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Aesop · Jan 31, 2008, 02:09 am

The Mesopotamian epic of creation begins with

"When on high the heaven had not been named
Firm ground below had not been called by name
... Their waters commingling as a single body
Then it was the gods were formed within them"

as compared to Genesis

"... And the earth was without form and void
And darkness was upon the face of the deep
And the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters"

The parallels are quite obvious there.

In addition, the figure "Tiamat" is associated with the waters of primeval chaos in the Mesopotamian epic, and coincidentally the Hebrew word for the watery deep in the opening of Genesis is etymologically-related to the name Tiamat.

The hero-god "Marduk", saves the earth from Tiamat by introducing a flood storm, and subsequently divides her carcass like a shellfish into two parts, creating the heavens and the earth and assigns the lesser gods (angels?) their roles.

What is to be said of the similarities in context between these two narratives, both apparently "divined", but separated by 3500 years?

nerdvincent · Jan 31, 2008, 02:15 am

Every religion come, get followers, rule the world, die and appears only in history books after 1000 years. Christianity is next, it's that simple.
Look at the greek mythology, its version of genesis is pretty funny. Lot of genitalia cutting, bad love stories and things like that.

Aesop · Jan 31, 2008, 02:16 am

Well yeah, I just would like to see some responses from the hXc's out there.

nerdvincent · Jan 31, 2008, 02:17 am

But anyway, everybody know that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the world in one day, after getting drunk.

Aesop · Jan 31, 2008, 02:18 am

Duh. Who would've created the hill, tree, and midget?

The only answer is His Noodly Appendage.

JLrep · Jan 31, 2008, 11:09 pm

What's hXc?

Aesop · Feb 6, 2008, 02:39 am

Quote:

Quote by: JLrep

What's hXc?

Hardcore

Jan 31, 2008, 02:09 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
Aesop Molten Ash Posts: 26	Is Genesis a Plagiarism of Ancient Mesopotamian Mythology? The Mesopotamian epic of creation begins with "When on high the heaven had not been named Firm ground below had not been called by name ... Their waters commingling as a single body Then it was the gods were formed within them" as compared to Genesis "... And the earth was without form and void And darkness was upon the face of the deep And the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters" The parallels are quite obvious there. In addition, the figure "Tiamat" is associated with the waters of primeval chaos in the Mesopotamian epic, and coincidentally the Hebrew word for the watery deep in the opening of Genesis is etymologically-related to the name Tiamat. The hero-god "Marduk", saves the earth from Tiamat by introducing a flood storm, and subsequently divides her carcass like a shellfish into two parts, creating the heavens and the earth and assigns the lesser gods (angels?) their roles. What is to be said of the similarities in context between these two narratives, both apparently "divined", but separated by 3500 years? -lovemike Olduvai

Jan 31, 2008, 02:15 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
nerdvincent NerdyHippieThing 3.1 Location: Who cares? Posts: 781	Every religion come, get followers, rule the world, die and appears only in history books after 1000 years. Christianity is next, it's that simple. Look at the greek mythology, its version of genesis is pretty funny. Lot of genitalia cutting, bad love stories and things like that. I think, I'm free.

Jan 31, 2008, 02:16 am	#3 (permalink) (top)
Aesop Molten Ash Posts: 26	Well yeah, I just would like to see some responses from the hXc's out there. -lovemike Olduvai

Jan 31, 2008, 02:17 am	#4 (permalink) (top)
nerdvincent NerdyHippieThing 3.1 Location: Who cares? Posts: 781	But anyway, everybody know that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the world in one day, after getting drunk. I think, I'm free.

Jan 31, 2008, 02:18 am	#5 (permalink) (top)
Aesop Molten Ash Posts: 26	Duh. Who would've created the hill, tree, and midget? The only answer is His Noodly Appendage. -lovemike Olduvai

Jan 31, 2008, 11:09 pm	#6 (permalink) (top)
JLrep Mostly Harmless Posts: 107	What's hXc? Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but .. struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. -Martin Luther