(September 25, 2021 at 8:36 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Meh, I think this is one of the rare occassions that brian hits the nail precisely on the head. These stories are as based in history as abraham lincoln vampire slayer, mostly less.
No one is claiming that the Biblical story of Sodom is ‘based’ in history, merely that it may have been inspired by an historical event.
Just because the Noahic flood is ahistorical doesn’t mean ancient people didn’t deal with floods.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson