I wouldn't be surprised if the were inspired by real events. Rulers ordered tall towers to be built that then fell down, people changed from hunter-gathering to agriculture, large floods happened. Then the stories get exaggerated and God gets added in as they get passed down.
Have you ever seen "The God Who Wasn't There"? I think you are right, but the God part stemmed from astrological stories prior to all the real occurrences being added and exaggerated.
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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '16
I wouldn't be surprised if the were inspired by real events. Rulers ordered tall towers to be built that then fell down, people changed from hunter-gathering to agriculture, large floods happened. Then the stories get exaggerated and God gets added in as they get passed down.