Am I the only one who chuckled when reading about the names of Jacob and Bilha's Sons? Naphtali and Dan. I mean, talk about all the over complicated names in the bible book of Genesis. Some of them are badass. We have Methuselah, Abraham, Israel, And here we have...Dan. Doesn't convey the same power? Does it? Sounds like some loner wearing overalls with a cable workshop show.
Mostly though, I found myself appauled by the Old Testament. I mean, for feminism, The Book of Judges is cool, but holy hell is it violent! Some of the advice in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes is insightful, but others make absolutely no sense what so ever. (Song of Solomon is still the best book for having absolutely nothing to do with anything. ) And am I the only one who is confused by how Jacob can be seen as a good role model when he decietfully stol Esaus Birth right? What a dick move. (But seriously though esau, was the lentil soup worth it?) I mean, Jacob is supposed to be this Ritoues dude, and here is intentionally lying. I guess it's okay, even if we all know who the original "Father of the lie" is. Hmmm.
And why is it no one ever refers to Jacob as Israel? Yet we all call Abram, Abraham?
Propehcy books would be funny if they wern't so boring and vague. I think Daniel and Jonah are the only ones that had some entertainment value. The rest though, forgetable.
1 Samual-2Kings is still pretty epic stuff though. They should adapt more Bible movies of those books. I wouldn't mind seeing Absalom hanging from 5 feet of hair after rebelling against David. It's dramatically heartbreaking, and comedically hilarious.
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But I digress. Old Testament is still pretty appauling to me. And you know what, I think the New Testament is still pretty bad too. Maybe not in the Bloodshed category, but the morality of it. Pauls Writings, need I say more. That dude wasn't just a terrible and trite writer, but his whole idea conflicted with everything. We really get to see the makings of a seriously fucked up cult in The NT.
