Apt, it is after all a Science Fantasy story, written in the intertestimonal period. The best guess is that it retells with a twist* the Babylonian mythology of the Apkallu, making it an example of syncretism following the Jewish exile. The Apkallu are gods who come to earth and teach men how to do stuff. They are too beloved by the Ancient Aliens crowd. We see them carrying the magic buckets or bags. * The twist is the Apkallu were not all bad, whereas the Watchers of Pseudo-Enoch are.
Bottom line is the actual biblical text shows technology is not a product of alien or angelic assistance, but human ingenuity, and both pagan myths rob humans of agency and contradict the account.
I think you are misusing the word syncretism, brother. The same can be said about The Torah's usage if Babylonian and other myths. That does not make it syncretism. Syncretism is when you do unauthorized coworship of integrated elements of two religions. It was the norm before Abrahamic religions, and a big stumbling block with spreading Christianity in East Asia.
Apt, it is after all a Science Fantasy story, written in the intertestimonal period. The best guess is that it retells with a twist* the Babylonian mythology of the Apkallu, making it an example of syncretism following the Jewish exile. The Apkallu are gods who come to earth and teach men how to do stuff. They are too beloved by the Ancient Aliens crowd. We see them carrying the magic buckets or bags. * The twist is the Apkallu were not all bad, whereas the Watchers of Pseudo-Enoch are.
Bottom line is the actual biblical text shows technology is not a product of alien or angelic assistance, but human ingenuity, and both pagan myths rob humans of agency and contradict the account.
I think you are misusing the word syncretism, brother. The same can be said about The Torah's usage if Babylonian and other myths. That does not make it syncretism. Syncretism is when you do unauthorized coworship of integrated elements of two religions. It was the norm before Abrahamic religions, and a big stumbling block with spreading Christianity in East Asia.
I don’t agree.
For what it’s worth, Pasulka’s “American Cosmic”, suggests that downloads of technology still occur.
Tucker Carlson talked a lot. Fr Stephen didn’t say much.