From
David Still
<ds@davidstill.org>
To
Ecstasy ...
<ecstasy@arabia.com>
Re:
joke
MESSAGE
Ecstasy ... wrote: well, you are never this humble... of the 3 players - Abraham, his son and God, I naturally assumed you meant you were the exalted one. 'You' had said as much before, maybe another you? 'God,' the Force, or the Third Eye.... is inside us. You could be the echo from within. If one leaps into the dark, it is because one wants to, a sub-conscious decision, for the experience, trial or journey, and not for the certainty of the outcome. Now I can probably expect some gherkin to slap me for being mawkish. Or are you Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? >From: David Still >no no no! you are seldom this literal! I gave the Abraham example merely to show you that in the bible, the message is clear: God spoke to Abraham. But later, exitextially, Soren K. asked: how does Abraham know that it is really God speaking? And later, one asks: what kind of a God plays such games? In sum, then, we take a leap in the dark and assume this or that. We have little or no certainty. > For you to suggest that you are to play Abraham is to suggest that you will offer me up as a sacrifice to something or other. Would you do this to little old me?