Perhaps, Granny MH, but I can still understand why people would have trouble with the similarities.
When this granny is working on the reality of Adam,(see link below) the writing is often very general because I need the (name removed by moderator)ut of other minds. My curiosity wants to know if others have similar thoughts especially when difficult topics such as ancient myths are being discussed.
Looking at this thread’s topic analytically, one needs to go from understanding why people would have trouble with similarities to why are there similarities. There have been posts that begin to answer why similarities exist, but that is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Analytical thinking would then go to the nature of the people who have verbally repeated certain concepts while maintaining an original distinctiveness including the dates of the original sources of the “myths”.
As we follow this somewhat difficult trail, we can discover that our original ancestor, lovingly known as Adam, was a totally rational creature with the capability of understanding the super-natural existence of God. (Source: Divine Revelation found in the first three chapters of Genesis and further affirmed by Jesus Christ as seen in His relationship with people then and now, including you and me.)
Being able to understand the existence and status of his Creator, Adam was inherently capable to choose the means of maintaining a personal, fulfilling relationship with a transcendent Pure Spirit Who was inviting him to share in His life in eternal joy. Adam’s basic human nature united both the spiritual and material worlds; therefore, as a spiritual being, he was in the image of God, but not God Himself. In order to maintain his relationship of true friendship with God, Adam had to live in free submission to his Creator.
This brings us to the very reason why there are similarities and disconnects in the early myths.
Without going into Original Sin, all we need to know is that the descendants of Adam, like many children today, left their family to find their own way of life. Like children today, some of Adam’s descendants retained their parent’s teachings (the writers of the first three chapters of Genesis) about the beginning of human history, and some discarded some of the teachings, and still others discarded all the teachings. This simple observation of humanity is why there are a variety of ancient myths and a variety of interpretations.
When we start to learn about ancient myths, we have the Catholic Church which already has studied the first three chapters of Genesis and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit has discerned what God was revealing to us. We have St. Paul as one of the first “catholic” universal teachers. And most importantly, we have Jesus Christ, True God and True Man, Whose very life repeated the love of the Creator for us, His own creatures.
Link about Adam and Eve.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=721102
Thread in Apologetics Forum, “Should Catholic apologists teach the reality of Adam & Eve?”
