Wesley Huff

Right. How did you guys nail that? Yeah, I mean, just because they're ancient doesn't mean they're stupid.

I mean, there have been a lot of things that have been lost. We still, as far as I'm aware, don't know how the Romans made their concrete. Roman concrete is like this thing that survives. They were able to make domes out of it.

I mean, there have been a lot of things that have been lost. We still, as far as I'm aware, don't know how the Romans made their concrete. Roman concrete is like this thing that survives. They were able to make domes out of it.

I mean, there have been a lot of things that have been lost. We still, as far as I'm aware, don't know how the Romans made their concrete. Roman concrete is like this thing that survives. They were able to make domes out of it.

No.

No.

No.

I mean, this is why history gets me so excited.

I mean, this is why history gets me so excited.

I mean, this is why history gets me so excited.

This whole thing was populated. Yeah, that's crazy, the ground-penetrating radar stuff.

This whole thing was populated. Yeah, that's crazy, the ground-penetrating radar stuff.

This whole thing was populated. Yeah, that's crazy, the ground-penetrating radar stuff.

And that's why you see, I mean, the literary comparison of ancient Near Eastern origin stories is like a really interesting thing to do. Because when you look at something like the Enuma Elish, which was the Babylonian creation story, and then you look at something like Genesis chapter one, there are obvious crossovers with, like I said before, these ancient Near Eastern conventions. Mm-hmm.

And that's why you see, I mean, the literary comparison of ancient Near Eastern origin stories is like a really interesting thing to do. Because when you look at something like the Enuma Elish, which was the Babylonian creation story, and then you look at something like Genesis chapter one, there are obvious crossovers with, like I said before, these ancient Near Eastern conventions. Mm-hmm.

And that's why you see, I mean, the literary comparison of ancient Near Eastern origin stories is like a really interesting thing to do. Because when you look at something like the Enuma Elish, which was the Babylonian creation story, and then you look at something like Genesis chapter one, there are obvious crossovers with, like I said before, these ancient Near Eastern conventions. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Where some gods fight against other gods and the world around us that we see and like human beings are the end result of this battle. And so they would read this on every Babylonian new year. And one of the main themes was basically that like, it's all chance. It's all a random mistake.

Mm-hmm. Where some gods fight against other gods and the world around us that we see and like human beings are the end result of this battle. And so they would read this on every Babylonian new year. And one of the main themes was basically that like, it's all chance. It's all a random mistake.

Mm-hmm. Where some gods fight against other gods and the world around us that we see and like human beings are the end result of this battle. And so they would read this on every Babylonian new year. And one of the main themes was basically that like, it's all chance. It's all a random mistake.

You were created without purpose and intention because Tiamat gets destroyed and she's the God that you know you come from. And then you read Genesis chapter one and it says, in the beginning, God creates the heavens and the earth. And he makes it good. And there's this idea that like that's countercultural in the idea that the Babylonians did not think that the world was good.