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Xeno-x - I don't know if agreement is unanimous that the flood was regional
And by the same token we cannot dismiss the very type of influence I am speaking of in this post. Stories of great floods appear in mythologies from cultures remote to the Mesopotamian regions but how much of these stories have been interpreted with a bias influenced by biblical stories.
posted by
gomedome
on October 12, 2007 at 6:32 AM
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Re: FineYoungSinger - geez, you've missed the point entirely it seems
geez, and you missed the "smart assed mood" part of my reply.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on October 12, 2007 at 4:38 AM
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There is agreement that there was a Mesopotamian flood.
that inspired the Noah story (although some feel that it may be Black Sea, or Mediterranean Sea basins overflowing. Thses could inspire quite a few stories.
not denying that interpretation of the stories you mention is in the eye of the beholder, that Christian believers in the OT story interpreted the various cultural stories to fit their view.
anyway -- interesting.
posted by
Xeno-x
on October 11, 2007 at 2:18 PM
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FineYoungSinger - geez, you've missed the point entirely it seems
This part here " . . .
by a number of divergent cultures from around the globe . . . " and further elaboration within the post suggests clearly that we were speaking of cultures that did not have contact with each other. Nor was there any mention or implication of the validity of the bible. The entire point of the exercise was to demonstrate that prevailing thought processes had produced a number of parallels within these ancient mythologies simply because the interpreters had all been influenced by the same source prior.
posted by
gomedome
on October 11, 2007 at 10:08 AM
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I just love logic based upon a barely probable assumption.
Nyuk Nyuk. I get it. Duh, the story must have happened, right????? wooooo. Good one, prof. Now there's no way anyone can doubt that the bible is word-for-word factual. nyuk nyuk. 
(barely probable assumption: various cultures that lived during the same time and travelled to and through each others lands had no contact and didn't exchange stories before they wrote them down. That prof must have been old. He had to have been there to know for certain that these stories weren't exchanged, as his question stated. Wow! how'd he beat mortality?)
sorry, I'm in a bit of a smart-assed mood today.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on October 11, 2007 at 8:01 AM
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richinstore - I only remember this one because it was one of the few exams
I did well on.
Most other college exams were a struggle.
posted by
gomedome
on October 11, 2007 at 7:51 AM
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gome
oh dear... I was never good at exams!
posted by
richinstore
on October 11, 2007 at 7:27 AM
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