Last night Jonathan and I were talking about faith and the bible and such, since he's working his way through Why Christianity Must Change or Die and I'm dabbling in The Sins of Scripture and plowing through Blue Like Jazz. Perhaps some of the things we said were thoughtful and even insightful, but our favorite part of the discussion occurred when we were talking about some of the unbelievable aspects of the good book, like how we all are descended from two people. It went something like this:
Jonathan: "I've never liked that. I mean, that's just not a good thing to come from two people."
Chelsea: "Yeah, you know, Adam and Eve and their family must have been really ridiculously good-looking and brilliant, if we're all the product of a few generations of incest."
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Another part of Blue Like Jazz prompted a nice discussion of how we turn truly horrible biblical events into cutesy little children's stories and even nursery themes. Hello, great flood. Pairs of animals don't really make up for the whole God drowning everyone part.
But these are just my thoughts for the time being. Not meant to offend! I think there should always be room for discussion, and most importantly, questioning. As with most social norms, I've never really bought into the "don't talk religion" idea. How else can we learn about each other and about our own beliefs, unless we talk?
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Mom, I know it still says "undefined." That is a job for Jonathan. :)
Jonathan: "I've never liked that. I mean, that's just not a good thing to come from two people."
Chelsea: "Yeah, you know, Adam and Eve and their family must have been really ridiculously good-looking and brilliant, if we're all the product of a few generations of incest."
***
Another part of Blue Like Jazz prompted a nice discussion of how we turn truly horrible biblical events into cutesy little children's stories and even nursery themes. Hello, great flood. Pairs of animals don't really make up for the whole God drowning everyone part.
But these are just my thoughts for the time being. Not meant to offend! I think there should always be room for discussion, and most importantly, questioning. As with most social norms, I've never really bought into the "don't talk religion" idea. How else can we learn about each other and about our own beliefs, unless we talk?
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Mom, I know it still says "undefined." That is a job for Jonathan. :)
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