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=== Antediluvian Buildings === | === Antediluvian Buildings === | ||
Some are puzzled why antediluvian buildings have not been found. After all the construction of cities is clearly referred to in the Bible. | |||
{{Bible quote|''"And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."'' - |book=Genesis|chap=4|verses=17}} | {{Bible quote|''"And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."'' - |book=Genesis|chap=4|verses=17}} | ||
The construction of dwelling space is driven almost exclusively by our need to shelter ourselves from the | The construction of dwelling space is driven almost exclusively by our need to shelter ourselves from the elements. Prior to the flood, the atmosphere is thought to have been much more stable than it is today, providing an almost globally uniform temperature. It is believed that there were no dramatic seasonal temperature fluctuations, or even significant differences in temperature between the polar and equatorial regions. This is evident by the discovery of fossilized [[ferns]] and [[amphibians]] on [[Antarctica]]. It is also believed that it had not rained prior to the flood, but the earth was instead watered by free-flowing springs and mist. | ||
People constructed things for the same reasons we do today, because human nature doesn't change. One reason is personal protection and safety from animals and other humans: | |||
{{Bible quote|''"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."'' - |book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=5}} | {{Bible quote|''"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."'' - |book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=5}} | ||
Nevertheless, | Another answer is simply that humans are naturally prideful, greedy and territorial. Protection of private property and activities from prying eyes is a primary impetus for home building today, even in places with relatively perfect weather. This would include people building homes and complexes for extended families, or for businesses and commerce. Tubal-Cain was an artificer of brass and iron, noted in context of having commercialized this activity. | ||
Nevertheless, most constructions during this period were likely made of wood or dried mud. These materials are simply not expected to stand up well under catastrophic flood conditions. Even baked clay will dissolve if saturated for prolonged periods. This type of material has historically only been used to extremely arid regions for this reason. | |||
Given the presuppositions of [[evolutionists]] and the certainty of their belief, any trace evidence of a antediluvian civilizations would likely be dismissed outright and we would never hear about it. | |||
That said, many ancient structures are now strongly believed to pre-date the Flood. One in particular is the Great Sphinx with its significant long-term water-erosion marks even though it is a land that has been arid since time immemorial. Another is the presence of fossilized marine sea creatures buried in the silt in various places around Giza. In fact, many megalith structures exist all across the globe<ref>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/</ref>, including one particularly daunting one in Baalbak, Lebanon, the Temple of Jupiter<ref>http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/baalbek-trilithon</ref>. This Temple has three strangely configured megaliths that are assumed to weigh upwards of 800 tons each. No known technology is able to move blocks of this size. While many megalith sites can be re-imagined as having been constructed with block-and-tackle or creative pivots or other simple machines, many others defy engineering understanding. That it pre-dates the Flood suggests that it was intended for some other purpose before the Romans co-opted it and converted it to a Temple. | |||
With Adam having a perfectly created genome, creationists presume a high level of mental and physical ability for early man, including the ability to construct in large scales. That these have survived as large-scale stone structures has invited many to speculate as to their construction from ancient astronauts or space-aliens. These claims are simply a recognition of the fact that these structures in fact required ''extraordinary ingenuity'' while making evolutionary presumptions that early man could not have possessed such capacity. | |||
=== Characteristics of Civilizations === | === Characteristics of Civilizations === | ||
