“What the Bible Says”
My Bibliophile friend and I are always at odds with each other. We both read the Bible but with different intensity and rapt. I know what’s in it but I am not keen on where to find a specific passage or who wrote it, while he knows every punctuation mark in the Book.
We don’t disagree in the God-inspired nature of the Bible but I don’t agree in the accuracy of its human transcription, while he takes it in its entirety. A good example is the Book of Genesis, thought to have been written by Moses, years and years after Eve took fancy of the apple. How could one expect accuracy and veracity at such a wide span of time considering that there were no memory chips then and human memory is fickle at best, treacherous at worst?
Then there was this passage about entering Heaven and seeing things as that of a child. Of course, nobody can really guess what goes on in a child’s mind, specifically concerning the Bible, unless they are asked. So let’s have a few examples of children’s perceptions of the Bible:
o And God said, “Give me light.” And someone did;
o God split the Adam and made Eve. They were both naked but were not embarrassed about it. There were no mirrors then.
o Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple.
o Then they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven out with since there were no cars then.
o Noah was a good but one of his kids was some sort of a Ham.
o Then there was Jacob and his brother Esau. The former became more famous because he sold his birthmark to Jacob for some pot roast.
o Moses had God sent 10 plagues on Pharaoh’s people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels and no cable TV.
o The Ten Commandments include do not lie, cheat, smoke dance or covet your neighbor’s stuff.
o And, the most important thing, “Humor thy father and mother.”
o My teacher says Solomon was very wise. But it does not seem wise to me to have 300 wives and 500 porcupines.
o After the Old Testament comes the New Testament wherein Jesus is the star. He was born in a barn in Bethlehem
o Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life and went up to Heaven. He will be back at the end of the Aluminum as foretold in the book of the Revolution.
No wonder cherubims have the looks of a child – to humor God from all the errors and ills springing forth from His supposedly perfect creation.
