20.9.06

more Barbarian Way

"No matter how we try to spin the story, the Bible is filled with tribes of irational people. When Noah built the ark, he did not live in a flood zone. When Elijah called down fire from heaven, he had never tried it before. Go ahead. Give it a shot. See if it works for you. I didn't think so. David should have left the giant alone. Hosea never should have married a prostitute. What was Moses thinking when he pointed his staff at the Red Sea-that it would move because he commanded it? And that's just to mention the more popular and highly admired followers of God.
Those people did not live normal lives. Their actions were ludicous and irrational if you take God out of the formula. Given proper counseling, they would have known better than to do what they did. The vitality of their life in God moved them beyond the practicality of simply being reasonable."

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