Hardly radical or incredible. Xenophanes of Colophon said much the same thing. So did the Egyptian account of the creation of the world by the pure will of Ptah, which is of predynastic origin, ie before 3200BC. The creation account in the Indian Rig Veda is similar: the universe was created by Purusha, "the being beyond all others".
The supposed exceptionalism of Genesis claimed in this article is simply not true, as any study of comparative mythology will show.
Only one who reveres comparative mythology could make such a silly claim.
Genesis reveals truth, not myth. The Creator is not Parusha, Ptah or Gaia. The Creator described in Genesis is the Creator, not a signpost.
Nature aka creation aka the known universe does not teach good and evil. These are spiritual concepts taught by the Creator, not the creation.
The moral equivalency of killer tigers and killer humans is inescapable in a purely natural setting. Nature makes no moral distinctions.
Environmentalism is morally and intellectually empty. It lacks any ethical legitimacy. By defining humanity as the scourge of the earth it legitimizes barbarism.
Love, compassion, mercy, tenderness, et al are expressions of the Spirit of God. These refined sentiments are not natural in nature.
God provides His spirit as the means to transcend His creation and reside in Him in Spirit and in Truth.
The myth maker can not know this because he refuses to accept the truth behind the myth. God is the Truth and He is no myth.
you are not going to win over many frinds on FR wiht that post. But, nonetheless...I agree with you and your post.
Prager is the single most over-rated popular writer in the conservative movement. He dumbs down both Christianity and Judaism (not to mention secular studies) to fit his own personal comfort level.