How else would you explain the flood story or the creation of man? Themes that seem to be repeated in all these ancient cultures.
Just a coincidence? I do think the bible has been manipulated and altered for sure so that royalty and the church were the only ones who could interpret gods will.
But I dont think so many people would believe it if there were not some kinda TRUTH to it.
But that just emphasizes that they are authoritarian regurgitations used to exploit the same fears of peasants to keep them in line for over thousands of years.
Your perspective that stories told for thousands of years give credibility to some truth ignores that there is a limited boundary to story telling sustainability. Legends are the same all around the world regardless of interaction bcz we have a limit set of rules even in fantasy.
To demonstrate this --> look at Hollywood.
It has only been around for JUST 100 years. In that time the same stories have been retold countless times. No matter how abstract the technology, the same story is told, just with different sets and actors.
Sitcoms today have exhausted premises bcz they have to recycle the same bits every 5 years.
Sci Fi is exhausted bcz it recycles the same material every 5 years.
Now imagine stories with only word of mouth thru varying languages and cultures over thousands of years -- it will always be homogenized down to simple boundaries.
A flood becomes THE flood only when exploited for purposes of corruption. Always has been.
I wouldnt say its a pysop.
How else would you explain the flood story or the creation of man? Themes that seem to be repeated in all these ancient cultures.
Just a coincidence? I do think the bible has been manipulated and altered for sure so that royalty and the church were the only ones who could interpret gods will.
But I dont think so many people would believe it if there were not some kinda TRUTH to it.
But that just emphasizes that they are authoritarian regurgitations used to exploit the same fears of peasants to keep them in line for over thousands of years.
Your perspective that stories told for thousands of years give credibility to some truth ignores that there is a limited boundary to story telling sustainability. Legends are the same all around the world regardless of interaction bcz we have a limit set of rules even in fantasy.
To demonstrate this --> look at Hollywood.
It has only been around for JUST 100 years. In that time the same stories have been retold countless times. No matter how abstract the technology, the same story is told, just with different sets and actors.
Sitcoms today have exhausted premises bcz they have to recycle the same bits every 5 years.
Sci Fi is exhausted bcz it recycles the same material every 5 years.
Now imagine stories with only word of mouth thru varying languages and cultures over thousands of years -- it will always be homogenized down to simple boundaries.
A flood becomes THE flood only when exploited for purposes of corruption. Always has been.