That's a great observation, hosepipe. Especially in light of the fact that the "whole world" at the time of the compilation of Holy Scripture didn't consist of much beyond the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin and its immediate environs. The idea of the whole world being the whole globe of the planet did not then exist. So we need not be speaking of a "global flood," just something of the nature alleged to have swallowed up Atlantis.
BTW, my conjecture regarding the Atlantis myth is: Plato made it up out of whole cloth. :^) But it's one dandy story! But if it is true, the remains of Atlantis would likely be found in the Mediterranean, not off the eastern seaboard of the United States.
I take it you're not in the literalist camp of Biblical interpretation? I have heard such statements as that condemned as "lies from the pit of hell."
True.. ALL Humans love a good story.. Judging by Charles Darwin's and Karl Marx's tales of drama Queendom..
Theres a penchant for Cargo Cultic tales in us all methinks..
Yes, The "Idol" that carries the Cargo voiced in a thousand thousand stories.. Romance novels and fiction in a hundred genres...
AND some wonder WHY there is a BIBLE... God knew from the beginning that humans love a good story.. and Satan did too.. "Eat from the tree and you will be like a GOD"... Mans fall was because of a good story..
Yesiree, humans love a good story..
Blow a good story in their ear and they will follow you anywhere..