The Theologian's Table

benirwin.files.wordpress.com      Like a child who pleads with their parents for one more bedtime story, the inquisitive Christian says, “Please, Father, tell me more.” The Bible holds many mysteries that beg to be explored for those who decide to pick it up and read it. There are also some stumbling blocks within it that can make people outside Christianity, or even Judaism, from seriously considering taking a closer look.      The Issue      One of the main issues many have with the Bible is that God seems to command the Israelites to commit much violence in the Old Testament. I’m no scholar, especially when it comes to the OT, but when I set out to study the OT in earnest I decided to also take special notice for possible explanations on why God would command said violence. What I present here is some of the things I have observed and please keep in mind that it is just observation and is by no means a definite answer.   ...

A handful of ancient civilizations built pyramid style structures. You know what that means right? Aliens! That's right, tall white beings from the stars told the smaller brown humans how to build them...err...wait, I just realized how that sounded. The basis for Aliens helping our ancestors was an interesting thing at one time, however now it has evolved into something stupid and borderline racist. Anthropology and Archaeology are ever changing an evolving fields because new finds open up new possibilities we didn't consider before. Mostly it has to do with how we are realizing humans were more developed than we thought and were extremely quick learners, after all, only the strongest survive. Pyramids in Egypt The first pyramids were carved from bedrock and were tiered, not like the smooth looking pyramids you might think of. The shape of the pyramind is said to represent sunbeams coming down from the heavens which they believed how you got into the afterlife in their so...