For me it was learning that many ancient near eastern cultures had creation myths, flood stories, and genealogies that didn't always add up. No one pointed out Solomon's stables!
Thank you for sharing. I love to hear what triggered similar growth in others. Speaking of "flood stories", once those floodgates of study were open...whoooosh! :-p
For me it was finding all the little scriptural snippets the world liked to throw at me after cherry picking in their full and complicated contexts that made me dig deeper and once I was digging the numbers weren't always in agreement.
...how many were fed by the loaves and fishes, wait how many times did that happen...
For me it was learning that many ancient near eastern cultures had creation myths, flood stories, and genealogies that didn't always add up. No one pointed out Solomon's stables!
Thank you for sharing. I love to hear what triggered similar growth in others. Speaking of "flood stories", once those floodgates of study were open...whoooosh! :-p
For me it was finding all the little scriptural snippets the world liked to throw at me after cherry picking in their full and complicated contexts that made me dig deeper and once I was digging the numbers weren't always in agreement.
...how many were fed by the loaves and fishes, wait how many times did that happen...
...wait how many animals were on that ark...
I can totally understand that. Btw, how many flies did they have as backup just in case the frogs ate them? 😜