Posted by Rich on December 24, 2001 at 12:28:07:
In Reply to: God (Old Testament writings) posted by Jan den Breejen on December 24, 2001 at 06:59:58:
: God
: The Old Testament story of Cain and Abel shows us a cruel God. Cain has made a mistake in doing his offer to God, but there is no feedback; God doesn’t allow Cain to learn to do it the right way. So Cain gets very angry, and rightfully so. Also Cain – apparently an anti socially inclined character – has never been told that its illegal to kill someone, and shamelessly tells God; ‘Am I the guardian of my brother? ‘ and starts negotiating a deal with God, who wants to punish Cain severely. The question God asks Cain; ‘Where is your brother, Abel’ also has a highly sadistic tinge; God knew what had happened and now he seems to enjoy seeing Cain getting into problems by his own lies. God made people having bad inclinations and then lets them degenerate and get themselves into problems….
: Classification of God (Old Testament writings): he seems to be a mix of Agressive, Leisurely and Vigilant Style traits. What would be his likely MBTI code type?? ESTJ?
: Jan
Hello Jan:
You bring up a very intresting point. In the Old Testament,God almost seems like a Riso E3,always pretending to be something S/He is not. In Christain,theology God is all knowing; which means God knew before S/He created the universe what Cain was going to do and say....Christ solved this problem by replacing God as Jupiter, with a Loving God ( My wife and I are observing Catholics.The Catholic Church get around this problem by saying that it was the ancient people's image of God, which created this conflict, not that God changed....) Rich