the intention of the Lord is not to write some free-flowing literary piece but establish a sturdy, unchangable constitution.
Perhaps its true about every religious scripture of the world!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Why God appears so stern in Old Testament?
I think what Moses is trying to do in first few books is to streamline the whole community life with very honest intentions. In the context God makes him to do this by giving him various ordinances and regulations. While conveying these ordinances and regulations God starts appearing very stern to us or lets say to the people of last 3 centuries.
These ordinances and regulations are nothing but the somehow a naive replication of "penal code system" or "constitution" of any democratic nation of the modern world. What has happened is that, that each of us has been able to segregate his/her personal life from community life. In more apt words Ican say that now one approaches to the religious scriptures for more personal spiritual life. Thats why we keep on hearing expressions like "religion is personal matter!". The other side of the coin is one has stopped approaching religious scriptures for guidance to have better community life. For better community life we have accepted the "constitution" and "penal code system" of our nations cherishing our so called "rights" and "responsibilities". In Leviticus 10:9 the word rightly used is "statute" which signifies what God wants exactly for the community.
Standing on this stair of segregation automatically God of Old Testament starts appearing very very stern and also to a certain extent insane. But if I would have existed where democratic system is absent the same God would have appeared to me very much rational and sane.
These ordinances and regulations are nothing but the somehow a naive replication of "penal code system" or "constitution" of any democratic nation of the modern world. What has happened is that, that each of us has been able to segregate his/her personal life from community life. In more apt words Ican say that now one approaches to the religious scriptures for more personal spiritual life. Thats why we keep on hearing expressions like "religion is personal matter!". The other side of the coin is one has stopped approaching religious scriptures for guidance to have better community life. For better community life we have accepted the "constitution" and "penal code system" of our nations cherishing our so called "rights" and "responsibilities". In Leviticus 10:9 the word rightly used is "statute" which signifies what God wants exactly for the community.
Standing on this stair of segregation automatically God of Old Testament starts appearing very very stern and also to a certain extent insane. But if I would have existed where democratic system is absent the same God would have appeared to me very much rational and sane.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
12
old testament - the story of 12 tribes propagating the faith
new testament - the story of 12 desciples propagating the faith
new testament - the story of 12 desciples propagating the faith
God is death?
in exodus 33 God says “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” ........God is Death?
Friday, May 4, 2007
3 levels of religion
exodus 25 onwards ...atleast upto 29th chapter are thoroughly impracticable in this age. i even doubt whether it was practised in 5th century AD in the middle east.
the practice of the procedures mentioned in these chapters is even an obsolete notion when christianity started enrooting in India in 19th century.
despite of this descripancy the religion exists with all its genuineness in the country. nothing is obsolete in real life of this century. this partial accptance of religious text divides religion itself into 3 catagories.
3 of them exist altogether:
1. religion mentioned in the religious text
2. religion propagated and favoured by religious institution
3. and religion lived according to the needs of the era
the practice of the procedures mentioned in these chapters is even an obsolete notion when christianity started enrooting in India in 19th century.
despite of this descripancy the religion exists with all its genuineness in the country. nothing is obsolete in real life of this century. this partial accptance of religious text divides religion itself into 3 catagories.
3 of them exist altogether:
1. religion mentioned in the religious text
2. religion propagated and favoured by religious institution
3. and religion lived according to the needs of the era
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
genesis 3:10 versus exodus 20:26
Genesis 3:10, 11 Adam said "“I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten..........etc.
in Genesis 3:10 Adam comes to know about his nakedness (and also the readercomes to know abt it)
was God happy with the nakedness of Adam before?..............could be possible but God certainly lost few basic hopes for this human being after! otherwise he wouldn't have ordered in exodus 20:26 ‘And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’
in Genesis 3:10 Adam comes to know about his nakedness (and also the readercomes to know abt it)
was God happy with the nakedness of Adam before?..............could be possible but God certainly lost few basic hopes for this human being after! otherwise he wouldn't have ordered in exodus 20:26 ‘And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’
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