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25. Why would evangelicals want

Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:14 PM

Jul 2021

Gilgamesh for their Bible museum? They are literalists regarding Biblical stories. The Epic of Gilgamesh demonstrates that the Bible was not the original source of the great flood story. Since Gilgamesh is older than the Bible and Israelites were captives of Babylon, the flood story comes from there and was tweaked for the Bible.

Or, maybe they ignore the historical timeline evidence and claim that Gilgamesh "proves" the Biblical flood story because another culture had a similar story.

There's a flaw in using the flood stories of other cultures to support the evangelical belief in the literal "truth" of the Bible. The Bible says that only Noah and his family survived. So where did the flood heroes of other stories come from and who were the other survivors who told the story?

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DOJ Siezes "Epic Of Gilgamesh" from Hobby Lobby [View all] Initech Jul 2021 OP

Not this guy's first rodeo stealing middle eastern artifacts..crook!! PortTack Jul 2021 #1

Hobby Robby lame54 Jul 2021 #5

Good one! calimary Jul 2021 #11

Dang, I hope they didn't decoupage that tablet. tanyev Jul 2021 #2

Good one! Dream Girl Jul 2021 #17

K&R UTUSN Jul 2021 #3

I thought the headline referred to a paperback edition DavidDvorkin Jul 2021 #4

Museum of the Bible bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #6

A Bible museum is a good idea. The one that's opening is not. Celerity Jul 2021 #22

I remember hearing about Gilgamesh.... FarPoint Jul 2021 #7

Probably stolen when the US invaded Iraq for no good reason. rickyhall Jul 2021 #8

Yes, at the time I remember reading articles about Doremus Jul 2021 #13

yup. i knew someone at the oriental institute of the u of chicago. mopinko Jul 2021 #21

Just told our youngest today Pas-de-Calais Jul 2021 #9

Epic!! Carlitos Brigante Jul 2021 #10

This RWNJ Outfit GB_RN Jul 2021 #12

Hobby Lobby Had To Know It Was Stolen DallasNE Jul 2021 #14

Because the auction house is liable for selling it to them. Galraedia Jul 2021 #16

Christianity and the Bible witnessed, honored, enhanced, exemplified, glorified and displayed by th keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #15

I hope they paid 100 x what it was worth. SergeStorms Jul 2021 #18

Does this mean the gov is going to put it in a warehouse somewhere now? ansible Jul 2021 #19

To Hobby Lobby: 8th Commandment -- Thou shall not steal. NCjack Jul 2021 #20

Slobby Lobby strikes out Blue Owl Jul 2021 #23

Why would Hobby Lobby want to have the literary work from which most of Biblical tales joetheman Jul 2021 #24

Why would evangelicals want wnylib Jul 2021 #25