tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328187388919034177.post4777089026455220627..comments2022-03-29T15:25:50.802-07:00Comments on HoltesThoughts: The Case for Green as BiblicalChris Holtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776805168003457665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328187388919034177.post-62396727587449201672012-08-15T23:26:56.589-07:002012-08-15T23:26:56.589-07:00The connection between the legend of Gilgamesh and...The connection between the legend of Gilgamesh and the archeological record is intriguing. Gilgamesh has a flood story, too. It seems the flood in Genesis was an adornment for the Hebrew saga that they plucked from an older tradition. <br /><br />It isn't that "Folks like to preach the blood thirsty interpretation..." - reading the bible, not with any particular interpretation other than taking it literally, gives a blood thirsty story, recurring massacres ostensibly in fulfulment of God's wishes. The overgrazing you speak of gives more plausible explanations for the migrations and land theft over the explanation offered in the bible, that God directed these actions. Seems that, if you take the Bible as a source of guidance, God would have had oversight on the formidable problems of overgrazing without cluing his favorites in to their role in causing degradation.POWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151485424714446644noreply@blogger.com