Genesis 4

God Turns Out to be an A-hole

                           & it came to pass after these things, 

                      that God did tempt Abraham, & said unto him, 

                      Abraham: & he said, Behold, here I am.

                      & he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, 

                      whom thou lovest, & get thee into the land of Moriah; 

                      & offer him there for a burnt offering upon one 

                      of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

                      & Abraham rose up early in the morning, & saddled his ass, 

                      & took two of his young men with him, & Isaac his son, 

                      & clave the wood for the burnt offering, & rose up, 

                      & went unto the place of which God had told him.

                         [Isaac is all like] "Behold the fire & the wood: 

                      but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

          

                      ...Abraham stretched forth his hand, 

                      & took the knife to slay his son...

                      [& then God is all like] "Lay not thine hand upon the lad, 

                      neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know 

                      that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, 

                      thine only son from me.

  

Three bands that get there name from the book of Genesis, (among others?).
   Tons of movies; at least one that is excellent: 

At least one that is not so excellent: 

& so on:

Judah, brother to Joseph of technicolor coat fame, also a son of Jacob (who is renamed "Israel" by God) -- Judah's first son dies, after he's married. Judah's upset, feels responsible, so he tells his son Onan: 


                           "Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, & marry her, 
                          & raise up seed to thy brother."

                          & Onan knew that the seed should not be his; 
                          & it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, 
                          that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should 
                          give seed to his brother. & the thing which he did 
                          displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him.

Recap: God kills Israel's grandson because he exercised the rhythm method. & this means masturbation is a sin(?).

Which reminds me: R. Crumb illustrated the entire Book of Genesis(!).

***Message to Christians: The author of this blog is not anti-Christian, nor is he anti-Christianity. In fact, he is quite a fan of Jesus Christ & what he was about. In fact, he tries to live his life like Jesus said to live. However, the author of this blog has a most serious objection to the way in which organized followers of Jesus Christ have behaved over the centuries. 

For one example of a book better than the Bible at explaining how to live like Jesus, see The Cloud of Unknowing, by Anonymous, available for free online.