Also, God is not supposed to be understood to be an asshole in the OT - that's a fairly contemporary reading.
It was considered more on the level of a fratboy prank back then?
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
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Sean K - Aug 02, 2006 9:57:42 am PDT #31 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
JZ - Aug 02, 2006 10:04:21 am PDT #32 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
It was considered more on the level of a fratboy prank back then?
Aw, Sean, don't make me repost my cracky V theory again, please?
Fie.
Sorry, dearest. I know well of your Evey love; I just didn't know which side of the crack line you'd fall on WRT God/Abraham=V/Evey.
Jessica - Aug 02, 2006 10:04:40 am PDT #33 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
that's not the best reading of Job.
Define "best." (And no, "most likely to make the reader want to worship God by the end of the book" doesn't count.)
Volans - Aug 02, 2006 10:05:51 am PDT #34 of 10001
move out and draw fire
The Stoats and the Redshirts should be friends.
Somebody here reads Dork Tower
It was considered more on the level of a fratboy prank back then?
Life was just that fucking hard back then. The Asshole!God interpretation is also fairly American, or maybe First World.
::really leaving now::
JZ - Aug 02, 2006 10:07:05 am PDT #35 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Not Hec, but I think by "best" he means "most in line with what, from what little historical and cultural context we can gather, the author(s) likely intended in writing it."
Kathy A - Aug 02, 2006 10:07:16 am PDT #36 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
In non-God news (unless you're like me, and believe that candy is a gift from the deity(ies)), I'm sucking on a piece of root beer barrel hard candy, AIFG! I'd forgotten how good these are, and am very glad that the receptionist at my office has expanded her bowl of mints to include these.
DavidS - Aug 02, 2006 10:08:21 am PDT #37 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Define "best." (And no, "most likely to make the reader want to worship God by the end of the book" doesn't count.)
Best = Extracting the intended meaning in its metaphor instead of viewing it as a narrative where God is a character.
DavidS - Aug 02, 2006 10:09:31 am PDT #38 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just didn't know which side of the crack line you'd fall on WRT God/Abraham=V/Evey.
No, I thought that was an excellent reading. Profound even.
JZ - Aug 02, 2006 10:11:15 am PDT #39 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
::preens::
::internally joggled by excessive preening, belches horrifically::
Laura - Aug 02, 2006 10:14:00 am PDT #40 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
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