Our Purpose

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="043d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Our Purpose</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05409090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Purpose"><U>Our Purpose</U></A><IMG SRC="05409090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="05409090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biblical Story"><U>Biblical Story</U></A><IMG SRC="05409090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="05409090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mesopotamian Story"><U>Mesopotamian Story</U></A><IMG SRC="05409090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="05a09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greek Story"><U>Greek Story</U></A><IMG SRC="05a09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="05a09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aztec Story"><U>Aztec Story</U></A><IMG SRC="05a09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="06509090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Documentary Hypothesis"><U>Documentary Hypothesis</U></A><IMG SRC="06609090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="05a09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acknowledgements"><U>Acknowledgements</U></A><IMG SRC="05a09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="06a09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A><IMG SRC="06b09090.gif" border=0 width="9" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#3300FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Flood Stories from Around the World</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flood Stories from Around the World"><U>home</U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Our Purpose</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biblical Story"><U>Biblical Story</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mesopotamian Story"><U>Mesopotamian Story</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greek Story"><U>Greek Story</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aztec Story"><U>Aztec Story</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Documentary Hypothesis"><U>Documentary Hypothesis</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acknowledgements"><U>Acknowledgements</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> <B>Our Purpose</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0d9929d0.gif" border=0 width="146" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0dcee1a0.gif" border=0 width="494" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Baskerville Old Face" ><IMG SRC="0db8e990.gif" border=0 width="142" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div> A<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Baskerville Old Face" >lthough the story of Noah's ark is the most recognized great flood account in modern Western civilization, flood legends exist in many ancient cultures' creation stories.  In our presentation, we will analyze the paralleling and contrasting events, styles, and messages between the biblical flood story and the flood stories of ancient Mesopotamian, Babylonian, Sumerian, Greek, and Aztec civilization.  We will also discuss the documentary hypothesis.          </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <style>  </style>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>