Originally posted by rah
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The Bible doesn't say the Earth is 6,000 years old, thats an interpretation based on Bishop Ussher's use of genealogies. The 'days' were gods (planets), the Bible was written by monotheists who either omitted or disguised them.
https://www.ancient.eu/article/225/e...creation---fu/
1 When the heavens above did not exist,
2 And earth beneath had not come into being —
3 There was Apsû, the first in order, their begetter,
4 And demiurge Tia-mat, who gave birth to them all;
5 They had mingled their waters together
6 Before meadow-land had coalesced and reed-bed was to he found —
7 When not one of the gods had been formed
8 Or had come into being, when no destinies had been decreed,
9 The gods were created within them:
10 Lah(mu and Lah(amu were formed and came into being.
11 While they grew and increased in stature
12 Anšar and Kišar, who excelled them, were created.
13 They prolonged their days, they multiplied their years.
14 Anu, their son, could rival his fathers.
15 Anu, the son, equalled Anšar,
16 And Anu begat Nudimmud, his own equal.
17 Nudimmud was the champion among his fathers:
18 Profoundly discerning, wise, of robust strength;
19 Very much stronger than his father's begetter, Anšar
20 He had no rival among the gods, his brothers.
Apsu - Sun
Tiamat - Proto-Earth
Lahma and Lahamu - Venus and Mars
Ansar and Kisar - Saturn and Jupiter
Anu - Uranus
Nudimmud - Neptune
Thats 8 gods
Mummu (Mercury) appears as Apsu's companion, thats 9
103 He was clothed with the aura of the Ten Gods, so exalted was his strength
Marduk makes 10
Qingu/Kingu is the Moon, Kaka/Gaga (Pluto) is Ansar's (Saturn) messenger.
Thats 12
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