RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 3, 2014 at 4:39 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2014 at 5:06 pm by Urizen.)
The passage in question only seems absurd if, on the one hand, one lacks the perspicacity to comprehend symbolism in general, and on the other, is disposed to grasp at the most superficial of conceivable interpretations of Biblical narratives. The first is a relatively normal human limitation; the second is a pitiful display of insincerity that is degrading to the human soul, a deviation from the divine norm; for to be untruthful in anything, is to negate one's very being, which is truth itself. Now as regards the passage under consideration, there is, first of all, no absurdity in its anthropmorphic symbolism, which really signifies the theomorphic nature of man. Second, no injustice was committed in killing the mob, for they had declared murderous intentions. Read in context, 'go up' was a call to murder Elisha; 'baldman' signified leprosy, which would have been an incitement to violence. The only absurdity is the atheistic mind which needs to invent absurdities in order to reassure itself that God does not exist, so that it may sin with a clear conscience, and get more and more lost in the illusions of this world; it is absurd because the atheist can at any time transcend the prison walls of his mind and enjoy inner eternal life.
