/lit/ - Literature

>>9764511
>The Enuma Elish tells us that humans have to work because the gods want to work less
He literally talks about the Mesopotamian creation myth as an example. These stories don't literally say "do X to get Y". It's a little more sophisticated than that. Do you even know what a metaphor is? He applies the same interpretive framework the to bible itself. See pic related.

>and in fact there is order because the gods already dealt with the chaos.
Order and chaos and what to do about them are the central themes of his work, you genius. Thanks for making my point for me.

>>9764541
This.