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The fact that the story of the great flood existed before the biblical account is evidence in favor of the story, not a refutation. Every person of faith knows
by justintocci 13y ago
The fact that the story of the great flood existed before the biblical account is evidence in favor of the story, not a refutation. Every person of faith knows the true source of the story, it is not a Babylonian invention. Many early cultures, I would venture ALL of them, had the same story. This guy is just an outsider and not informed.
- krapp 13y agoGiven what I understand to be the preeminent position Babylon held in the ancient world, it seems plausible that the Biblical flood story was influenced by the Babylonian one, although both may still have had a common antecedent. This is not necessarily supporting evidence placing one particular version of the narrative over another.
- Kroem3r 13y agoYou will find flood stories from around the world, from peoples with no contact with each other. You're looking at some combination of common unconsciousness or events at the end of the last ice age.