Myths of origins. It's all a story, and has no more historical truth than Brutus founding Britain after the sack of Troy, or Romulus and Remus founding Rome, or Hengist and Horsa invading Britain, or the eagle beating its wings to create the mountains and valleys of the Blue Ridge.

It's only a story, a fanciful tale, to quote Alex Glasgow.

And if the rapture means being "chosen" along with Dubya or those TV evangelical slimebags, you can stuff it.