This peculiar book..
I was just beginning be very frustrated with the reading the bible. I am wondering why one should read it. It seems to dry sometimes.
As I wash windows the best thing to do is sing an Irish ballad. Except that the words and pictures that pass through your mind are not the best meditation material. I wondered why there were no bible stories to haunting melodies.
I have come to the conclusion that the answer to the two wonders that I am wondering about is that I, and others, probably view the bible the wrong way. It is that feeling when all the concepts and characters and principles become removed from reality because they are “holier” than us.
It must have something to do with not celebrating humanity, and the more one detaches from humanity the more abstract and “dry” the content becomes. Christ was fully human, so there must be no problem with celebrating…
This probably has something to do with what Lewis calls “True Myth”.
posted by Sasha @ 12:45 PM
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4 Comments:
well, i've e-mailed you but i thought that i might comment here as well.
the thoughts in this entry seem random at points, but at the same time connected. i definently understand the frustration that can come from reading the bible and how at times it can feel tedious. your point about viewing biblical characters as 'holier' is definently accurate and i would agree that this is a problem. when we remove the humanity from the biblical characters, we remove the miraculous work and character of God.
keep thinking and keep sharing those thoughts with others.
Yes, I am random in my thoughts sometimes. No apology, just think twice before passing it off as meaningless.
Re your last thought:
"when we remove the humanity from the biblical characters, we remove the miraculous work and character of God."
Two very big ideas in my mind that I am wondering if you have more to say.
One is a thought on Miracles and the other about God's character. Huge subjects.
Do you mean on the later that when we make the human characters "superhuman" we take the image away from them and make them semi-gods and therefore God is no longer God?
Or is this very much missing your point?
i certainly wasn't passing anything off as meaningless or else i wouldn't have responded.
and i'm pretty sure you nailed my thoughts down just fine.
:)
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