So at our worship gathering within Hungry, we are in a series in the book of Genesis... This week we are discussing the flood (Genesis 6-8ish)... Unavoidable questions come up... I am ok with questions but would love to hear some thoughts from those of you out there...
Why the flood?
Why destroy the earth (why kill everyone???)
Is God's character at stake if this is true???
Is this simply an act of Justice (seems kinda harsh...)???
Could it really have been an act compassion???
I know somebody has some thoughts to this and I would love to hear them. We are meeting with our creative team tomorrow to talk about the gathering and your input is welcomed and sought after... We're all in this together...
Love and Peace...
-J
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I really can't answer any of those questions...but I always got hung up on God's remorse for the flood...
God seems to express feelings of even creating mankind at the beginning of the flood story. Then, He regrets sending the flood after witnessing the destruction of the world, and thus promises Noah that he will never again destroy the Earth with water.
What does this say about God's omniscience? If He could see across time, how do we then reconcile these feelings of regret?
Furthermore, what type of God does this story reflect? What does it say about the author(s) perception of who/what God is?
sorry...meant to say:
God seems to express feelings of REGRET FOR even creating mankind at the beginning of the flood story.
also, check out Understanding Genesis - Nahum Sarna
Yah, I think the Sarna book could be helpful. A great many of the stories that helped to identify 'pre-Abraham' humanity in this near eastern world were sorts of epics... that is, they had a point to tell, but were not necessarily all facts and details, you know?
Also, I read a very evolving understanding of God as I move from Genesis 1 to 4 to 12. Man came to understand God and attribute things to him/it/her differently as man grew in his understanding.
Well, there it is. Just my thoughts.
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