22 Dec 05
Originally posted by David CThat might be agreeable, if the Bible gave it more press, or at least a proportionate amount of press to that of Moses' contemporary cultures.
I would tend to the converse: The Greek, Egyptian, Sumerian, and Mesoamerican 'pantheon' of gods could have been the basis for the Biblical accounts of 'godmen' who walked among us in our previous iteration of civilisation (you know, the one wiped out by the flood). If you're asking for a reasonable explanation of their origins, there aren't man ...[text shortened]... you're willing to consider Zechariah Sitchin as reasonable, and Plato's Atlantis as plausible.
That mythology was prominent enough to inform and guide whole societies, and yet springs full bloom immediately following the antediluvian era. Curious.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by FreakyKBHThat's according to the Bible. Why give press to the enemy? Bad policy. The Sumerians had their own ante-diluvian accounts replete with mythology. They don't mention Yahweh--does that mean he didn't yet exist?
That mythology was prominent enough to inform and guide whole societies, and yet springs full bloom immediately following the antediluvian era. Curious.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by Bosse de NageOne wouldn't expect any mention at all regarding anything monotheistic from those societies, as even by the time of Moses, the Jews were just being born, as it were, as a nation.
That's according to the Bible. Why give press to the enemy? Bad policy. The Sumerians had their own ante-diluvian accounts replete with mythology. They don't mention Yahweh--does that mean he didn't yet exist?
I was going more toward the fact that there is no beginning offered anywhere, save the Bible.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by FreakyKBHOnly fragments of the Sumerian creation story survive, but they're enough to show that the Sumerians did indeed have their own account of creation:
For the mythologies? Perhaps I'm fogged by lack of sleep, but I can't think of any that explained their origins, at that early of a date.
Help me out.
http://www.geocities.com/garyweb65/creation1.html
http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/SumerianMyth.htm
