@hopewithholly: Replying to @TobinFrost Most people were taught that the Bible dropped out of heaven completely unique and untouched by human culture. But that’s not what history shows. The ancient world was full of shared stories, flood myths, creation stories, wisdom literature, divine birth narratives, and law codes long before the Bible reached its final form. The flood story in Genesis has striking similarities to older Mesopotamian texts like Gilgamesh and Atrahasis. Parts of Proverbs closely resemble older Egyptian wisdom literature. The laws in Exodus echo ancient Near Eastern law codes like Hammurabi. Even stories like Moses in the basket have earlier parallels. That doesn’t automatically mean the Bible is “fake.” But it DOES mean the biblical authors were writing within an ancient cultural and literary world — not in isolation from it. The more I study history, archaeology, language, and comparative mythology… the harder it becomes to pretend the Bible is a completely original document untouched by human influence. And I think people deserve to know that. Faith should never be afraid of honesty, context, or evidence. #biblestudy #Deconstruction #Exvangelical #religioustrauma #exfundie

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