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| Topic | Reminder that there's wrestling in the bible |
| IMNOTRAGED 01/11/25 2:34:42 PM #21: | Kuuko posted... Or also among my favorite stories is an extremely brief, extremely confusing, encounter in Exodus where Moses and his wife are traveling and stop at an inn. But then when they get there, God's there. And he's like "I'm going to kill you". And Moses and his wife panic and circumsise their baby. And this presumably stops God from killing them. And then the story just moves on as if that was normal. This is the one that always gets me. The only way it could possibly make the slightest bit of sense is if you look at it within the likely historical context, which was that Moses was a god in some contemporary religion and the story is basically mocking him and showing Yahweh's superiority --- DEBO ERA "Be ruthless with systems; be kind to people." ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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