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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
*Brings your attention to posts number 15, 16 and 17*
I just thought I'd point that out, as you seemed to miss it. I suppose people don't see it because, typically, one is blinded to that which they actively participate in.
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As the poster of #15 I have to ask if you have a sense of humour or is this just a blind spot when it comes to your belief system. Seriously.
I believe politicophile summed up the three posts perfectly.
Since many of us "anti-Christian" types seem to have missed the "crux" of the insult perhaps you would care to point out where there was an insult because I can't seem to find one.
Back to the thread itself... my point was that many creation myths start with a world of water. It is held by biblical scholars that the creation myth in Genesis rises from other creation myths that precede it.
I am speculating that The Flood myth, which in the Bible represents the second covenant with God (the first being with Adam, the third with Abraham and the final with Noah) represents God, starting things over. Blank slate (with some notable exceptions).
While there is some debate amongst scholars, it is felt that the Bible is all myth and etiologies until it gets to the book of Joshua (some feel it should go as far back as Deuteronomy). To me, there is no need to be a literalist when it comes to the Torah or the Pentateuch (the first five books). The symbolism is there in the writing. Do you really need to believe that there was a Noah or Adam and Eve or a tower of babel, etc? And if so why?
To me they are great myths that we tell ourselves. There are great lessons to be learned and, frankly, the foundation of western civilization's moral and judicial code stems from them.
If you are offended by this take on things, all I can suggest is that you need to believe in your religion a little bit harder. Because, what I am writing is hardly new and it is hardly faith shaking.