Similar details show that the flood event actually happened and the Bible and Sumerian mythology both record the same event, even though Sumerian theology is not biblical and doesn't have a concept of a holy, just, and loving God.
The Flood of Noah and the Flood of Gilgamesh
First science has 100% ruled out a world flood. So it's definitely a myth.
"Modern geology, its sub-disciplines and other scientific disciplines utilize the
scientific method to analyze the geology of the earth. The key tenets of flood geology are refuted by scientific analysis and do not have any standing in the
scientific community.
[5][6][7][8][9] Modern
geology relies on a number of established principles, one of the most important of which is
Charles Lyell's principle of
uniformitarianism. In relation to geological forces it states that the shaping of the Earth has occurred by means of mostly slow-acting forces that can be seen in operation today. By applying these principles, geologists have determined that the Earth is approximately
4.54 billion years old. They study the
lithosphere of the Earth to gain information on the history of the planet. Geologists divide
Earth's history into
eons,
eras,
periods,
epochs, and
faunal stages characterized by well-defined breaks in the
fossil record (see
Geologic time scale).
[110][111] In general, there is a lack of any evidence for any of the above effects proposed by flood geologists and their claims of fossil layering are not taken seriously by scientists.
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Flood geology - Wikipedia
Putting the word "holy" before a God doesn't mean anything. It's a ridiculous word. All gods cultures make up are just and loving to some degree.
Yahweh is a terrible God who kills entire nations including children and instructs that entire cities be wiped out.
Luckily it's just a fictional story.
Greek myths had a flood as well.
"In
Plato's
Timaeus, written c. 360 BC,
Timaeus describes a flood myth similar to the earlier versions. In it, the
Bronze race of humans angers the high god
Zeus with their constant warring. Zeus decides to punish humanity with a flood. The
Titan Prometheus, who had created humans from clay, tells the secret plan to
Deucalion, advising him to build an ark in order to be saved. After nine nights and days, the water starts receding and the ark lands on a mountain.
[24]"
Comparing the Bible to the Matrix is not a comparable analogy because there's a lot of evidence that Zoroastrianism copied the Bible.
All of the evidence put forth here was clear that the Persian myths pre-date the biblical versions. Scholarship is well aware of this. So your denial is just denial.
We covered the works of Mary Boyce and all the exact details from the Persian religion, you had no way to account for that except denial. Now you claim there is "evidence"? Yet you had no evidence when we were discussing this?
Now you are just playing games and being intentionally dishonest. Going into preaching mode was the beginning of the end.
So it looks like comparing the Bible to the Matrix is very much factual. Both take fictional stories and re-work them to create a savior God narrative who has come to save humanity, dies and is resurrected into his full power form. Then the savior flies off into space.
Ability doesn't determine role. Women are not incapable of being pastors over men, they are forbidden because of the sin of people.
Do women have to remain silent in church? | GotQuestions.org
If we followed biblical morals women would not speak in church. It would be immoral. As would religious freedom.
Religious freedom is consistent with graven images being immoral because it's not the government's role to manage people's relationship with God. Jesus and Paul never tore down pagan altars. They gave the people a simple message and it was up to them if they wanted to accept it or reject it.
But graven images are not considered immoral. Nor is working on Sunday. Or following other Gods. So we do not take morals from the bible.
The Old Testament didn't mention Satan as clearly as the New Testament because until after the Persian invasion, the Israelites walked away from God and into idolatry, and God didn't want another being that they would be tempted to worship.
Blah blah, for this ridiculous idea you don't even have an apologetics article?
The OT does mention Satan very clearly. He works with Yahweh. Yahweh sends him to do dirty work.
Then in the NT he's the big enemy of God. Hmmm, just like the Persian myth? Wow, what a coincidence!
Psalm 23:6 is heaven being mentioned in the Old Testament. People don't believe Psalm 23:6 refers to heaven because they have their own interpretations of the Bible. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."
Already done this. It isn't a reference to a soul going to heaven. The Jewish religion didn't believe that was a thing.
They took the myths from the Persians and Greeks later.