Not Influenced by Surrounding Nations

Oh really! With what hieroglyphics? There was no written Hebrew alphabet at the time of Moses. If you are referring to the Pentateuch, (Genesis, Exodus, Levitcus, Numbers & Deuteronomy for those who don't know what thew Pentateuch is). Moses did not write it, it was written over the course of several hundred years by a number of different authors, which is why there are contradictions,and different styles of writing.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

If one looks at where both of these stories originated, Mesopotamia, then it can be said that they have similar origins. One would assume that Abraham brought the story with him when he left Ur for Haran & later Canaan. The Gilgamesh story stayed in Mesopotamia. It would be over 1000 years before these stories were written down in their current fashion, and thus would be changed due to the evolution of each by the peoples who told them, each adding his own parts to the story.

Being influenced does not necessarily mean agreeing with other nations views, but influences can cause the opposite effect which shows in most of the Levitcal laws. Those were laws against the laws & customs of the surrounding nations, thus negative influences.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008