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Originally Posted by Matata
I've been geeking out over the great flood for a few months now, I got started with a Joe Rogan podcast when he was speaking with two experts on the subject: Graham Hancock (who does have some woo in his head) and Randall Carlson (who is very anti-woo)...
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What qualifies either of these men as experts???
From where I sit, without adequate training in the cultural underpinnings and the methodology behind myth creation and literature in the Ancient Near East, neither of these figures is competent enough on this subject to offer any sort of "expert" opinion.
I maintain: There is NO specific flood event from which the many individual flood myths originate. There are rather common experiences with all sorts and varieties of flooding, which have produced a wide range of stories that contain predominantly similar themes.