The Adam & Eve Myth - Origins

[vulcanlogician]

Just wondering... what piqued your curiosity about this, Gwaithmir?

I'm presently engaged in a discussion with a fundie/creationist who denies that the Adam & Eve story could be plagiarized or adapted from a pagan creation myth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLnTPCDe...0260863950

Have you tried saying: "Hey man, I think the story with the talking snake and the magical fruit that gives you knowledge is completely made up".....?

jk... 

I actually enjoy debating fundies. It can be lots of fun. But their case is so weak. Scientific examination of practically anything (the stars, rocks, fossils, DNA) refutes them. I don't know what good demonstrating that the Adam and Eve story originated in Babylon will do. But have fun trying.

One thing I like to point out to fundies is that a literal interpretation prevents them from getting the allegory... the myth value of the story. When you read the story like a myth, there is an abundance of symbolism and meaning in it. There is commentary on man's moral responsibility once he learns to distinguish good from evil. (All that shit about original sin, and everyone needing Christ's redemption for Adam and Eve's mistake was tacked on later. Without all that stuff it's actually a decent myth story... on par with the Greeks.)

But a fundamentalist who thinks it's a flawless recounting of historical events misses all that.

What a shame.