I cry when I read comments about Adam & Eve and Noah his his family being the source of humanity. How can supposedly intelligent educated American adults in the 21st Century be so F'ing stupid? Read the god damn fairy tale for once. It plainly states that there were numerous civilizations at the same time Adam & Eve were farting around in the Garden of Eden. Later on it states that the king of Tyre lived in the Garden of Eden until he got kicked out by the Emperor, probably for collaborating with the Egyptians. And after Noah got over his hangover his boys went to those other lands and built some cities. Adam & Eve and Noah may have been the original Jews but they had shit to do with the rest of humanity. For one thing the Bible Jews didn't consider non-Jews to be humans (men). The Jesus character referred to Gentiles as dogs and swine.
So please stop referring to Adam & Eve as if they were the original parents of all of humanity. The Bible doesn't make that claim. They are depicted as the ancestors of Jesus. And the Noah flood story is pure BS since Assyria (generally current day Iraq) existed with the Garden of Eden and after the flood. There's no record of it ever being under water to the top of the highest mountain. The flood was the Emperor's troops going through the land killing, raping, pillaging, and generally being bad asses and Noah was a collaborator.
So please stop referring to Adam & Eve as if they were the original parents of all of humanity. The Bible doesn't make that claim. They are depicted as the ancestors of Jesus. And the Noah flood story is pure BS since Assyria (generally current day Iraq) existed with the Garden of Eden and after the flood. There's no record of it ever being under water to the top of the highest mountain. The flood was the Emperor's troops going through the land killing, raping, pillaging, and generally being bad asses and Noah was a collaborator.
