"Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread

[The Valkyrie]

I know what Mesopotamia is, thank you.

And, as I said, there’s no reason why they would change the details so dramatically if the lived in the immediate vicinity.

I won’t even go into the downsides of populating the earth again through acts of incest (a whole world like Alabama...)

As Boru pointed out, the source material says different.  If it’s the word of god then it shouldn’t be open to interpretation (or should be written clearly enough that there can be no doubt), and if it is open to interpretation then it cannot be the word of god.

And - just to hammer home the point - it isn't meant to be taken literally.

Early civilizations tended to grow up in the flood plains of rivers.  Since not every river valley civilization was fortunate enough to have a nice, well-behaved river like the Nile, local floods could be unpredictable and devastating.  The ultimate origin of the Flood narrative could very well have been some quick-thinking Sumerian who managed to get both of his goats on a raft before they were swept away.  Would have impressed his neighbours no end.

Boru

And it’s interesting that the epic of Gilgamesh predates the Noah myth by at least a thousand years but it’s the Noah’s ark story that people still claim is the original.

It’s like the moron Kirk Cameron claiming that the pagan holiday traditions adopted by Christianity were actual originally stolen by the pagans from Christians.