tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post116200728124567743..comments2023-05-27T04:26:16.242-07:00Comments on Dreaming Without Memory in Strangled Sleep: Graven Images and the Law of Anti-IdolatryMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1163284150431125322006-11-11T14:29:00.000-08:002006-11-11T14:29:00.000-08:00billcooper,I'm not sure what to say about the idea...billcooper,<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what to say about the idea that gods just want to be loved, feared, or adored because that does often seem to be the case. But I think that may also have something to do with how we have constructed God. In one of my recent posts I talked about a religion of childhood vs. a religion of adults -- we perceive God to be the ultimate parent who demands respect and Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1163138448449260902006-11-09T22:00:00.000-08:002006-11-09T22:00:00.000-08:00Nedric,The Hegel connection makes sense, I think.A...Nedric,<BR/><BR/>The Hegel connection makes sense, I think.<BR/><BR/>About the 2 Kings 3:27 sacrifice -- what about the sacrifice in Judges, where the military leader promises God he'll sacrifice the first person who comes running out of his house if God we'll help him win a battle? His daughter, of course, is the one who is ultimately sacrificed. I've always had a really hard time with that Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1162982902302560552006-11-08T02:48:00.000-08:002006-11-08T02:48:00.000-08:00If a god (or gods) exist why should they be good o...If a god (or gods) exist why should they be good or just? From what I can see they just want to be loved and/or feared and adored. Perhaps the Amish man should have worn a burka for the photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1162506649850693742006-11-02T14:30:00.000-08:002006-11-02T14:30:00.000-08:00Monica--this is really interesting... I'm not sur...Monica--this is really interesting... I'm not sure I agree, that the man should grit his teeth and smile for the camera, though.<BR/><BR/>God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son?--certainly it would have been more ethical in human, earthly terms, to refuse God's command. But what if obeying God's commandments <I>is</I> the ultimate foundation of ethics?<BR/><BR/>It's really an old Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820693522030084335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1162490091339650782006-11-02T09:54:00.000-08:002006-11-02T09:54:00.000-08:00Middle eastern families readily and willingly give...Middle eastern families readily and willingly give they're children up for sacrifice/martyrdom everyday in the name of God.<BR/>How is that any different?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-1162148647230943512006-10-29T11:04:00.000-08:002006-10-29T11:04:00.000-08:00Yes, from what I understand, it's actually true th...Yes, from what I understand, it's actually true that Isaac was 30 at the time of the binding. Still, though, I think that it would be traumatic at any age to experience a moment in which your parent is about to murder you. I suppose, though, that it's even creepier to think of Isaac, a grown man, consenting to the sacrifice -- i.e., is that the kind of control Abraham had over his family? At any Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.com