Don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you.
But correct the wise, and they will love you.

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If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.


Proverbs 9:8 & 9:12
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I crushed this Netflix series called Ancient Apocalypse featuring Graham Hancock recently. He’s a controversial figure who theorizes that intelligent cultures date back much further than mainstream archaeology believes (during the last Ice Age up to 100,000 years ago). I’m not here to debate the legitimacy of his claims because, well, I’m not an archaeologist, but I was noticing many parallels between a number of the myths and legends of ancient cultures around the world and some of the early Biblical stories.

The flood, for example, isn’t exactly original. Similar tales pop up all over the world in different cultures and, Graham theorizes, may have been inspired by a rapid rise in sea levels resulting from asteroids striking the ice sheets covering the earth back then, wiping out all kinds of civilizations that settled near the coastlines.

There’s also a legend from Zoroastrianism where Yima was warned by God to build an immense shelter where he’s to bring the best of people, two animals of every kind, and seeds of every plant to hide from a terrible event that’s coming. I’m wondering if the similar Biblical stories came to be as a meld of other legends passed down in surrounding areas, modernized over time with the characters like those we see in Noah’s tale.

The story of God destroying Sodom & Gomorrah by raining down fire and brimstone from the sky could have likewise been inspired by early asteroidal events. And there were many references to serpents being associated with evil in these other cultures as well.

Not to spoil the whole series for you, but apparently the ancient symbolism may have been not only a recording of the cataclysmic events of the past, but a warning for how it may happen again as the earth circles through the same asteroid belts in the future, which I thought it was an interesting tie to the Biblical judgment day prediction.

Any possible connections to ancient history that may explain the inspiration and origins of these Biblical stories is interesting to me, but don’t take my word on any of it. I’m in over my head when it comes to astrology and whatnot. But I am qualified to recommend a decent Netflix series when one pops up on my feed. At least I think so.