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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

The BIBLE. That's right.

Some of the questions I have as I read.

Part one. Genesis - Exodus 16.

1. God and time? Eternal or everlasting?
2. Imago dei... relational? What makes us so special?
3. What's the deal with being naked and feeling no shame?
4. Ok, man and wife becoming one flesh... ???
5. What happened to Abel after he died?
6. Why would God pretect Cain from anyone who wanted to kill him?
7. Where to cave people fit into all of this?
8. How can God say he's surely going to do something, and then not do it? (Gen 6:13) Why did he make us? WHY?
9. How could all the species of animals fit into the ark?
10. So, if we all speak the same language then nothing will be impossible for us, eh? How powerful are we? What can we do?
11. Is this where the cave people come in? After Babel?
12. Are we supposed to think that God just doesn't use disease and suffering as a direct consequence of sin anymore? Did Jesus change that? What about Satan?
13. "Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness." What?
14. Why did Abram fall asleep while God made a covenant with him?
15. How come everyone sleeps with everyone else?
16. Ok, Genesis 18. God appeared to Abraham as three men? Or what? What about His glory?
17. How come Lot is so willing to throw his virgin daughters to the lecherous mob in Sodom? Sure, he's helping angels, but still.
18. Why did God pick circumcision as the sign of the covenant?
19. WHAT is the DEAL with Abraham almost sacrificing Isaac?
20. So Abraham's servant gets a clear-cut sign from God on who is supposed to marry Isaac. Where's my sign?
21. Was Jacob supposed to deceive Isaac and pretend to be Easu, or did the Lord intend for it to happen some other way? Should Jacob have stuck with Leah, or did God intend for him to have multiple wives? Am I a Calvinist or Arminian?

Further questions as reading progresses.
-Cara