(Genesis 38) So God decides to kill all these people for what seems like petty issues and doesn't explain it. But it bothers me, because this God seems like a totally different God than the one who shows mercy, and is not quick to judge the intentions of a person.
My guess is that someone else, from some other sect or place or time, wrote this section and depicted God as a rather harsh, strict and merciless enforcer of ridiculous rules that are not easily understood.
Considering the text as a whole piece, parts like this make God seem like Cybil.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Multicolored vs. Technicolor
Multicolored- adj. having many colors
Technicolor- n. a process of cinematography using synchronized monochrome films, each of a different color, to produce a color print.
(Genesis 37) According to my study book, modern researchers have found that Joseph's coat was technicolor, not multicolored as it was originally believed.
What is the difference exactly? Back then was way before our modern technology. Should the prefix "tech" even be suggested of such an ancient Hebrew word? According to my oxford, technicolor was a cinematic style of layering film to create different colors on screen, so how does that apply to Joseph's coat?
I asked the folks at bibleinfo.com, hopefully they have some answers.
Technicolor- n. a process of cinematography using synchronized monochrome films, each of a different color, to produce a color print.
(Genesis 37) According to my study book, modern researchers have found that Joseph's coat was technicolor, not multicolored as it was originally believed.
What is the difference exactly? Back then was way before our modern technology. Should the prefix "tech" even be suggested of such an ancient Hebrew word? According to my oxford, technicolor was a cinematic style of layering film to create different colors on screen, so how does that apply to Joseph's coat?
I asked the folks at bibleinfo.com, hopefully they have some answers.
He went in to her....
Ewwwww!!!!! Why would God describe sex so casually yet grotesquely? This damn phallocentric culture we live in. People don't make love or have sex, they get pummeled by the penis!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Attractive Biblical Names?
Why would anyone name their child Dinah or Leah? First we have Dinah, the poor submissive who was raped and had no power, no tribe, no anything. Or Leah, the ugly one Jacob was trying to avoid, had to sleep with to get to the true beauty Rachel. Leah just kept poppin' the babies out. Hideous girl. Why? When a parent is naming a child after a biblical figure, do they actually read the story, and say "Yes, my child is ugly and horny, I'll name her Leah!" ?! wtf !
These Issues Must be Purged!
Yeah, so there are more than a few things in this book I am not so happy with, I'm not sure if it's the gay or the female that is a bit dismayed by these biblical characters.
Lot. Alright we have Sodom and Gomorrah, the not so moral types here. (Genesis 19) They say they'd like to get to know some of the guests better, the men. The translation for "know them better" can also be to investigate them, but Lot interprets it sexually and offers his daughters instead.
Lot! What is wrong with you! Why the hell would you offer your daughters and say,
I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them whatever you want. Only do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof. -Genesis 19:7-8
They are virgins for God's sake! That is horrible that he would allow his own daughters to be raped and sexually assaulted by these sketchy men. Just so he can protect the men of the city, who may be full of evil. How evil. Women were treated like such doormat scum. It makes me so mad.
Oh my God, they want to get to know the men, gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! homoooomoooomomooosexuualls!! They dwell dwell dwell on the homoeroticism of it all when the The Real Problem is LOT! He is the one who is morally wrong.
Nothing is wrong with two consenting adults, gettin' it on. But there is something wrong with Lot offering his innocent daughters to have forced sex against their will, where's the anger for that injustice. God, come on here.
Lot. Alright we have Sodom and Gomorrah, the not so moral types here. (Genesis 19) They say they'd like to get to know some of the guests better, the men. The translation for "know them better" can also be to investigate them, but Lot interprets it sexually and offers his daughters instead.
Lot! What is wrong with you! Why the hell would you offer your daughters and say,
I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them whatever you want. Only do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof. -Genesis 19:7-8
They are virgins for God's sake! That is horrible that he would allow his own daughters to be raped and sexually assaulted by these sketchy men. Just so he can protect the men of the city, who may be full of evil. How evil. Women were treated like such doormat scum. It makes me so mad.
Oh my God, they want to get to know the men, gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! homoooomoooomomooosexuualls!! They dwell dwell dwell on the homoeroticism of it all when the The Real Problem is LOT! He is the one who is morally wrong.
Nothing is wrong with two consenting adults, gettin' it on. But there is something wrong with Lot offering his innocent daughters to have forced sex against their will, where's the anger for that injustice. God, come on here.
Gay Bible Project: An Introduction
So I've embarked on this project to read the bible from beginning to end. I will be looking at the scripture from the perspective of a scholar, not a christian. I am very excited to complete this project and be able to look at the entire book and decide what I think about it. This blog will serve to document my findings as I read and other thoughts that pop into my head, regardless of whether they are relevant.
I've already come up with a ton of questions and what-if scenarios. I've become very interested in queer politics and race relations and I will be reading the book with those thoughts in mind.
Right now my first question, that I posed to bibleinfo.com and they were unable to successfully answer:
Were the Canaanites black?
(Genesis 4:15) Long long ago, I believe the bible was used to justify slavery. After Cain killed his brother Abel, God put a mark on him to protect him from danger. God is very unclear about the specific mark, but it is believed that it is possible God made Cain black so others would know he was protected. The bibleinfo.com people said the Canaanites were a separate race from the Israelites and probably came from Africa, so according to bibleinfo.com, they are black.
It may be very racist to make such a claim, if you look at the story of the Rape of Dinah. (Genesis 34) She gets raped by a Canaanite man. Her brothers trick the Canaanites into circumcising themselves (OUCH!), and then they murder all these men (horrible). So since these people weren't circumcised it's possible they are from a different race.
Suppose they're black. So would the book then be trying to explain the stereotyped perverseness of the black man by making him the rapist and having all of his people pay the cost of this man's actions with their deaths, all along God isn't really getting involved. It's a bit suspicious. I'm still not sure if they are black, but they may be an oppressed race. I'll keep reading.....
I've already come up with a ton of questions and what-if scenarios. I've become very interested in queer politics and race relations and I will be reading the book with those thoughts in mind.
Right now my first question, that I posed to bibleinfo.com and they were unable to successfully answer:
Were the Canaanites black?
(Genesis 4:15) Long long ago, I believe the bible was used to justify slavery. After Cain killed his brother Abel, God put a mark on him to protect him from danger. God is very unclear about the specific mark, but it is believed that it is possible God made Cain black so others would know he was protected. The bibleinfo.com people said the Canaanites were a separate race from the Israelites and probably came from Africa, so according to bibleinfo.com, they are black.
It may be very racist to make such a claim, if you look at the story of the Rape of Dinah. (Genesis 34) She gets raped by a Canaanite man. Her brothers trick the Canaanites into circumcising themselves (OUCH!), and then they murder all these men (horrible). So since these people weren't circumcised it's possible they are from a different race.
Suppose they're black. So would the book then be trying to explain the stereotyped perverseness of the black man by making him the rapist and having all of his people pay the cost of this man's actions with their deaths, all along God isn't really getting involved. It's a bit suspicious. I'm still not sure if they are black, but they may be an oppressed race. I'll keep reading.....
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