If archeologists have found rafts exactly as described in Huckleberry Finn, does that mean its not fictional?

Question

The fundies have said that, because the Bronze Age people knew how to build boats, and because the design of the "ark" is the least prone to capsizing, that therefore the story of Noahs "ark" is true. Is this what the fundies call "reasoning" and critical thought? Well, it has been found that the Mississippi River is exactly as described, and it has been found that people did wear straw hats just as described, and they caught catfish, and floated on rafts built exactly as described.....therefore the story of Huckleberry Finn is literally true. Now I see how the fundies do it.

Answer 1

The Holy Bible is historical fact.

Huckleberry Finn is a fictional character.

Answer 2

LOL.

This line of reasoning is surpassed only by the "How can you doubt God?  Look at rainbows!  God is everywhere!" line.

Answer 3

Using what passes as fundie "reasoning", Huckleberry Finn  is absolutely a true story.

Answer 4

I'll do you one better - the existence of train stations proves that magic exists

Answer 5

Who would doubt the word of the great god Mark Twain?

Answer 6

Well .. how do you know that the story of Huck Finn is fiction? It may very well be true.  I don't recall any supernatural events taking place in this story.

On the other hand, the Geologic Column does show the sudden appearance and stasis of species before they disappear from the Column.  Then there is the Cambrian explosion.  But I'm stupid if I don't accept macroevolution.  Yeah, great !!

Answer 7

Ha ha ha ha. I love it. Prove to me that Jurassic Park didn't happen. We have the technology, at least most of it. We have paleontologists, we have billionaires willing to do great if terrible things. Does that make it right?

Answer 8

Exactly right.

Recently Archaeologists found whaling boats that are exactly the same as those depicted in Moby d**k.

Which proves that Albino Whales have memories and carry vendettas against older fishermen.

Answer 9

If the God Yahweh knew the germ theory 3500 years before Louis Pasteur proved it true in the late 1800's does that mean it's fictional. I don't think so.

Answer 10

Huck Finn wasn't real?  Where'd you hear that at?  I did a book report on a person that wasn't even real?

What's with this "germ theory" guy?  Did we have a pasteurization process 3500 years ago?  What, did God come up with the theory but was really confused as to how to apply it until Louis showed Him how?

Answer 11

Huckleberry Finn was fictional, was written as fiction, not meant to be taken seriously. But yes, there are rafts. There is a Mississippi RIver. I know, I live 8 miles from it. I have not seen God, but beleive in him. I'm not sure how literally I beleive in the Ark story, but stories of floods and survivors of a great flood of one kind or another have been found in many different cultures, including Native American, who did not hear of the Bible until the 1600 or 1700's at the earliest.

Some parts of the Bible are parables, maybe not exactly history. Others are more historical.

By the way, what does "Fundie" mean, anyway?

Answer 12

It's a fun game.

And you can never lose.

Answer 13

Of course not.  But we know that "Huckleberry Finn' was purposed to be fictional, whereas the Bible was not.

The one does not relate to the other.

Answer 14

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

Answer 15

A Noachian deluge is a scientific impossibility on many levels.  Anyone who's interested in debating this is welcome to email me.