references to the Flood _not_
> having happened?
>
> The question was not "is the Biblical account of the Flood
> reasonable?"  It's "does In Nomine's timeline include something at all
> analogous to the Flood?"  Said Flood would not have had to have been a
> global phenomenon in order to inspire myths and legends about a huge
> catastrophe that nearly wiped out humanity.

Okay, then we're talking about two different things.  The GMG (pp. 
72-73) talks about In Nomine canon directly contradicting 
fundamentalist interpretations of scripture, mentioning evolution and 
the age of the Earth; this in turn forcibly denies the existence of the 
geological or genetic catastrophes that would have occurred with a 
literal reading of the Flood from Exodus.

If you want to suggest that a small flood turned into the biblical 
story, that's something else entirely.  Minor floods, of course, occur 
with regularity all over the world, and the notion of a man, his wife, 
and some household animals escaping in a boat is a story that will crop 
up anywhere there are boats.  The Greeks have their Deucalion, the 
bible has its Noah, Hinduism has its Manu, and cultures all across the 
world have other flood myths.  (Or similar catastrophes: the Egyptians 
have Hathor killing most of the world's population with silver arrows 
before allowing the survivors to repopulate.)

> As for the Noah figure, consider the possibilities inherent in divine
> support: Jean could have provided "Noah" with the blueprints and
> guidance needed to build the thing;

Assuming Jean isn't blasting a thunderous hole in his own dissonance 
conditions, we can paper over the systemic problems of such a boat with 
a lot of Songs.  But the question would be, why?  If Heaven knew a 
major flood was coming to an area and wanted to save the biosphere in 
the region, instead of bringing a small number of animals to a central 
ark, why not move them beyond the boundaries of the localized flood?  
If you're suggesting a worldwide flood *is* possible, then you're 
contradicted by geology; again, unless someone's employing a massive 
number of Songs and tons of Essence expenditure.

This being after the Fall, the notion would be repugnant to the way the 
War has been prosecuted.  No, the most logical reading of IN canon (to 
the point of "it's a real stretch to say otherwise") is that the Flood 
is simply one of those myths that worked its way in to Scripture to the 
chagrin of Truth-minded angels.

William