Root of all Evil
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KuzIII...you know, I am not anti-religion per se, although I am anti fundamentalist interpretation and getting into everyone else's grill about what to believe...and I"ve actually gotten a ton of insight into human nature from the Bible when read as a worl of literature versus something to be taken literally. I mean if you view God as just another character in that book, and the actions motivations of all the other biblical heros, villians, etc..lots of interesting patterns emerge.
One, like in your reference to Abraham having to sacrifice his son, which in one instance does seem a shitty thing to ask someone to do, but the Old Testamnet God really was about engaging with the people who would go that extra mile - it's not neccessarily what I would call "moral" but there is a logic to it.
What's that biblical story of the two brothers - one ahunter and the other a farmer, and the one used trickery to get his father's blessing, and in the Bible god honors the brother that used trickery to get the blessing? I mean that bugged me forever, until I realized that that guy just plain WANTED it more and would do anything to get it. Same thing with Abraham wanting to please God by sacrificing his son...it was about desiring to get close to god by any means neccessary, not on the morality of your actions it seemed..that realization really opened my eyes alot..