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In the Beginning...of What?

Willamena

Willamena

Just me
Premium Member
sandy whitelinger said:
And just why do I have to see it that way?
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The telling of a story begins with a narrative technique that sets the time and place for events to occur in the story world. In this case it is the creation event, the beginning of everything. It also sets the tone or mood for the rest of the story, in this case the mystery and wonder of God. As the preamble, it is brief; it is not intended to do any more than paint a backstory for the main narrative.

List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia
 
sandy whitelinger

sandy whitelinger

Veteran Member
Willamena said:
The telling of a story begins with a narrative technique that sets the time and place for events to occur in the story world. In this case it is the creation event, the beginning of everything. It also sets the tone or mood for the rest of the story, in this case the mystery and wonder of God. As the preamble, it is brief; it is not intended to do any more than paint a backstory for the main narrative.

List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia
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Ok. Where's heaven?
 
Aupmanyav

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Oh yes, Mohammad rode the al-Burāq to heaven and met the prophets there. ;)

"Then he [Gabriel] brought the Buraq, handsome-faced and bridled, a tall, white beast, bigger than the donkey but smaller than the mule. He could place his hooves at the farthest boundary of his gaze. He had long ears. Whenever he faced a mountain his hind legs would extend, and whenever he went downhill his front legs would extend. He had two wings on his thighs which lent strength to his legs.

He bucked when Muhammad came to mount him. The angel Jibril (Gabriel) put his hand on his mane and said: "Are you not ashamed, O Buraq? By Allah, no-one has ridden you in all creation more dear to Allah than he is." Hearing this he was so ashamed that he sweated until he became soaked, and he stood still so that the Prophet mounted him."
Muhammad al-Alawi al-Maliki, al-Anwar al Bahiyya min Isra wa l-Mi'raj Khayr al-Bariyyah
 
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Brickjectivity

Brickjectivity

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sandy whitelinger said:
I understand. Ours is a realm of dualities. Light and dark, land and sea, Eden and the rest of the world, night and day, man and women, heaven and earth. Why are all of these differences tangible and not heaven?
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I think based on the gospel of John that Genesis is talking about the creation of Moses ministry, because the gospel of John describes Jesus ministry as a creation. In it the Logos comes down as light; and John appears to be imitating Genesis. I also think that the series of separations indicate that Genesis is talking about Moses ministry or some other ministry. Separation is very important for Israel and Jews, for multiple reasons. In a sacrifice, fat is separated from the meat, and this is analogous to separating the pride from the person. The fat is burned, but the meat is shared. The meaning seems to be: everyone gets along with one another by subduing their pride. Jews live in tight knit communities, and nobody can do that without running into hurt feelings. How do they get past offenses? Its not how but how often, which is frequently.
 
sandy whitelinger

sandy whitelinger

Veteran Member
Brickjectivity said:
I think based on the gospel of John that Genesis is talking about the creation of Moses ministry, because the gospel of John describes Jesus ministry as a creation. In it the Logos comes down as light; and John appears to be imitating Genesis. I also think that the series of separations indicate that Genesis is talking about Moses ministry or some other ministry. Separation is very important for Israel and Jews, for multiple reasons. In a sacrifice, fat is separated from the meat, and this is analogous to separating the pride from the person. The fat is burned, but the meat is shared. The meaning seems to be: everyone gets along with one another by subduing their pride. Jews live in tight knit communities, and nobody can do that without running into hurt feelings. How do they get past offenses? Its not how but how often, which is frequently.
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Here we go down the rabbit hole. Genesis 1:1 please.
 
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