I am going to try to re-focus here. everyone is focusing on childbirth when
the big archaeological picture of things is that everything associated with
humanity goes back hundreds of thousands to millions of years but Christians
don't want to deal with that data.
Biological evidence of language--2 million years the 1470 skull has Broca's
area impressed on it. Australopiths more than 3 million years ago, may have
WErnicke's area impressed upon them. These are brain structures associated
with language
tents--absolutely proven as long ago as 425,000 years ago, (not a sumerian
invention) with claims for tent remains going back 1.6 million years ago.
clothing. Humans were living 300 miles south of the arctic circle 300,000
years ago They would have needed clothing.
hairlessness and sweating--at least 2 million years ago according to the
experts
musical instruments in bone form at least 100 kyr ago. But none of the reed
musical flutes survive even from the Roman era
living off of one species of goat--at least back to the Neanderthals
70-80,000 years.
Murder by spear or ax--200 kyr
REcognized natural art--Makapansgat pebble 3.2 million years old.
Oldest man-made art---400 kyr the Tan tan figurine the second oldest is the
330 kyr Berekhat Ram figurine.
pain in childbirth 2.5 million years ago
NONE of these things is a Sumerian invention. There is no way any of them
can be viewed as such. Thus, if the Bible is to be interpreted as if these
things are sumerian inventions, then the Bible is flat out false and there
is little sense in claiming that it teaches true theology in the face of
such absurd falsity.
And if none of the other things which mark humanity out are Sumerian why are
we all focused on childbirth alone? It too, like the other things seems to
have been around for millions of years.
glenn
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