[spyone]

There is also no truth to the myth that socialism is a successful societal model. This does not prevent the BBC from promoting this creed.

[GeronL]

I wonder if the BBC regularly disrespects the Muslim religion??

[nmh]

Odd how worldwide other cultures have references to the flood. It happened just as stated.

Only a fool would take BBC seriously.

[Viking2002]

More secular Socialist arrogance spouted by the BBC.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

God and Noah or the BBC

OK I've picked my side ...............

[philetus]

Gilgamesh, who was King of Uruk in Babylonia in around 2,700 BC, had a shaved head and wore make up as well as a kilt. He bore no resemblance to the traditional image of Noah as displayed in countless paintings.


Gee, not even the painting that Noah posed for?

[Ciexyz]

Sounds like something PBS would sponsor.

[aruanan]

It claims that the story in the Book of Genesis was a fabrication inspired by the story of King Gilgamesh, who was caught up in a flood while trying to transport his own livestock.

I suppose it doesn't even cross their minds that the Epic of Gilgamesh (and many other flood stories from around the world) may have had as its antecedent an actual event of which the account of Noah in Genesis is the more factual version. At least the dimensions of the boat given in Genesis, taken most literally to mean a rectangular craft, would have yielded a seaworthy vessel with great stability. Gilgamesh's boat was a cube!

But then the minds of these folks were already made up and already dominated by the idea that any story from the past that describes a great or, to us, fantastic event must have started from something completely unremarkable, or barely remarkable, that, with retelling and embellishment, grew over the centuries to assume its present, clearly unbelievable, state. This is the evolutionary hypothesis applied to history/myth. Simple life emerged from the slime and developed, through accidents of circumstance, into something that looks a lot more remarkable than it originally was. Gilgamesh simply tried to save his livestock in a local flood and that story was retold until it became a morality tale of worldwide judgement.

[hellinahandcart]

"It is time to forget the original story and start again."

I find this so insulting.

He states "it is time", so naturally we'll get right to the job of revising Scripture to suit him.

(Go jump in a 40-day, 40-night LAKE!)

[bondjamesbond]

Heaven help those poor souls who are dependent of the BBC for confirmation of their beliefs.

[Little Ray]

Didn't they find evidence of a great flood in Mesopotamia (aka "Iraq") in the form of a layer of clay 5 feet thick? Supposedly this deposit indicates flooding at the 40 ft. level.
The "Great Flood" didn't have to be a worldwide event.

[Monty22]

Story doesn't even get the Gilgamesh part right. It wasn't Gilgamesh himself, but Utnapishtim that is the Noah character.