Hi Alan. Well all you have said is dependent on which history you read. They all say different things.
So my defense in believing in Yahweh Elohim is that it does not matter which came first. It matters what is logical and touches my heart. The fact that in Genesis, we are commissioned as stewards, humankind that is, to look after the earth, animals and all of Creation makes sense to me.
What did the Sumerians propose for humankind? To appease the gods?
Let's get real here. Blondey hit it on the head.
Women and Man are equal. As I am studying Theology in the intention of one day being a female leader, I already have male angst spouting historical a scripture to me
If you want to know about Covid 19? Examine yourself, examine the world we live in. Is anything more important than love?

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I advise you to read the Sumerian and Babylonian myths, you will discover that all the others have taken from the Sumerians who created the idea of ​​the God that should be worshiped and you will also discover that the Jewish God with him a mass of angels that Christians and Muslims follow him all are present in the Sumerian religions. I advise you not to evade my request, which is to read the entire text of Genesis, and you will find the brutal ideas that are not related to God, especially when it speaks of invading and killing others and taking possession of all their wealth , and here it resembles the verses of the cruel and inhuman Muslim Quran. *************************

Don't worry about me, I want to be honest with you, I had been infected with the Corona virus a month ago, but I was able to kill it without any surgical and medical help. because I am very well armed all my life: I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol, I don't take drugs and I am a very healthy cook in my life, I cook everything at home and I do exercises every day.
ALAN.