There are numerous ancient stories of a flood that are remarkably similar, for instance Noah’s Ark and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Even though the names and places are different, the story lines are similar. There are different opinions, but numerous people believe all these stories were based on some event that actually happened sometime in the distant past.
The biblical story of “Noah’s Ark” founded in (Genesis 6-9), is the original encounter of the flood story. Many religions believe God’s word is true, cause of its reputation the word of God’s is taken very seriously. In the bible, the people became aggressive, wicked and corrupted in their ways; once God noticed that he became angry with the people. Because of the people wickedness, the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth. (Genesis 6:5-6). In “Noah’s Ark”, God realized that the earth was corrupt, full of hatred and violence. Consequently, God knew the only way to ameliorate the world was, by causing a flood that would annihilate all creatures from the face of the …show more content…
The Gods (or God) wiped mankind off the face of the earth because of their disorderly behavior and they’re disobediences. In Gilgamesh, when the gods were trying to sleep, the humans became very unruly, excessively noisy, and disturbed the gods from their sleep. Enlil heard the clamour and he said to the gods in council, "The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel." So the gods agreed to exterminate mankind. Therefore, the gods became very angry with the people because of their disruptive and ungodly behavior. The god’s ordered a powerful flood to wipe mankind from the face of the earth. The god “Ea” selected Utnapishtim by pure luck to build a boat to restart mankind after the flood. So, the gods allowed rain to fall continuously on the earth for 6 days and 6 nights
The biblical story of “Noah’s Ark” founded in (Genesis 6-9), is the original encounter of the flood story. Many religions believe God’s word is true, cause of its reputation the word of God’s is taken very seriously. In the bible, the people became aggressive, wicked and corrupted in their ways; once God noticed that he became angry with the people. Because of the people wickedness, the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth. (Genesis 6:5-6). In “Noah’s Ark”, God realized that the earth was corrupt, full of hatred and violence. Consequently, God knew the only way to ameliorate the world was, by causing a flood that would annihilate all creatures from the face of the …show more content…
The Gods (or God) wiped mankind off the face of the earth because of their disorderly behavior and they’re disobediences. In Gilgamesh, when the gods were trying to sleep, the humans became very unruly, excessively noisy, and disturbed the gods from their sleep. Enlil heard the clamour and he said to the gods in council, "The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel." So the gods agreed to exterminate mankind. Therefore, the gods became very angry with the people because of their disruptive and ungodly behavior. The god’s ordered a powerful flood to wipe mankind from the face of the earth. The god “Ea” selected Utnapishtim by pure luck to build a boat to restart mankind after the flood. So, the gods allowed rain to fall continuously on the earth for 6 days and 6 nights