Root of all Evil
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tick. which version of the bible were you reading? I suppose at a certain level the stories can be instructive but there are plenty that are all about righteous plunder, rapine, etc. Without neoplatonism, the book is pretty bloody nevermind I come not with peact but the sword
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(Jan 10 06, 08:28)
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I think it was the Jerusalem Bible..this goes back a few years...but hey, I'm not saying it wasn't bloody or contadictory. Of course it was..Old Testament of course..But another thing that fascinates me about the Biblical story arc (again viewing it as a STORY and not some religious text per se) is the charachter of God.
He is central in the beginning, and then very present in the action..I mean the bible describes him as walking actually walkig in the garden and wrestling witrh Jacob..I mean this isn't some modern interpretation..the Bible is pretty clear that Jacob IS physically wrestling with god..
I mean the god character is a real physical presence..yet during the long story arc of the bible god gets farther and farther away..by the time we hit the New Testamnet he needs a proxy (JC) to even get into the story...
Not sure what it means, but I found it fascinating..and a very differnet line of thinking form my Catholic upbringing..