The Myth Of Genesis: The Story Of Gilsh Flood

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In the story of Genesis, God first created many things including human beings. However, as the population increased, God sees evil in human. His attitude toward the human race changed. He was sorry for the wickedness from the human beings. The humans are so wicked and evil that "It repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart" (Gen. 6:6) The idea of the flood came up because he did not want any of the evil people living in the world he created.
Later on, God said, “ Human beings have a choice to be good or evil. So there is no reason to destroy the world if I gave them the choice.” “It did not change the complexity of human and it will never change because this is the structure of human. His attitude toward human race changed again after the flood, which took 40 days and nights. The lord of God granted Noah to multiply and repopulate the Earth. He felt that there is no reason of taking the choice away from the people if it was given in the first place. There is no control of the people to choose good or evil because choice has been given to them. The …show more content…

His attitude to human race in this story is that he believes that the people are way too noisy. He wanted to get rid of everyone, so he can be ale to sleep in peace. As they watched the humans die, God started feeling emotional and regretted for what he has done. Flooding can have many implications and this story led to remorse. The Epic of Gilgamesh reveals attitudes toward death and immortality. The death of the human beings was a selfish decision made by Enlil, the head God. These selfish decisions will never have an outcome that we intended to like. The Gods becomes very furious about this situation and to the God who have thought of this decision. When an event has occurred, there is no turning back to before everything happens. All there is left, is filled with

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