(September 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm)Godschild Wrote:(September 21, 2013 at 1:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote: John still cant grasp the reality of the way the character is written.
As a literary device the "God" character reflected the feudal "divine right of kings". Kings are dictators just like Kim Jong Un. They will protect minions but kill all dissenters and those who doubt or question.
So the holy books reflected the tribalism of the time it was written.
God worked and works through history, He never intended to change it, He wanted man to, but we did not so He sent His Son into history to redeem man.
GC
Bullshit. It was written by ignorant people to lead ignorant people and reflected the culture of that time. Just like for 3,000 years the Egyptians centered their beliefs around worship of the sun as a god.
