Protestantism

» paper_turtle - Would we believe them? (Migisi)

I wrote:
The psalms are highly personal, but the narratives contained in my other examples were not. We aren't told how those people felt about much of anything.
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Migisi responded:
The narratives were written by humans, not androids. Is it possible for a human to write even a narrative without interjecting personal feeling? For instance, you and I might observe a cat eating a bird. Depending on our feelings about that event, I might write "the vicious cat sank its dagger claws into the defenseless little bird, ripped it apart, and ate it" while you might write "the desparately hungry cat caught the bird, mercifully released its spirit, and took in its nourishment'.
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But, do you find that, in OT narratives? Are we told what Lot felt when he saw his wife had been turned to a pillar of salt? Are we told if David felt fear when he faced Goliath? I could give you a lot of examples in which the narrative doesn't say a thing about the protagonist's thoughts or feelings. This doesn't mean the composers of those stories were andriods, or that the composers thought their protagoinsts were without feeling. It simply means they were following the literary style of their day.
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I wrote:
People are biologically male or female, but within the psyche we all contain male and female characteristics.
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I don't think the ancient writers of Gen saw the human psyche as male and female. If they did, I don't think they would've admitted it - fearing it would undermine their patriarchal society and religion.
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My point, in post #24 was not what the OT authors knew, but what we now know--and has always been true. Therefore, we can read the creation narrative with the understanding that God is genderless (and/or the perfect yin and yang of male/female) and men and women are also yin and yang.
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I bet you're good with people's names too, committing face and name to memory, right? I wish I was. Sigh.
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I'm better at remembering faces, but once I have a name down, I never forget it. I could draw the faces of my children and closest friends from memory--every detail. Remembering where my car keys are, though, is another thing altogether. LOL
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peace and love,
Paper Turtle

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