(October 23, 2018 at 6:08 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:Quote:6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
Seriously. That's an issue. Also this: WTF did the animals do? And how did Noah find favor with the Lord? Presumably by being righteous. Why didn't God make sure he taught humanity righteousness like he apparently did Noah? Or--since this is early OT God--maybe Noah wasn't righteous at all... maybe he was just good at picking sacrifices.
Probably he believed in God whereas everyone else had already ditched the poor guy? Or he was the only one whose inclination of the heart was not yet fully wicked? Or maybe God was starting to get sick of all the butt-sex happening among his creation?
As for the animals, I believe they were seen as nothing more than extensions of their human lords. Which meant that whatever the human lords did, the animals also had to suffer the divine consequences along with them.
By the way, there's going to be an even better WTF passage coming up fairly soon (right after the Noah and the Flood account).
