To: shubi
Faith is not suppose to reason. I have difficulty deriving any great moral lesson from the Flood, but some people seem to. The notion of teaching a lesson by killing children and infants seems a bit -- well, to put it bluntly, Islamic -- but everyone to his cup of tea.
I also get a bit chafed at punishing trillions of bunnies with terror and violent death for the momentary disobedience of a couple of -- what amounts to -- children. I have trouble with these stories even as parables.
Jesus is a demonstration that religion evolves. I consider religion to be what people say about God. I try not to confuse this with God, which remains ineffable to me.
To: js1138
"I also get a bit chafed at punishing trillions of bunnies with terror and violent death for the momentary disobedience of a couple of -- what amounts to -- children. I have trouble with these stories even as parables."
The bunny hypothesis! ;-)
I really have trouble figuring out what spiritual lesson we should draw from the Noah tale. It reminds me of a German Stuble-Peter story.
1,082 posted on
02/09/2005 12:49:35 PM PST by
shubi
(Peace through superior firepower.)
To: js1138
1,096 posted on
02/09/2005 1:22:21 PM PST by
shubi
(Peace through superior firepower.)
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