When Zeus planned to destroy an ancient race living on Earth, he sent a deluge. However, Deucalion, a son of Prometheus, and his wife Pyrrha—the Greek equivalents of the biblical Noah and his wife—put provisions into a chest and climbed into it. Carried across the waters of the flood, they landed on Mount Parnassus. After the waters receded, the couple gratefully made sacrifices to Zeus.
If you care to study more Greek mythology you will see - there are many parables that were plagiarized for the bible - that were originally stories of how Zeus and the other gods ruled earth.
Why do people discount these as "Myths" while saying the bible is not?
If you care to study more Greek mythology you will see - there are many parables that were plagiarized for the bible - that were originally stories of how Zeus and the other gods ruled earth.
Why do people discount these as "Myths" while saying the bible is not?
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Moses compiled the account known today as Genesis. This may have been done by consulting existing writings or documents, as the evidence indicates. It is those and oral traditions based on those that fanciful flood legends originate, and other fanciful stories we call myths. Interestingly, the description of the ark in Genesis is sea-worthy and in accord with naval architecture. But more could be said concerning the credibility of Genesis.
So when considering which came first, it is always wise to consider different options. In this case, written or oral tradition that predates both Genesis and Greek myth may be the solution.
Moses compiled the account known today as Genesis. This may have been done by consulting existing writings or documents, as the evidence indicates. It is those and oral traditions based on those that fanciful flood legends originate, and other fanciful stories we call myths. Interestingly, the description of the ark in Genesis is sea-worthy and in accord with naval architecture. But more could be said concerning the credibility of Genesis.
So when considering which came first, it is always wise to consider different options. In this case, written or oral tradition that predates both Genesis and Greek myth may be the solution.
Source(s):
Insight on the Scriptures. "Genesis, Book of"
Credits: Deucalion throwing a rock behind him. https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Deucalion/deucalion.html
