Thanks for sending me here, Josh. Very courageous of you to face this as someone raised in Hebrew school. Others, like Naomi Wolf, simply accept their role as God's chosen people. You not only take a hard look at Israel's action today but also the creation of Israel. And you critique the scriptural ideology that endorses it, adding new information to my knowledge.
As you probably know, I've been delving into the Shemite scriptures, the genealogy of who has the God-given right to rule the world, from Noah's son Shem to Jacob/ Israel to Abram to the Davidic dynasty. That's interesting that the Amalekites are descendants of Esau. That makes sense, if we look at the Bible as a projection of guilt.
But I don't disagree with your heart or your conclusions, and I commend you. I'll also post this on my comment thread, post it in a note, and link it in a future draft. Thanks Josh!
Thanks for sending me here, Josh. Very courageous of you to face this as someone raised in Hebrew school. Others, like Naomi Wolf, simply accept their role as God's chosen people. You not only take a hard look at Israel's action today but also the creation of Israel. And you critique the scriptural ideology that endorses it, adding new information to my knowledge.
As you probably know, I've been delving into the Shemite scriptures, the genealogy of who has the God-given right to rule the world, from Noah's son Shem to Jacob/ Israel to Abram to the Davidic dynasty. That's interesting that the Amalekites are descendants of Esau. That makes sense, if we look at the Bible as a projection of guilt.
I see the World Wars and the Bible following the same formula of turning history inside-out and upside-down, making the villains into heroes, the heroes into villains, the victims into aggressors, and the aggressors into victims. So I differ with you on taking the victim narratives of both as a given, as I show in these: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/talmud-tricks-and-torah-curses (talks about Jacob), https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/empire-and-religion and https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/hot-and-cold-hatred.
But I don't disagree with your heart or your conclusions, and I commend you. I'll also post this on my comment thread, post it in a note, and link it in a future draft. Thanks Josh!