interview questions

Jordon Flato · 30 Dec 2010, 18:39 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: jordonflatourth at gmail.com (Jordon Flato)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:39:03 -0800
Subject: (urth) interview questions
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Well, that is right.  I suppose I'm not trying to make the argument that the
older version is truer.  In my opinion, the story is at once an esoteric
one, for which serious hermunetics are required, and a probably echo of
actual ancient floods (one of which may have hit the area around Babylon,
seeing as how they have now seemingly found ancient structures on the bed of
the Persian sea...).

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Or, Jordan, as is commonly supposed, the creation story of the bible is an
> amalgamation of at least two different sources, one of which is babylonian
> (ie - its just a retelling of another old myth - what makes the older one
> any truer?)  The bible has disparate sources, too.
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 12/29/10, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> Considering the Epic of Gilgamesh gives the story of Utnapishtim and a
> global flood far older than the old testament, and yet very similar in
> detail, I'd say it's something that goes beyond biblical veracity and just
> into probable ancient history.
>
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