The Genesis Fraud

[michaelsherlock]

So I suppose that we're incapable of writing historical fiction UD, complete with fun historical details? No dice. Gilgamesh was made to entertain, it was also made to carry a message, and there was a time that people did believe in the narrative. Gilgamesh is not easily explained as being copied or manipulated from the bible, that's the most idiotic (and bigoted) thing I've ever heard anyone claim when speaking about Gilgamesh. This narrative is one of the oldest surviving works of literature in existence. It's authorship and antiquity are in no way under dispute (the same clearly can't be said for your little holy book). The garden and flood narratives of your favorite myth are such a close match that the less than completely deluded among us have concluded that they are a direct rip of Gilgamesh, not the other way around. Can't say that I blame the folks who came up with your fairy tales for borrowing from the Epic. It is an impressive narrative, and would make its various authors literally giants in the area of fiction and literature even if they had written it last year. So willing to strip these people of their achievements when it seems to suit your fairy tales are you? How's about you point to original narratives in the NT and OT rather than waiving away those bits we absolutely know to be derivative works eh?

You know what, you should probably learn just a little bit about a narrative before you blather on about how it might have been copied or manipulated from your favorite holy texts. Here's one of my favorites on the subject.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Babylonian-Gil...033&sr=1-3

Next time you won't have any excuse other than "I don't actually give a shit whether or not the words that fall out of my mouth are accurate, I just wanted to say something"

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Also, I would point him in the direction of George Smith, Rawlinson, Layard, Lewis and Kramer for a more complete picture. Also, Oxford Uni, has an online Sumerian Lexicon, complete with the records of the excavated tablets.