The story of mass destruction by a deluge is one that echoes in all cultures around the world. From Mesopotamia, as far east as Asia, and west with the ancient Mayans. In comparison to the Greek version of the great flood, a Bishop from the 4th century named Epiphanius, links the Greek deluge myth to the Biblical account in which Noah's wife Norea is the equivalent in translation to the Greeks name Pyrrha. Whereas Noah is the Chaldaean name for the Greek Deucalion [“Now this man the Greeks call Deucalion, but the Chaldaeans name him Noah; and it was in his time that the great deluge took place.” –Philo, On Rewards and Punishments, VI (22)]. In this context, it stands to reason the equivalent to Zeus to the Old Testament is Yahweh- who was known as a storm god (thunder and volcanos) to the ancients. According to interpretations, this Demiurge wanted to keep the knowledge of discernment from mankind. However, Knowledge is the preparation of the soul that no storm or flood can stop.
If one takes in account the possibilities and probabilities of what the worst could be, there is no need to be prepared, for it it's only the conjecture we will fear and worry about.
The story of mass destruction by a deluge is one that echoes in all cultures around the world. From Mesopotamia, as far east as Asia, and west with the ancient Mayans. In comparison to the Greek version of the great flood, a Bishop from the 4th century named Epiphanius, links the Greek deluge myth to the Biblical account in which Noah's wife Norea is the equivalent in translation to the Greeks name Pyrrha. Whereas Noah is the Chaldaean name for the Greek Deucalion [“Now this man the Greeks call Deucalion, but the Chaldaeans name him Noah; and it was in his time that the great deluge took place.” –Philo, On Rewards and Punishments, VI (22)]. In this context, it stands to reason the equivalent to Zeus to the Old Testament is Yahweh- who was known as a storm god (thunder and volcanos) to the ancients. According to interpretations, this Demiurge wanted to keep the knowledge of discernment from mankind. However, Knowledge is the preparation of the soul that no storm or flood can stop.
If one takes in account the possibilities and probabilities of what the worst could be, there is no need to be prepared, for it it's only the conjecture we will fear and worry about.