Genesis 4-7

[wolfpurplemoon]

Lots of begatting and an out of proportion flood from an ever vengeful God:

* Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel and was cursed by God but lived on to have his own family, with a mysterious wife who came from where? And then lots of sons were born and had children with other women that appear from nowhere, hmm...

* Biblical people had ridiculously long life-spans, I'm talking 700-950 years or so, even those cursed to die (like Adam who ate from the tree of knowledge)

* God brings the flood because the Nephalim were causing the humans to be immoral and he regretted making humans, so he killed every living thing that wasn't in the 600 year old Noah's ark. Seems like a bit of an over reaction...

Comments

[wolfpurplemoon]

I'd probably think I'd done something wrong to cause it not to grow fruit so I'd get some advice on how to get the tree to produce fruit.

If, as I suspect, you're not actually interested in my agricultural insights but are in fact comparing non-conforming fruit trees to humans who won't follow God's rules, then that's a terrible metaphor.

The tree may need pulling up due to disease, and that would just be good management because that disease could spread to other trees, but it is wrong to wipe out all the humans because a few won't follow rules, that would be like burning down the whole orchard because of that one bad tree.

I guess I just don't think like this tyrannical God.

[unw0rthys3rv4nt.livejournal.com]

And if that disease had spread to your entire orchard?

By what standard do you determine right or wrong?

And I can guarantee you that you don't think anything like "this tyrannical" God.

[wolfpurplemoon]

There is a very different morality in tending diseased trees and destroying human civilisation because they are apparently misbehaving.

There was already a huge discussion about the fact that atheists manage quite well to know right from wrong without having the threat of God's wrath/an eternity in hell hanging over us, not sure which post it was on, but I don't think there's much more to add to what was said there.