dreamer_easy: (Genesis)
dreamer_easy ([personal profile] dreamer_easy) wrote2005-09-27 05:53 pm
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Continuing my earlier question about why God would send angels rather than putting in a personal appearance: in Exodus 30 God informs Moses that "Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live." Putting aside that they are conversing "face to face" (the rest of the chapter makes it clear that Moses cannot literally see God's face), this confirms the face-melting suspicion, but doesn't answer why God sends a messenger rather than just turning up in a hat two sizes too large.
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[identity profile] gdwessel.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Why create, er, Creation, only to let them suffer heinous tragedies?

Why give them the promise of a wonderful Heaven that you can only get to once dead, but anyone who tries to jumpstart the process gets sent to Hell?

Why have a Son whose only destiny is to be nailed to a tree?

Yeah. Sadism.

[identity profile] kateorman.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Everyone - as the Aztecs put it: enough of this. The flaws, problems, and ills of organised religion are (a) very well known and (b) irrelevant to my inquiry. :-)

[identity profile] kateorman.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
No need to apologise - I just decided to lick my fingertips and squish out that particular burning stick of incenser. :-)
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