The myth of an ancient civilization being lost when their island or continent sank is actually based in truth. Atlantis, or Lemuria, is simply the antediluvian civilization (the people before Noah's flood).
If 70% of the earth's surface is water, it doesn't take much to realize that if the earth's crust were flat, our planet would be covered 100% by water. So it wasn't a single continent that sank. It was all of them!
Consider these details found in the Book of Jubilees.
All civilization along the coasts were obliterated. Volcanism at the plate boundaries in the polar regions and the cataclysmic flooding added melting polar ice to the mix. It took 40 days for the continents to sink enough that the flood waters got to the elevation where Noah had built the ark and to buoy it up. No wonder Noah was ridiculed, he built the ark so far from the ocean that it seemed ludicrous. However, if he had built it on the coast, he and his ark would have been dashed to pieces from the onslaught - along with all the other port cities and ships of the time.
It took a total of 150 days before the turmoil ceased and the waters began to abate. It took a bit more than a full year from the time that Noah entered the ark to the time that the land had dried up enough to leave the ark - which was after the continents had resurfaced (in different positions, the current configuration).
If these biblical details are new to you. Then it's time to re-read the entire actual scriptural account.
The rise of the Atlantis myth, that of an advanced civilization disappearing when their continent sank, can be attributed to this reason:
The original supercontinent had previously broken apart during each and every cataclysmic shift prior to man's existence on earth. But the landmasses were still much closer together before the flood than they are now.
Therefor, after the flood, the ancients had a memory of a land beyond the straits of Gibraltar that was no longer there. That would be North or South America (or both). They sunk with the rest of the continents but resurfaced so much further west that they assumed they were still under the waves.
There are clues that indicate that the people before the flood had attained a comfortable level of high civilization world-wide. Think about it. If people lived to be more than 500 years old, you would expect the knowledge and experience gained would be put to good use. And that would explain the nostalgia the post-flood people had for their ancestors and their lost art and technology. Those oral traditions are the beginning of today's myths.
This myth has people looking all around the world and under the seas, dreaming up all sorts of magic and alien technology theories. It makes for good movies, but it is not reality.
The simplest answer is usually the correct answer.
(Read also: Why Did the Pre-Flood Civilization Build Megalithic)
See also: Geology and Deep Time (strong evidence for a global flood) by Dr. Emil Silvestru
What was the Post-Flood Period? - Dr. Kurt Wise (Conf Lecture)
Jubilees 5:24-25
And the Lord opened seven flood-gates of heaven, And the mouths of the fountains of the great deep, seven mouths in number. (seven seas)
And the flood-gates began to pour down water from the heaven forty days and forty nights, And the fountains of the deep also sent up waters, until the whole world was full of water. (emphasis added)
And the Lord opened seven flood-gates of heaven, And the mouths of the fountains of the great deep, seven mouths in number. (seven seas)
And the flood-gates began to pour down water from the heaven forty days and forty nights, And the fountains of the deep also sent up waters, until the whole world was full of water. (emphasis added)
All civilization along the coasts were obliterated. Volcanism at the plate boundaries in the polar regions and the cataclysmic flooding added melting polar ice to the mix. It took 40 days for the continents to sink enough that the flood waters got to the elevation where Noah had built the ark and to buoy it up. No wonder Noah was ridiculed, he built the ark so far from the ocean that it seemed ludicrous. However, if he had built it on the coast, he and his ark would have been dashed to pieces from the onslaught - along with all the other port cities and ships of the time.
Jubilees 5:29
...the seventh month all the mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened, and the water began to descend into the deep below. (The abysses = ocean basins; so the risen sea floors returned to their original depths.)
If these biblical details are new to you. Then it's time to re-read the entire actual scriptural account.
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| After the shift, the survivors of the flood did not know that the American and Antarctic continents had resurfaced further away. |
Therefor, after the flood, the ancients had a memory of a land beyond the straits of Gibraltar that was no longer there. That would be North or South America (or both). They sunk with the rest of the continents but resurfaced so much further west that they assumed they were still under the waves.
There are clues that indicate that the people before the flood had attained a comfortable level of high civilization world-wide. Think about it. If people lived to be more than 500 years old, you would expect the knowledge and experience gained would be put to good use. And that would explain the nostalgia the post-flood people had for their ancestors and their lost art and technology. Those oral traditions are the beginning of today's myths.
This myth has people looking all around the world and under the seas, dreaming up all sorts of magic and alien technology theories. It makes for good movies, but it is not reality.
The simplest answer is usually the correct answer.
(Read also: Why Did the Pre-Flood Civilization Build Megalithic)
See also: Geology and Deep Time (strong evidence for a global flood) by Dr. Emil Silvestru
What was the Post-Flood Period? - Dr. Kurt Wise (Conf Lecture)
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