Religious Language quickly re-appropriated by the ungodly
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:21 pm
The presence of hypocrisy in religion has long troubled many, many people.
This year, it's really been coming home to me how even in the Bible itself... the people we see are .
But, you also get to see some of them exposed as hypocrites.
(or strongly hinted at by the narrative!)
Example 1: Jacob engaging in his act of deception against his brother Esau.
Esau was sent off to hunt some delicious game, and he's supposed to come back with the food for his dad and get his blessing from him.
Because of eavesdropping, Jacob and his mom cook up some meat before the brother gets back.
And Jacob brings said dish to his old, blind father, pretending to be Esau.
But Isaac's suspicions are raised and for a moment, the game is almost up!
He asks his son, basically:
If you're really Esau - well, how on earth did you find this food so quickly?
And then the pious language out of his son:
"Because the Lord your God granted me success."
And I wonder if that lie "greased the path" to Jacob's success with his deception...
And then another prime example is the story of a king... King Saul in 1 Samuel 15. He has done some things he was told to do by the prophet, but he definitely went directly against what he was told to do concerning LOOTING.
The prophet (Samuel) comes out to meet him, and his speech is queued.
It begins:
"Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord..."
Who else has ideas & observations about this?
...it's a subject that fascinates me, and frankly would be quite useful for my LIFE.
I think that Jesus got in a bit humorous burn on people like me when He said that, "the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light."
This year, it's really been coming home to me how even in the Bible itself... the people we see are .
But, you also get to see some of them exposed as hypocrites.
(or strongly hinted at by the narrative!)
Example 1: Jacob engaging in his act of deception against his brother Esau.
Esau was sent off to hunt some delicious game, and he's supposed to come back with the food for his dad and get his blessing from him.
Because of eavesdropping, Jacob and his mom cook up some meat before the brother gets back.
And Jacob brings said dish to his old, blind father, pretending to be Esau.
But Isaac's suspicions are raised and for a moment, the game is almost up!
He asks his son, basically:
If you're really Esau - well, how on earth did you find this food so quickly?
And then the pious language out of his son:
"Because the Lord your God granted me success."
And I wonder if that lie "greased the path" to Jacob's success with his deception...
And then another prime example is the story of a king... King Saul in 1 Samuel 15. He has done some things he was told to do by the prophet, but he definitely went directly against what he was told to do concerning LOOTING.
The prophet (Samuel) comes out to meet him, and his speech is queued.
It begins:
"Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord..."
Who else has ideas & observations about this?
...it's a subject that fascinates me, and frankly would be quite useful for my LIFE.
I think that Jesus got in a bit humorous burn on people like me when He said that, "the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light."