How about Jacob? He was ruthless and selfish (waited until his brother was starving, then conned him into giving up his inheritance for beans) Cowardly. When Esau was justifiably pissed and would've probably killed him, he used the women and children in his camp as human shields, basically.
Funny how the Christians don't usually condemn Jacob for being ruthless(after all Esau couldn't really have been in that bad of a state, holy god would have rejected Jacob)
but condemn Esau for caring too much about eating.
It never occurred to them that Esau could really have been that hungry. People say they wouldn't have done the same thing. If they didn't eat for a week or two, I'm imagining they'd change their minds.
Mind you, it likely never happened. But dogma robs people of their imagination (or common sense).
Funny how the Christians don't usually condemn Jacob for being ruthless(after all Esau couldn't really have been in that bad of a state, holy god would have rejected Jacob)
but condemn Esau for caring too much about eating.
It never occurred to them that Esau could really have been that hungry. People say they wouldn't have done the same thing. If they didn't eat for a week or two, I'm imagining they'd change their minds.
Mind you, it likely never happened. But dogma robs people of their imagination (or common sense).
