But plenty of Bible stories have their roots in more ancient literature - the story of Noah, for example, also the story of Moses (whose arrival by basket as an infant is directly lifted from the older story of Sargon), the story of Job (which mimics the Mesopotamian story of the righteous suffers), etc. It's just bad history to ignore all of this, and Doug Wilson is betting that you won't do the work to examine his claims.
@briannanelson4791Ай бұрын
If you look at the timeline of events and not just when it was written down, the story of Noah came before the story of Gilgamesh which was written during the time of the Sumerians after the flood. Every culture also has a great flood story, because every culture originated right after the flood. I hope you come away from this video not skeptical but eager to find the truth. Those who genuinely search for the truth will always find themselves at the feet of Jesus. May God bless you 🙂
@aallen5256Ай бұрын
@@briannanelson4791 But every culture does NOT have a great flood story! For example - Japan, which is an island nation and has incredible historical records, and no flood story whatsoever.
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@@briannanelson4791 P.S. how old do you believe the earth is?
@briannanelson4791Ай бұрын
@aallen5256 I actually did not know that Japan doesn't have a Great Flood myth. That's actually really interesting. I wonder why...
@aallen5256Ай бұрын
@@briannanelson4791 the simplest explanation would be that Japan has no "Great Flood myth" because there was never a global flood. Also, where are the shared myths about all the animals of the world returning from a mountain in Turkey to their natural habitats!?