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atheist&happy:-)
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Date: November 14, 2010 04:59PM
their history, knowledge, culture, gods, battles, rulers, etc. by recording them, and passing them on. Of course a people, and nation are favored by their own gods. The OT & NT were adopted by an empire that helped them endure as a state religion, and the epic survived, because people had no choice, but to accept xstianity. Other cultures had epics that endured, like India, while others did not. The ones that did not endure are considered myth, and the ones that did survive are considered scripture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_epic