Standards-9991
"Although neither all the writings of either the Hebrew 'historian'; Josephus, nor that of the Greek 'historian' Manetho can be counted as 'accurate' in all their writings, there are 'kernels' of information they can lead to other bits, in some cases. Neither one should be labeled as absolutely incorrect."
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: Before they can be considered any thing, first you must provide evidence that they ever existed.
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There is a book about myths being based on facts...
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: Many myths are based on facts. There are tons of myths/concoctions based on deceit and lies.
Most good fakes/forgeries are laced with elements of truth. The Solomon Tablet was based on a known account in the bible, but the stone it's self was nothing but a fake created to deceive the gullible.
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
"We do know, from Egyptology and archaeology, that there were two sides to the story of 'Armageddon' [ie: 'Meggido']...one side by the Egyptians and the other by the Hittites..!
But, if one just reads the Egyptian 'side of the story'...one would believe that they won...yet another account has been found....and now historians and archaeologists believe that it was a draw......
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: Bingo, when there is actual historic records, written in the time the events took place, EVEN the text of those who were there because the person telling the story may give a false report.
IF you must take the actual text that DOES exist with a grain of salt, why would you waste your time with myths in which there is nothing but the wind of blabbering lips as evidence?
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THE GOSSIP GAME
If you have ever played the gossip game in grade school on a rainy day.
The teacher wrote down a little paragraph. The first kid looked at it and verbally repeated it to the next kid in the row.
When it gets to the last kid and they stand up and repeat what they heard, it is totally perverted
Try it yourself if you have never played the game.
School Gossip game
<> Myths about ancient Egypt
In less than 15 minutes
<> It has been 4,000 years
One paragraph <> endless amounts of mythology
Totally perverted by 25 repeats <> repeated by hundreds
This is the essence of myths based on nothing more than the wagging of the tongue.
Well, flying saucers and leprechauns could be true, you can not prove they are not true
That in which there is no evidence, is not even considered as a concept to ponder.
Those who deal with facts, do just that.
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