I try not to write much because it’s a pain for me but I want to speak my peace about it. Some people may not agree with my conclusions but I feel they are very sound and make sense. We must remember similarity doesn’t always equal borrowing or even a common source. I would also add that while we look at minor similarities, we must also look at the major differences.
Now that I have some rules established I would like to begin with my thoughts on this subject. One thing we must think about is that these similar stories support the Bible since we believe after the flood and the tower of babel men spread all over the world. As they spread out they carried these stories with them but unfortunately some let pagan myths creep in. I believe when God spoke to Moses he gave him the correct stories of Creation and Global Flood.
As I look at Genesis it is superior in every way and it records these things as historical facts. Now as I said before we must also take a look at the Major differences in these stories. Anyone can find similarities in any stories fictional or non fictional alike this does not mean these writers copied from each other, or even borrowed for that matter. I will now point out one major difference that makes these similarities of little importance.
The biggest difference in these accounts is most if not all record not one but many gods fighting and so things like creation or the flood occurred. I see these major differences and I can understand why most Scholars reject these accusations of copying or borrowing even. Like I stated before similarities can be found in almost anything. An example would be I wear glasses because I have bad eye sight so does that mean that a person who has bad eye sight and wears glasses copied or borrowed from me? The answer is simply NO so we must apply these same standards to this topic as well.
These are just a few of my observations but I will blog more on it in a few days after the Holidays.
God Bless
Brian
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