I mean, they are probably not entirely wrong, only a little misguided
jatinsuri332 on
it is honestly a very solid theory. almost every ancient civilization has a creation story starting with a dark, watery chaos. when you realize that every single human being literally emerges from a bag of water, it makes perfect sense that we would describe the birth of the universe the same way.
GrandDukeNotaras on
Is this a real image of Procopius
irradihate on
Mythology and oral tradition are somehow history, moralized fiction, and poetry all at once.
Crass_and_Spurious on
Just have to keep it generic enough for people to be able to reinterpret what you originally meant with each successive generation.
VenitianBastard on
“And then Ra jerked off so much that he created the rest of the Gods”
Seidmadr on
Hmm. I think there might be something to it, but I think a bigger point has to be that these ancient civilizations were all dependent on regular floods, where withdrawing waters leaves arable land.
EnchantingGirl2 on
So we’re all just a cosmic ‘oops’ then?
Mligsth on
Well that’s how life really began 4.3 billion years ago, from a primodial brine. They are not wrong and not even misguided, they just don’t the evolutionary starting point.
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I mean, they are probably not entirely wrong, only a little misguided
it is honestly a very solid theory. almost every ancient civilization has a creation story starting with a dark, watery chaos. when you realize that every single human being literally emerges from a bag of water, it makes perfect sense that we would describe the birth of the universe the same way.
Is this a real image of Procopius
Mythology and oral tradition are somehow history, moralized fiction, and poetry all at once.
Just have to keep it generic enough for people to be able to reinterpret what you originally meant with each successive generation.
“And then Ra jerked off so much that he created the rest of the Gods”
Hmm. I think there might be something to it, but I think a bigger point has to be that these ancient civilizations were all dependent on regular floods, where withdrawing waters leaves arable land.
So we’re all just a cosmic ‘oops’ then?
Well that’s how life really began 4.3 billion years ago, from a primodial brine. They are not wrong and not even misguided, they just don’t the evolutionary starting point.