Comments | katie_m: Fun with parallels that TOTALLY DON'T WORK

katie_m

Fun with parallels that TOTALLY DON'T WORK

Jan 26, 2009 22:30

So I'm thinking about James Ellison and Sarah Connor and Biblical dreams, as you do, and once I got past a couple of deeply unfortunate Google hits (yes, http://www.dreams-online.com.au/bible.htm, I'm talking to you, with your creepy blinking eyes and weird background colors ( Read more... )

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pellucid January 27 2009, 03:59:26 UTC

So I'm thinking about James Ellison and Sarah Connor and Biblical dreams, as you do

I think I love you right now. :)

And wow, it's been a long time since I've read Genesis! I'd forgotten all about that story. Now that you mention it, however, I do remember reading it in these Bible comic book things they gave out at Sunday School when I was a kid and being very, very confused. And they wonder why so many kids are scarred by their religious upbringings...

katie_m February 3 2009, 02:23:10 UTC

Yeah, I read the Bible during sermons when I was a kid, which means I read the bits of the Old Testament that don't come up in lefty-crunchy Methodist Sunday School. "OMG God told them to do WHAT? That's not nice at ALL!"

serrana January 27 2009, 05:10:36 UTC

If it makes you feel any better, Sarah goes on to give the Almighty a lot of shit.

Really. Naming the kid Isaac was kind of a...well, a comment, let us just say.

katie_m February 3 2009, 02:23:59 UTC

Oh, it definitely makes me feel better. One thing that I like about the God of the Old Testament is that he doesn't expect humanity to just lie down and take it without talking back.

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katie_m February 3 2009, 02:26:10 UTC

I grew up Protestant, so we didn't even get Judith. I do have fond memories of Jael and her tent stake, though.