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RE: Do as you wish, Burt here’s my take

Posted on: July 17, 2019 at 09:17:18 CT
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Not that you care, but following a course on youtube drawn from the Yale Lecture series of a Christine Hays on the origins and meaning of the Torah, I have sat down now to read that at long last.

Right away we see the Serpent is nothing more than a talking snake, not allusion at all to the devil. The God of Genesis sets out to create a moral world - "and found it to be good" whereas preceding creation tales of the surrounding areas in Mesopotamia did not imbue a moral world, but an amoral world of chaos, disorder, Leviathans and sea dragons.

The importance of that is that Hebrew tribe did a lot more in providing counter mythology than simple monotheism, their scribe and story tellers turned it all on its head. And they - that Hebrew Tribe's influence on the growth and evolution of Western Civ is unmathed, so it is worthy of a look.

Pretty cool stuff. I seek to share what I pick up - nothing more to it than that. Stuff is a passion so I study it and again share some of what I pick up. Lucy Van Pelt laps you in $0.05 psychology.
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Hey raskol, below you posted about what you said was, - hokie VT - 7/17 08:39:00
     Basically, in need of far more sleep, thanks for caring(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 7/17 09:07:16
          RE: Basically, in need of far more sleep, thanks for caring(nm) - scan MU - 7/17 09:34:55
     Silas is hollow and vapid so logic and reason are wasted... - DoltfromSTL MU - 7/17 08:57:25
          Just a lost cause circling the drain like blood(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 7/17 09:08:21
          lol toro (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/17 09:00:25
               RE: lol toro (nm) - DoltfromSTL MU - 7/17 09:05:37
               It’s comedy hour this morning (nm) - pickle MU - 7/17 09:02:12
                    nearly all the big guys are out today (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/17 09:14:58
                    And your failure in life is laughable! - DoltfromSTL MU - 7/17 09:07:01
     Do as you wish, Burt here’s my take - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/17 08:50:35
          RE: Do as you wish, Burt here’s my take - raskolnikov MU - 7/17 09:17:18
               Ding. Ding. Ding. - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/17 09:34:12
                    Sure you did Lucy(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 7/17 09:57:44
          I think you described him very accurately. And if he were - hokie VT - 7/17 09:06:09
     Lol(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/17 08:48:48
     read the thread next time and pay attention (nm) - pickle MU - 7/17 08:45:46
     try paying attention (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/17 08:41:13
          I tried it once, didn't care for it. Thanks anyway. Nm - hokie VT - 7/17 08:45:15
               that’s obvious (nm) - pickle MU - 7/17 08:46:04
                    Zing!!!!!! - Emoji Man MSU - 7/17 08:55:56
     If you read the rest of the thread, you'll find out that - ummmm MU - 7/17 08:40:04
          Haven't slept much in days, so yeah I fcked up - raskolnikov MU - 7/17 09:18:15
          That's pretty stupid, but who here hasn't done stupid - hokie VT - 7/17 08:44:02
               the irony. the lack of self-awareness - pickle MU - 7/17 08:46:45
               lol hokie (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/17 08:45:27




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