Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Chapter 11 of Genesis



In Chapter 9 of Genesis, Verse 7, God urges Noah to go forth, abound on earth and subdue it. I take this command to mean that humans are to rule and own the earth, to manage it as part of the ruling class, the creator class apart from and above the earth.
Now if being a creature of nature in nature is natural, then the ruling class is artificial, outside of nature and so it is theologically and genetically imperative that humans build a manufactured world and culture on farms, in towns and in cities, places for humans to live and work. This is as God anticipated and approved of.

Now comes the story of the Tow of Babel; for the writer it serves as an unnatural, demonic urban symbol and act of defiance of God, competing with God, building an anthropocentric tower to the stars, not involving God, and even replacing God with human, urban civilization and splendor. In disgusted response at not being acknowledged and appreciated, God gave humans many languages and dispersed them all over the earth, so the blasphemous tower building ceased.

The contradiction occurs as, on one hand, Jahweh orders humans to go forth and subdue the earth. On the other hand, when they seek to make a name for  themselves on their own, that effort is expressed by building a tower to the skies. This is hubris and will not be allowed to go forth by Yahweh.

Actually we are to subdue the earth, and building a tower to the sky. Neither one offends God, but we do not want to compete with God. We do need, constantly to remind ourselves that God is boss, and we need permission and reports back to headquarters to detect if we are still on the right track, and to communicate to the Father and to the Mother, that they still run things, and we will continue to pay them homage and respect.

Never do we want to be immersed in nature, for that is the abode of the Dark Couple.

Continual expressions of loyalty and respect and honoring God are always welcome by the Divinities.

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