Q1-3: I am such a lousy Biblical student that I don't know who these people were the parents of. I mean, I assume Joseph was Jesus' step-dad, and didn't do too bad a job of it, but still.
Personally, I kind of think Lot was a shitty father, what with the "go ahead and rape my daughters because I'm a douche" thing, but at least he got Vesuvius'd.
Biblical scholarship is not my long suit. I know enough to be a rhetorical dick in religious arguments, but not the minutia of the chains and trees of begats. I don't care enough about *my own* family to go back more than two generations; I'm not going to get invested in some long dead folks who may or may not have even existed. *shrug*
Sarah had children past 40! Ugh. (So did I -- but if someone had offered me a trip in a time machine at the time of conception, I would have used more effective birth control.)
David liked sex! Great!
Too many ownderful scientists to choose from, and Jessica Mitford is inimitable, bore tragedy with drollery and grace.
Wait, having a kid past 40 makes you a bad person?? I'll probably have a kid after 40, at the rate I'm going...
I'm not sure liking sex makes you a role model - and I have to imagine Solomon liked it more, considering he had four-digit wives. (His late in life adventures are why he didn't even get a nomination to the list.)
Actually, it was Jacob who got his brother's birthright; it was half-blind Isaac who was deceived and Jake's mom Rebecca who aided in the deception. Don't know if that changes your view on Jacob or not. He did get jacked around by his father-in-law.
You're right, of course. I blame the distraction of posting while also flightsimming. So I guess that makes Abraham the worst patriarch, but I still don't know which is the worst matriarch.
I dinged both Rebecca and Isaac for the family strife they sowed and how they messed up the whole birthright thing. I feel like Isaac was pretty incompetent - he started with a lot but has no distinguishing accomplishments. Favoring that kiss-up Esau and still messing up the birthright thing seems particularly incompetent.
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Personally, I kind of think Lot was a shitty father, what with the "go ahead and rape my daughters because I'm a douche" thing, but at least he got Vesuvius'd.
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I also didn't specifically mean "how were their parenting skills?" more general, "how much did they suck?"
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Sarah had children past 40! Ugh. (So did I -- but if someone had offered me a trip in a time machine at the time of conception, I would have used more effective birth control.)
David liked sex! Great!
Too many ownderful scientists to choose from, and Jessica Mitford is inimitable, bore tragedy with drollery and grace.
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I'm not sure liking sex makes you a role model - and I have to imagine Solomon liked it more, considering he had four-digit wives. (His late in life adventures are why he didn't even get a nomination to the list.)
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