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2009-10-23
Call me crazy, but I can't think of a single legitimate reason why Cain and Abel would be offering up sacrifices to God. God was a total ass-hat to their parents and nothing is mentioned in the bible about him being particularly nice to them either. Were they trying to bribe him? Is Yahweh the kind of god who accepts bribes? Maybe God is like the mafia and demands a special "tax" to keep them safe from floods. That's about the only way any of this makes sense.
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Uncle Jellyfish writes:
| If they don't pay a sacrifice and the world does get flooded, at least I, as a Jellyfish, will survive! :D
I'd read my Bible to find out what happens next, but I don't want to spoil it for myself. >.< |
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hmmmm... writes:
| i thought you will be killed if you eat the fruit.
maybe they were grateful for that.besides he gave them the cool fur coats also :) |
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Mr-know-it-all writes:
| Actually that's exactly how it is. Primitive religions create rituals to prevent the spirits (whichever their names) from bringing about disasters, and to gain their favor and warrant a good harvest and such. This is the same, only a single god monopolized all the jobs. They could also offer a sacrifice for the gods to smite their enemies, but they don't have enemies yet, do they?
Also, I forgot to say the other day that Abel shouldn't rhyme with able. It's supossed to be pronounced as Babel, which I do not think you pronounce as "babble". Also I'm waiting for the Babel storyline, I've got a much better thing to say then. |
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Ray writes:
| @ Mr-know-it-all. I'm not really religious, but I always thought it was pronounced something like "Bay-bell".
Either way, I think something is wrong with Abel. The character that is. He considers himself a sheep, or at least being called one, a compliment.
I should hope he's not a furry. Of course, having a fictional deity of good be a furry might put in a good word for them. Not that they necessarily deserve it[The good word.].... |
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TheAlmightyGuru writes:
| This site should clear up the pronunciation issue, it has audio files of Hebrew words spoken by Hebrews.
Abel: http://www.biblestudytools.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=01893&version=kjv
Babel: http://www.biblestudytools.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=0894&version=kjv
For those of you without speakers, the words sound like "heh-BEL" and "baw-BEL" respectively.
Pretty interesting; I've never heard the words in Hebrew before, but they differ from how I've heard the words in English. Until now, I've only ever heard "Abel" pronounced identical to "able", but I've heard "Babel" pronounced both as "BAB-ble" and "BAY-bel".
However, there's no way to ever know the -original- pronunciation since Hebrew writing didn't start including vowels until over 1,000 years after Genesis was written. The vocal dialects could have changed dramatically in that time, and most likely did.
Regional dialects also play a major role. English is spoken in Great Britain, America, Australia, Ireland, etc., and they all pronounce words differently. |
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Mr-know-it-all writes:
| I know the vowelness is a bit of a tricky issue, but with the historic background of the hebrew language, it can be related with lots of languages, and the least of them is english. It seems to have arabic influence, just like spanish does. It also seems to have influenced latin a bit, mostly because of the liturgy. Latin in turn influenced english notably, but it only gave words, it didn't influence the pronounciation. Therefore english vowels cannot really be used as reference, but I think it would be accurate to say Abel's "e" is like the e in "terror", only longer. |
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Katy writes:
| Why make a sacrifice to Yahweh? 'Cause he said if they don't, he'd stomp all over them and then rip off their heads and crap down their necks? Or something like that? Yahweh of the Old Testament isn't a nice deity at all - he's all rumble and thunder and vengeance and death death death ... |
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