RE: Adulterous woman
June 14, 2021 at 7:27 am
(This post was last modified: June 14, 2021 at 7:51 am by GUBU.)
(June 12, 2021 at 12:50 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: It's obviously important to tell our stories this way, while I don't want to say that all cultures and stories are exactly the same, it actually is hard to find a culture with no trickster hero or trickster god story. They probably exist to explain (or create, or reinforce) the value of being clever.
To use one of the more direct parallels between the characters, a small snippet from wiki will be instructive.
Quote:He was almost put into herem (excommunication) for the above incident in which he showed "dishonor" to God, as if he had imposed himself upon God. However, Shimon ben Shetach, the brother of Queen Shlomtzion, excused him, saying that Honi had a special relationship with God.Sound familiar?
So Jesus is Brer Fox? Nice to know 😃
(June 13, 2021 at 3:52 pm)Mercyvessel Wrote:(June 13, 2021 at 3:36 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I've always struggled to see the utility of that advice to humans in human societies. We're going to do it anyway, because it would be imprudent to the point of absurdity to take this gods advice in this matter....and that does seem like something a god should already know.
I hear you, because of a natural human inclination to judge / sin since the fall of man.
However, I tell you that with continuous prayer and by the grace of God, in His strength, by the Holy Spirit - one does so/wrong less and less, growing from grace to grace in practice - ultimately relying on being clothed in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus, the Christ - the only Holy One by and through whom we can ever be reconciled back to God. (Acts 4:12)
"For with God nothing will be impossible." - Luke 1:37
You know your "god made us totally evil, and only god can make us do good" bovine excrement doesn't fly here and you're not good enough of an artist to make it fly. So why do you keep peddling it?
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