(September 4, 2014 at 12:14 am)Jenny A Wrote: So what is the moral lesson of Cain and Abel?
Cain and Abel both make sacrifices to god. Abel is a hunter and brings meat. . . yum meat. Cain is a farmer and brings vegetables and grain. . . yum, yum, bread. But god is finds favor only in meat. God apparently demands blood. WHY?
This is like a father looking at the little hand made clay gifts of two sons and throwing bouquets at one and rejecting the other. What kind of good father would do that?
Next Cain kills Abel. Not good. I get that. You don't get to kill your brother because daddy loves him best. But why does Cain get a pass with just exile and a you can't kill me card? Later in the OT the penalty for murder, let alone fratricide, is death. Why doesn't Cain have to pay that price?
It seems to me that this is a tale about the arbitrariness of fate, not an all loving god. Anyone care to explain it differently?
No Christian explanation? Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2U8yfKM9nY
This is a better myth than Cain and Abel, in my opinion.
Luke: You don't believe in the Force, do you?
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.