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From: penguin_boy@mindOBVIOUSspring.com
Great Lord , braving the raging
storm, scaled the mighty crag called alt.atheism on Fri, 4 Jun 2004
23:06:53 GMT and screamed this to the uncaring Gods.
>The book China—A History in Art tells us that one of the ancient rulers of
China was Yü, “the conqueror of the Great Flood. Yü channeled flood waters
into rivers and seas to resettle his people.” Mythology expert Joseph Campbell
wrote about the Chinese “
Period of the Great Ten,” saying: “To this important age, which terminates in
a Deluge, ten emperors were assigned in the early Chou-time mythology. Hence,
it appears that what we are viewing here may be a local transformation of the
series of the old
Sumerian king list.” Campbell then cited other items from Chinese legends that
appeared to “reinforce the argument for a Mesopotamian source.” That takes us
back to the same basic source of many myths. However, the story of the Flood
also appears in the
Americas, for example, in Mexico during the period of the Aztecs in the 15th
and 16th centuries C.E.
and what does all of this prove? People who live near rivers
(essentially, 99.9% of humanity tell stories or massive floods.
Probably because they've experienced massive flooding, and wonder if
the waters could cover the Earth.
Now, are we going to hear tales of the Siberian flood myth? How about
the H'mong? Navajo? Lakota? No, because they don't have them. They
have rich mythologies, but no floods.
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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