Is that why He is a ' Jealous God '.?? He says "I am a Jealous
God." How can a God be Jealous.??
He also promises eternal damnation in hell.!! for disbelief of
course. What kind of a sadist would give you an Eternity in Hell.??
--- On Tue, 10/20/09, authfriend <jst...@panix.com> wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: R.Crumb on Genesis
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 10:11 AM
Nicely done, Shemp. Terrific insight. Quite beyond the
literalists among us, though, I fear, who prefer to
understand the story to be portraying God as an
"egotistical sadist."
--- "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@ ...> wrote:
<snip>
>
> What's wonderful about the reality of Abraham and Isaac -- which, by the way,
> lives in our consciousness as knowledge on the level of Ritam along with all
> the Biblical stories and the Vedas, etc. -- is that AFTER you come out of the
> transcendent (i.e., the Kingdom of Heaven) you get back your son! Yes, you
> sacrificed him and he disappeared as a criterion of entering the Kingdom but
> he's there for you to enjoy once you return from the dissolution of the
> universe, too.
>
