tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post1541708689743276161..comments2024-01-11T04:31:58.232-08:00Comments on oxymoronredundancyparadoxtrap: Noah's Ark: salvation, anthropocide, or xenocide?Benjamin Adyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-37990568069540690362009-11-19T16:03:25.401-08:002009-11-19T16:03:25.401-08:00I remember as a child seeing an artist's rende...I remember as a child seeing an artist's rendering of the ark on the floodwaters complete with stricken people in the stormy water reaching out toward the ark. I'm amazed at how often we've been given Noah's Ark books to read to our kids; they're always very cute. Boats, water, animals... Never have seen another picture that includes the drowning people since that one in my childhood.<br /><br />Last Easter I bought some children's books on the crucifiction, death and resurrection of Jesus. That story isn't pretty either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600483714010413657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-42407971474047790242009-10-17T22:07:19.008-07:002009-10-17T22:07:19.008-07:00Have you ever read Jack Miles' "God: A Bi...Have you ever read Jack Miles' "God: A Biography"? He describes the story in much the same way. i Loved that book. it won a pulitzer. here's the wikip:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God:_A_BiographySerennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-31151914386752987142009-10-16T01:19:16.777-07:002009-10-16T01:19:16.777-07:00B - I was re-reading the rather excellent The Poli...B - I was re-reading the rather excellent The Politics of Jesus by Yoder yesterday. I really recommend you have a go reading it.<br /><br />One of the things he was saying was about the nature of 'legend' - being not so much a call on the authentic-ness of a story but about its position within a society. So, 'true' or not, a story takes on meaning when it is repeated endlessly and given meaning in society.<br /><br />Personally I don't have a particular problem with the flood story in itself - but I am interested what it tells us about ourselves. At some level it is saying that we're rescued people, reminding us that we're fragile and at the mercy of the elements.<br /><br />Much more problematic to me is the Abraham-Isaac story, which I have trouble thinking about, never mind teaching to children.<br /><br />Maybe it is a rather sociological approach (of which, of course, I am unqualified) to contemplate the effect of stories on our lives. But interesting and helpful I find.<br /><br />I wonder what effect it would have had if we had allowed the words of the minor prophets become part of our consciousness rather than the pentitude.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02102663397567562979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-40345257977296124762009-10-15T21:21:16.959-07:002009-10-15T21:21:16.959-07:00Noah and the Xenocide by flood. Beware the Alien D...Noah and the Xenocide by flood. Beware the Alien Deity!Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057559601219863112noreply@blogger.com