(February 5, 2015 at 10:41 am)SteveII Wrote: I would argue that if premise 1 and 2 are true, it is far more probable that any similarity to myths is coincidence.
Coincidence? Are you saying god is a plagiarist?
You do realize that the people that could actually read and write back then were the elite that usually had access to libraries of material so the authors having access to previous myths is not only plausible but probable?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell