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>"Crocodiles" does not mean they are they same thing. Two "primordial beasts" do not mean they are the same thing.
>>the Aztec myth adds that the croc "repopulated the earth" and "survived the flood" so it sounds like overtime it got conflated with the nephilim and flood narratives
>So you are putting forward that the Aztec myths are related to ancient near eastern flood narratives and nephilim?
One similarity is nothing, two similarities are coincidence, three is purpose
Nothing I'm saying is contrary to the research, other than the connection itself. You can find scholars and ask their opinions if you want to but just because no scholars have said it doesn't mean it isn't true, that's just an appeal to authority. Atheists can find scholars to validate their worldview, and Muslims and Christians, do you just believe whatever the majority says or do you independently research the material yourself?
I don't think comparative links between religions would be taken seriously by irreligious scholars because obviously it would lend them credibility, and not by religious scholars because they'd see it as granting credibility to the savage Aztec religion (the Roman Catholics didn't want it preserved at all and criticized friar Diego Duran for writing it down).
As a Christian why would it surprise you to see at least SOME overlap between our creation story and the creation stories of other ancient peoples? It should be expected

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