The Flood
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Tue, 31 Mar 1998 06:44:05 -0600 (00891369845, 3.0.5.16.19980331064405.0957826c@mail.iland.net)
At 12:45 AM 3/31/98 -0000, J. Michael McGill wrote:
>MCGILL
>Can you explain why the Biblical story of the flood is so similar to the
>Babylonian myths
>and Sumerian myths, which existed at the time the Genesis was written?
Certainly. Because the myth was originally Babylonian
and Sumerian. You have a point? It's also similar to
the myths of some American Indian tribes. So? The story
of a universal flood in found worldwide. So?
Dick Jones