there's that thing about words of g-d... have any of you ever heard g-d talking to you? No? thought so. (yes?!? you're scisafrenic. go see a doctor. NOW!)The best you could claim is that g-d inspires ideas. Now this would seem quite peachy, execpt there are things for which you just don't have a readlily avalable concept. since I don't have any concepts none of you would have, I'll illustarte that by saying that an ancient man had no concepts for nuclear submarines or alternative dimensions. you could then replace theese with compositions of avalable concepts: a gigant whale of unknown metal and a place beyond the sky. the same way certain concepts couldn't be inserted into the heads of the biblical authors, or were screwed up a lot.
Then there's the misinterpretation bit. as science (and more importantly education) evolves pople will take biblical ideas differently, because they relate differently to the different enviroment and view of the world, even if the basis (The word of g-d) is still taken literaly. Resistance (as they say in those action movies) is futile! every time the people were presed to view the bible "the way it was meant to be" it provoked a crisis of faith, resulting in major changes through which could apear new groups who chalanged the faith (hiretics) who then could be sucseseful and progressive (like the protestants or the atheists in their respective times).
now as a home exercise try the folowing Creative scenasrio:
1)you are a supreme being, from panet 3 of the 2nd brightest star in the constalation of the dipper, you have three leg-arms, and a tail (with no fingers), you are allso green in color.
2)you have a set of high moral standards you want your pepole to abide
3)your herd are total neandertals and can hardly understand the concept of arithmetics, allthough they are adept at hunting/foraging
4)you cannot say anything, only make "concepts"- things similar to pictures, but with any kind of sence/emotion attached.
5)you can only contact a specialy receptive 1% of the population, but with training (on your herds part) 10% can be made recepient.
6)you are capble of performing miricles (let's say you have the might of the american science of the 21 century with a billion $/year to spend) to back your ideas or prophets (the guys from p.5)
7)there will be curious people, so include something about youself, your origins and such.
Now your task is to submit a set of concepts (p.4) which you can describe for us. make as many as you want and add instructions for aplying them. be aware that the next exercise will be for someone else to write a short (1-4 pages) "holy book" as one of the prophets.
have fun
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