RE: Cain and Abel: Explanation Please. Pretty Pretty Please!
September 5, 2014 at 9:58 am
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2014 at 10:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 5, 2014 at 12:22 am)Drich Wrote: Abel followed God's example, while Cain didn't bother to go out of his way. He offer what he had avaiable to him.How convenient for Abel, that he was the shepherd (chuckles). They -both- offered what they had available. It's not "going out of your way" for a shepherd to give sheep, and it's not "going out of your way" for a farmer to give turnips. Why not set both brothers up as shepherds?
The authors simply believed that what was available to Abel was desired by god. Again, the authors were shepherds, so this doesn't come as a surprise. The "events of the time of Noah", btw Drich - utter garbage. If you want to say that Cain got a pass so he could contribute (or found) some scenario or peoples or what have you- leading to an event...it probably ought to be an actual event, don't you think? Conceiving of the narrative in such a way rules out any use beyond literary device, as the "events described" are literary - not factual. Probably not your intention, but there it is.
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