Job was the best person in the middle east, according to the story and Satan made him loose everything. Satan, wanting suffering for humanity, convinced God as one of his child (which I guess is in a symbolical way because supposedly God didnt have any kids, except for Jesus. Satan told God to test his faith by presenting him tasks and life difficulties, to see if he would continue being a straight man, or if he was going to blame it all on God.
First, he lost his herds, his camels and even his sons and he didnt care. (He did care but said that if God was who gave him everything, he could also take everything away from him). As if this wasnt enough to prove his straightforwardness towards God, Satan set him up again. In my opinion its a crime. There aren't any lives that are worth 1 man's life. I mean, not even if this guy was our president, no one should die for him because that isn't how things work. Yet, if they shall die for a purpose, it shall be their descision and not anyone's descision because if you aren't willing to give your life for someone else, you dont have too.
The narrator admitted that Angels (or God, or Satan) questioned his purity, as it being stronger than that of his creator. They wondered if he was such a great man and I guess (because I stopped reading) that Satan will convice God to set him up again. I found this unfair because if Job is as great as it says, why should he loose everything? She should've been rewarded instead. Curiosity isn't an excuse for his losses or anyones and that I think is wrong. You shouldnt be hurting people to see if they react violently, or if you have to, do it once because in this cases people will tend to keep their calmness. If they ever respond aggresively, this means that they've reached the limit and that is by no means wrong, its just a limit, and from what I've read, even God has a limit.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_design
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_accident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt
All these relate to my speech which has to do with car crashes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_accident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt
All these relate to my speech which has to do with car crashes
Monday, October 29, 2007
Samuel & God
Samuel 1-12
Once again, God is ruthless warrior.
“The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them; the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed” Samuel 2:10
It is clearly Staten on the bible that he is powerful and sinister. He is exactly as the bad guy of all the Hero movies. God could be that person that is always behind a chair in darkness and only appears at the very end. He is the feared ruler and the one that ends up dying at the end. Makes me wonder if this book is included on the Sunday church’s bible. This doesn’t really imply that God is bad, but its just a whole new image of him. I guess that stories change according to the time period and the necessities at the moment. For instance, God was a freedom warrior back then and now, he is a peace promoter and if you think about it. They needed war back then, to be free. In addition, us, that are already free, need peace to keep things that way.
Once again, God is ruthless warrior.
“The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them; the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed” Samuel 2:10
It is clearly Staten on the bible that he is powerful and sinister. He is exactly as the bad guy of all the Hero movies. God could be that person that is always behind a chair in darkness and only appears at the very end. He is the feared ruler and the one that ends up dying at the end. Makes me wonder if this book is included on the Sunday church’s bible. This doesn’t really imply that God is bad, but its just a whole new image of him. I guess that stories change according to the time period and the necessities at the moment. For instance, God was a freedom warrior back then and now, he is a peace promoter and if you think about it. They needed war back then, to be free. In addition, us, that are already free, need peace to keep things that way.
Samuel 12- end
This verses remember me to the Lord of The Rings or 300. God, looks like a Hero, seeking for blood and revenge in this segments. I dont know what stories did the first christians read, because apparently, their God and our God isnt the same. God is cruel and vicious and according to Samuel and he looks for war. The God we see right now is passionate and kind and sees other on top of him in the list of priorities.
God in the crussades was also cruel. According to religion back then, "The end justifies the means" and I think that is not moral. Another comparision from God according to Samuel and modern life is that God would be a Mobster. He'd be the ruler of them all and all would have to run respect for him. He told his Capos what to do and they got the job done. God, the Godfather. It sounds offensive but those arent my intentions, its just the strongest comparison between God according to Samuel and someone else.
This verses remember me to the Lord of The Rings or 300. God, looks like a Hero, seeking for blood and revenge in this segments. I dont know what stories did the first christians read, because apparently, their God and our God isnt the same. God is cruel and vicious and according to Samuel and he looks for war. The God we see right now is passionate and kind and sees other on top of him in the list of priorities.
God in the crussades was also cruel. According to religion back then, "The end justifies the means" and I think that is not moral. Another comparision from God according to Samuel and modern life is that God would be a Mobster. He'd be the ruler of them all and all would have to run respect for him. He told his Capos what to do and they got the job done. God, the Godfather. It sounds offensive but those arent my intentions, its just the strongest comparison between God according to Samuel and someone else.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Exodus Last part
Exodus 12-40
Exodus has been the most boring literature piece I’ve ever read. Honestly and with no means to offend, the bible has been really boring to me because of it’s writing style. The bible doesn’t have a regular pattern of speech and therefore doesn’t make as much sense. It is a translation of what I would say would be notes gathered up together that lead to this story. In my opinion, someone should’ve already created a novel with the facts mentioned in the bible and I believe that would attract more people into knowing more about this religion.
This part of Exodus talks about the Hebrews, free from the Egyptians and starting all over again. I saw clearly that Hebrews didn’t want to follow God and they demanded him for prove of his existence and power. He didn’t take this necessarily wrong but wasn’t to glad about it either. I was wondering while I read, that what would be things that God expected in exchange of his favors. That didn’t occur to me until I realized that God wasn’t as pure and perfect as I thought he was.
I saw that the way he wanted to be paid off was by following the set of rules and specifications he asked for in the dessert. I don’t know how did they manage to remember all that information. I saw that some rules were similar to those imposed by Hammurabi later on. For example the first one, that mentioned something about stealing and to pay it off, you had to pay four times the stolen value. This is very harsh and it relates to that of Hammurabi in that manner.
Exodus has been the most boring literature piece I’ve ever read. Honestly and with no means to offend, the bible has been really boring to me because of it’s writing style. The bible doesn’t have a regular pattern of speech and therefore doesn’t make as much sense. It is a translation of what I would say would be notes gathered up together that lead to this story. In my opinion, someone should’ve already created a novel with the facts mentioned in the bible and I believe that would attract more people into knowing more about this religion.
This part of Exodus talks about the Hebrews, free from the Egyptians and starting all over again. I saw clearly that Hebrews didn’t want to follow God and they demanded him for prove of his existence and power. He didn’t take this necessarily wrong but wasn’t to glad about it either. I was wondering while I read, that what would be things that God expected in exchange of his favors. That didn’t occur to me until I realized that God wasn’t as pure and perfect as I thought he was.
I saw that the way he wanted to be paid off was by following the set of rules and specifications he asked for in the dessert. I don’t know how did they manage to remember all that information. I saw that some rules were similar to those imposed by Hammurabi later on. For example the first one, that mentioned something about stealing and to pay it off, you had to pay four times the stolen value. This is very harsh and it relates to that of Hammurabi in that manner.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Exodus first half
Exodus 1-12
Since little kids, we’ve heard this story over and over again but until now I realize that it can be compared to some important things in our life. To start the examination, its obvious that The Pharaoh acted as the majority of us in modern days. He didn’t want to take orders although that he was doing wrong. He denied repeatedly the requirements of God and that led to the death of every firstborn in Egypt.
I recognize that I’ve been in similar situations in my life. For example with a homework, you’re warned about not doing but you still don’t do it and the argument about when are you going to give the homework lasts for ever until one day, when they warned you to hand in the homework for tomorrow, you don’t do it and guess what? There are no second chances and if you didn’t do it you screwed up and this could be compared to The Pharaoh’s behavior.
Now moving on to the deep comparisons. As you mentioned earlier in class, Exodus is almost exact to slavery and independence in the United States. A group of people that believed it was right doing so, or at least didn’t have a problem doing the wrong thing held slaves (or Hebrews in this case). There were several attempts and accusations that the “owners” avoided or ignored and kept them. One day after several attempts, finally, slavery was abolished and justice was made. I haven’t read the rest of exodus but as I already know the story I know that the Hebrews are released and then followed by the Egyptians and that’s when the famous opening of the waters occurs.
Since little kids, we’ve heard this story over and over again but until now I realize that it can be compared to some important things in our life. To start the examination, its obvious that The Pharaoh acted as the majority of us in modern days. He didn’t want to take orders although that he was doing wrong. He denied repeatedly the requirements of God and that led to the death of every firstborn in Egypt.
I recognize that I’ve been in similar situations in my life. For example with a homework, you’re warned about not doing but you still don’t do it and the argument about when are you going to give the homework lasts for ever until one day, when they warned you to hand in the homework for tomorrow, you don’t do it and guess what? There are no second chances and if you didn’t do it you screwed up and this could be compared to The Pharaoh’s behavior.
Now moving on to the deep comparisons. As you mentioned earlier in class, Exodus is almost exact to slavery and independence in the United States. A group of people that believed it was right doing so, or at least didn’t have a problem doing the wrong thing held slaves (or Hebrews in this case). There were several attempts and accusations that the “owners” avoided or ignored and kept them. One day after several attempts, finally, slavery was abolished and justice was made. I haven’t read the rest of exodus but as I already know the story I know that the Hebrews are released and then followed by the Egyptians and that’s when the famous opening of the waters occurs.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
The bible Third Entry (Genesis 11-28)
Genesis 11-28
These chapters talked about Abraham, his trip to the Promised Land and his offspring. The thing that caught my attention when I was reading were the actions of some. I always though that the bible talked about flawless people and leaders but I found out that that’s not fully true. For instance, God sends Abraham in a test of faith in which he has to kill his son. At the end he didn’t kill him but putting a person against his family for religion is not right. Probably religion was stronger back then than it is right now but still, in the moral values scale, first goes family and then goes religion (down on the list).
The bible also mentioned another case that goes against the morals. Two daughters got her father drunk to lay with him to preserve the family offspring. This is not only wrong but is actually considered a crime now days! Some people are having affairs and they are destroying towns because God said so. I look at it with huge disappointment because I always thought that as Christians, we were expected to do good because since the beginning of it they’ve been doing it. Who are they to tell us how to behave if they didn’t behave. Yet, I don’t know if this is because I haven’t reach the part in which God’s Commandments are written on the tablets because it changes everything. I mean, if they didn’t have any rules, who could tell them what was right and what was wrong?
I cant accuse my own religion because I haven’t read any other text about the different religions. I am almost 100% sure that they too have flaws on their past. This proves that no one is perfect and that even God made mistakes (or at least in my point of view). I’m looking forward to reading different religious pieces to compare and contrast them amongst each other because I cant say something is the worst, when it’s the only one I know about. For example if I’ve only ate one cereal brand I’d be bias to say it’s the worst cereal I’ve ever tried. It would be the worst cereal indeed, but it will also be the best one.
So to end this evaluation about these chapters I have to say that I was surely disappointed of what I read but its because of my lack of information and it could even be related to the things I was taught as a younger kids by my religion teachers.
These chapters talked about Abraham, his trip to the Promised Land and his offspring. The thing that caught my attention when I was reading were the actions of some. I always though that the bible talked about flawless people and leaders but I found out that that’s not fully true. For instance, God sends Abraham in a test of faith in which he has to kill his son. At the end he didn’t kill him but putting a person against his family for religion is not right. Probably religion was stronger back then than it is right now but still, in the moral values scale, first goes family and then goes religion (down on the list).
The bible also mentioned another case that goes against the morals. Two daughters got her father drunk to lay with him to preserve the family offspring. This is not only wrong but is actually considered a crime now days! Some people are having affairs and they are destroying towns because God said so. I look at it with huge disappointment because I always thought that as Christians, we were expected to do good because since the beginning of it they’ve been doing it. Who are they to tell us how to behave if they didn’t behave. Yet, I don’t know if this is because I haven’t reach the part in which God’s Commandments are written on the tablets because it changes everything. I mean, if they didn’t have any rules, who could tell them what was right and what was wrong?
I cant accuse my own religion because I haven’t read any other text about the different religions. I am almost 100% sure that they too have flaws on their past. This proves that no one is perfect and that even God made mistakes (or at least in my point of view). I’m looking forward to reading different religious pieces to compare and contrast them amongst each other because I cant say something is the worst, when it’s the only one I know about. For example if I’ve only ate one cereal brand I’d be bias to say it’s the worst cereal I’ve ever tried. It would be the worst cereal indeed, but it will also be the best one.
So to end this evaluation about these chapters I have to say that I was surely disappointed of what I read but its because of my lack of information and it could even be related to the things I was taught as a younger kids by my religion teachers.
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