tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post3810897981464902161..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: The Bible, Pt. 9: Genesis, Chapter 27 - 28Bill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-63357086797653877342013-10-29T18:56:01.826-05:002013-10-29T18:56:01.826-05:00I think they were considered important as ancestra...I think they were considered important as ancestral stories, John, but they were also entertainment. Their similarity to trash TV isn't coincidental, I suspect.<br /><br />But as religion developed - Judaism and, later, Christianity - they were given a significance they might not have had at the beginning. If the Bible was God's word, there <i>had</i> to be some moral lesson here, right? To believers, it <i>couldn't</i> have been just an ancient version of a soap opera.<br /><br />And, of course, morality has changed. The treatment of women in the Bible, for example, is astonishing to us, but the men who ruled these societies wouldn't even have noticed that.<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-92093349152187799932013-10-29T18:47:45.398-05:002013-10-29T18:47:45.398-05:00Thanks, John. I didn't know that about Ishmael...Thanks, John. I didn't know that about Ishmael. But then, I don't know much about Islam.<br /><br />Maybe someday I'll read the Koran, but I doubt it. I'll be doing well to get through all of the Bible!<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-20440015344542666662013-10-29T12:56:21.267-05:002013-10-29T12:56:21.267-05:00I don't know how much you are looking into thi...I don't know how much you are looking into this but I didn't want you to miss how Ishmael, Isaac's brother is considered the ancestor of the Islamic religion and Isaac is the ancestor of Jewish religion.Chimeradavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373236451090168388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-49343830765161734522013-10-29T12:17:56.829-05:002013-10-29T12:17:56.829-05:00Another great role model :) I have a hard time see...Another great role model :) I have a hard time seeing what we are supposed to get out of this. Why were these stories deemed inportant enough to pass down.Chimeradavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373236451090168388noreply@blogger.com