what was before God? why did He wait so long?
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Originally Posted by emily655321
I think the key, as Unspar very astutely pointed out, is the lack of written language. Someone didn't just sit down and write the Torah and invent Judaism; it was likely passed down through generations as a collection of oral tales. When writing developed, they got written down, and that's the earliest evidence we have of Judaism. The tale of Moses and the Ten Commandments may very well have its roots in a primitive misunderstanding of the first written transcription of these tales.
"Hey, where's Moses?"
"Iunno. But he went up into the hills with a couple slabs of rock a while ago."
"What the heck for? Oh, wait, here he comes. Hey, there's stuff on the tablets now! Moses, what's that you got there?"
"The word of God."
"Ohhh..."
Later that day:
"Hey! I ran into Moses today, and he came down off the mountain, and he had these tablets, and God wrote on 'em!"
"Wow, cool!"
Anyway. The explanation I always heard growing up for Jesus' coming was that after a while people got God's rules all mixed up and started sinning too much again, the way they had when he flooded the Earth. But he already promised Noah he wouldn't kill everybody anymore, so this time he sent a messenger down instead, to set people right. I think the moral of this story is that killing everybody is way more efficient than talking. But then, I didn't pay much attention in CCD.
Oh Em, you are so priceless. Please write a book right now on the subject, I cannot wait to read it and Mel Brooks will be on your doorstep to publish it.
I being a Jew have never seen such insight! what a girl :lol: