Question for YECs who think genre matters: When you see flood myths from other cultures that have lots of elements in common with the story of Noah, why isn't that an indication that the Noah story is also a flood myth?

@BruceAlderman In terms of genre I think they'd say it is?

But because they think it's inspired, they'd say it's the only flood myth which is also a reliable record of history

@curiousdannii There's a good possibility that Joseph Smith had access to Swedenborg's writings and derived some of his "distinctive" teachings from Swedenborg--though he also diverged heavily from Swedenborg in many ways. See: Did Emanuel Swedenborg Influence LDS Doctrine? by Craig Miller