Great Flood Myths from Around the World

[AKAK]

So. Let me get this straight.
One book is right.
All other traditions, religions, stories, are wrong?
Isn't that the definition of arrogance?

Religion... by its nature, is sort of a bandwagon business, Taos.

 

[jwinslow]

So. Let me get this straight.
One book is right.
All other traditions, religions, stories, are wrong?
Isn't that the definition of arrogance?

So you don't think christianity is wrong? There is plenty of poo-poo'ing to go around.

 

[lvbuckeye]

So. Let me get this straight.
One book is right.
All other traditions, religions, stories, are wrong?
Isn't that the definition of arrogance?

they all have an element of truth in them, but only one story is 'from the horses mouth,' so to speak.

lv, I am on your side. I was trying to think logically as to why there might be so many versions that differ slightly one from another.

As a Mormon, i believe the biblical version to be correct, and believe that God does speak to different people, iE, he didnt just speak to the Jews.

i think that there are so many different versions because people moved away. in this situation, the 'telephone game' analogy is abundantly appropriate. think about this: there are basically three great races on this planet. where do you think the terms Semitic and Hamitic come from? Semitic people descended from Shem. Hamidic people descended from Ham. the rest descended from Japheth... weird that two of the great races are named for two of Noah's sons, isn't it? how could someone who doesn't believe the flood happened explain that?

To LV it is "the source" and everyone else is wrong if they dont agree, and thats the view of many.. especially other traditions such as islam (convert or die?.,. ok so thats extremist but still, the point remains theres alot of faiths, only one God)

general belief is that the book of genesis was written by an unknown author, but one that i've been reading about lately was a revelation from God to Moses, meaning Moses is the one telling us of the flood.. moses being the author of a revelation makes more sense to me based on my personal beliefs that the creations story and maybe even the flood etc. are all parables (much like the book of revelation, all imagery)

there are two things that jump out to me here, but i'll only address one. Moses wrote the Pentateuch through the inspiration of God.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

i think that there are so many different versions because people moved away. in this situation, the 'telephone game' analogy is abundantly appropriate. think about this: there are basically three great races on this planet. where do you think the terms Semitic and Hamitic come from? Semitic people descended from Shem. Hamidic people descended from Ham. the rest descended from Japheth... weird that two of the great races are named for two of Noah's sons, isn't it? how could someone who doesn't believe the flood happened explain that?

Linguistic argument is weak as hell, LV. Shall I believe in the Pagan gods because the planets bear Pagan god names?

 

[Muck]

Linguistic argument is weak as hell, LV. Shall I believe in the Pagan gods because the planets bear Pagan god names?

Or the days of the week or the months of the year (January, March & May).

BTW the term "semitic" was coined in the 1700's by German historian A.L. Schlozer. The term was meant specifically to refer to a familial language group from the fertile crescent (including Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Phoenician, Punic and a bunch of others...).

Any connotation with the idea of human "races" grew out of the eugenics movement of the late 19th & early 20th centuries.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Linguistic argument is weak as hell, LV. Shall I believe in the Pagan gods because the planets bear Pagan god names?

believe in them as in 'worship them,' no. believe in them as in 'trust that pagans had gods by those names,' absolutely.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Or the days of the week or the months of the year (January, March & May).

BTW the term "semitic" was coined in the 1700's by German historian A.L. Schlozer. The term was meant specifically to refer to a familial language group from the fertile crescent (including Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Phoenician, Punic and a bunch of others...).

Any connotation with the idea of human "races" grew out of the eugenics movement of the late 19th & early 20th centuries.

thanks for giving me that name... from a little research into Schlozer's work, i have been lead into William Albright's work with ancient the Amarna documents from Egypt, which, with David Rohl's chronology, confirm many Biblical events...