Dear Hawk
One should always be a little improbable & therefore I invariably find it more refreshing to look at religious topics from the viewpoint of writers such as: Lawrence, Graham Green & Dostoevsky, unrestrained as they are by the constraints of dogma imposed on priests and theologians.
On your item regarding the big fella having a big “L” or a little “l,” the jury is still out. I tend, as a matter of prudence in my advanced years to go for the biggy. It is a form of insurance if you like for when we meet, and i am therefore circumspect regards both my manners & any potential consequence of giving offence.
Concerning any sexual connotations associated with Noah’s flood, I must confess to being aware of the gossip, but a natural prudence in my nature previously held me in check. The theory goes back to Sodom and Gomorrah being a story of God’s judgement against; homosexuality, promiscuity and other kinds of illicit sex. Or was it? It has been alternately argued as an account about the danger of having sex with angels which would lead to death and destruction. In the Noah story, God sends the flood to exterminate the offspring of “the daughters of man” (human women) and “the sons of God” (angels?) God razes Sodom not because its male inhabitants are having sex with each other, as so many contemporary ministers preach, but in part because the men of the town intended to rape angels of God who were sheltered in Lot’s house. And when the Apostle Paul tells women to keep their heads covered in church, he’s issuing a warning against inciting angelic lust: “The angels might be watching.”
Finally I must conclude on your skill in humour & satire, which would be generally acknowledged even if you rewrote the Book of Job!
Best wishes
M.
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