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I’m Confused

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There a few things in life that perpetually confuse me; that I simply cannot understand. One of these things is people who take The Bible literally. I have never personally sat down and read the Bible cover to cover, but from my reading of Genesis and a few of the other books, it was immediately obviously to me that the Bible, like any other myth was a metaphor that was not meant to be interpreted literally. Despite the fact that burning/talking bushes and multiplying food is completely implausible, the real thing that confuses me about Bible literalists is how they can take literally a story that is completely unoriginal. The  story of a Great Flood,  good and evil constantly battling are all stories, all of these are all stories that have been told before. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Sumerian Myth. It is the oldest known text known to man. It is written on twelve clay tablets. There is a story in the Gilgamesh that tells the story of Utnashiptim. The Gods come to Utnashiptim in a dream  and tell him of a coming worldwide flood. Utnashiptim is ordered in the dream to build a boat large enough to fit a male and female of every species of animal and a few family members. It rained for seven days and seven nights. When the raining ceased, the boat was lodged on a mountain. Utnashiptim released a swallow, a raven and a dove. Later, there was a sacrifice made by Utnaspiptim. Sound familiar? The story of Noah from the Bible reflects this story from Gilgamesh. In the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris, it tells the story of the son of Isis and Osiris, Horace. Horace battles Isis and and Osiris’s evil brother Seth. While Horace defeats Seth, they are still constantly battling until one defeats the other. This reflects the constant battle between the archangel Michael and Lucifer.


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