Job doesn't bother me so much, but Abraham getting ready to sacrifice his son really gets up my nose.
Well, yes.
But its more than just his son he's willing to give up, its his ONLY son. Abraham with a barren wife was promised he'd be the father of a great nation and ::boom:: God gave him a son. Then God goes and says "Give him back". Abraham being willing to sacrifice his son yet still believe that he will Father a great nation shows that he trusts God no matter what crazy-ass thing God says.
I've also heard commentary that it was an object lesson. Other neighborhood gods would have actually demanded a human sacrifice but God would not -- which he made clear in a very memorable way.
Allyson, I think calling in to work late looks like you tried really hard to make it in, but it's just not going to work.
Also, everything on the front page of Cute Overload is killing me dead with cuteness! Who's a widdle cutie? Who is??
That's all well and good, but it's the jerking around that kind of gets up my nose. In a civil lawsuit, it would be called "pain and suffering," and worth at least an extra million.
(I don't like practical jokes among the mortal, much, so immortals pulling my leg -- let's just say they better not.)
A second (earlier) cat stack: [link]
but iirc, part of the story is that Job is the most faithful guy EVAH. His being picked is something of a compliment.
I get that. But it loses me when we get to the dead kids part. (Especially given an OT context where we don't necessarily assume they're in heaven.) They seem to be irrelevant as individuals, or as humans in their own right. Their only function is as something important to Job that's taken away. Letting kids die to prove a point about their father's loyalty? I have trouble with the concept of an allegedly good deity who'd do that.
Yeah, the Abraham story, I always thought, was a way for people to learn that no just God needs the sacrifice of your children as proof of faith. Still makes God look like a total bastard. Though, wasn't that the first time in human history that someone got Punk'd?
I am!! I am!!
Yes you are! Oohgoozhgoozhgoo!
Though, wasn't that the first time in human history that someone got Punk'd?
I would really, REALLY like to see Ashton Kutcher attempt to punk a deity. Greater awesomeness could not be achieved without resorting to the violent death of Jamie Kennedy!
