History TEST 1

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What chronology reveals alarming inconsistencies?

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Traditional -->traditional dates of Egyptian history have been largely based on records of an Egyptian priest named Manetho

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When the chronology is revised, what do we find?

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Egypt and Israel show a remarkable consistency with Bible records

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What does the Hebrew word mean that the word "ark" is translated from?

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What would we expect to see signs of in between layers of strata that were supposedly laid down over long expanses of time that are not found?

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The strata do not gradually merge into each other.

In most cases there are sharp distinctions between layers, demonstrating that they were deposited suddenly.

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Due to the process of decomposition, how must life forms be buried in order to fossilize?

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Suddenly buried (fossils are usually well preserved). The Flood waters eroded and deposited layer upon layer of sand and mud in huge quantities all over earth entombing life. Those layers hardened and turned into rock.

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Does the fossil evidence in the Grand Canyon give credibility to the theory of evolution? Why or why not?

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NO. Because the earliest forms of life should be at the bottom and the evolving forms should be found in the successove layers.

The fossils are NOT in that order.

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What is the rainbow a symbol of?

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A promise from God to Noah that He would not flood the entire world again.

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What great king of the Assyrian Empire built a library in his palace at Ninevah and amassed a huge collection of clay tablets?

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Ashurbanipal

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What is the cache of tablets called that narrates a version of Noah's Flood?

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Why do the worldwide accounts of Noah's Flood vary in detail?

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The legends are just different versions of the same event, distorted by time and retelling.