Now that we have established that there is no need for a savior, we could stop here, but that would be no fun. I am compelled to go on channeling what I learn and see about the Bible to anyone willing to listen. Everything on these pages will be information found easily elsewhere with much more detail by experts in their fields. I'm distilling what I have gleaned for the benefit of others and as a kind of cleansing process for myself.
After a plain reading of chapter 4:
*We go straight from the garden to agriculture and animal husbandry in a matter of years. Where did the domesticated grain to plant come from?
*There are no rules or laws given, and no instructions about offerings. It is assumed the reader has a certain kind of knowledge and understanding of the events that follow.
*God's treatment of Cain and Abel seems completely arbitrary and smacking of favoritism. In fact, here we see the first example of a motif present throughout scripture: the younger brother is more favored by God. Is there anything Cain could have offered that would have pleased God?
*Here we find the first mention of sin but we are not told what sin is. However, since Cain murdered Abel right after that, it is safe to say the reader should recognize murder as a sin.
Now we come to all the unanswerable questions that have plagued Bible readers for centuries:
*Why does an omnipotent God need an offering, or anything else, from puny humans? Why are dead lambs more pleasing than dead grain?
*Why did an omnipresent and omnicient God have to ask Cain where his brother was?
*Who are the people that would kill Cain and where do they come from?What was the mark of Cain?
How did Cain survive? Why will God avenge Cain, if he is murdered?
*Where did Cain's wife come from? Where did the people in Cain's city come from? Where did Lamech's wives come from?
*What is calling on the name of the lord?
After a plain reading of chapter 4:
*We go straight from the garden to agriculture and animal husbandry in a matter of years. Where did the domesticated grain to plant come from?
*There are no rules or laws given, and no instructions about offerings. It is assumed the reader has a certain kind of knowledge and understanding of the events that follow.
*God's treatment of Cain and Abel seems completely arbitrary and smacking of favoritism. In fact, here we see the first example of a motif present throughout scripture: the younger brother is more favored by God. Is there anything Cain could have offered that would have pleased God?
*Here we find the first mention of sin but we are not told what sin is. However, since Cain murdered Abel right after that, it is safe to say the reader should recognize murder as a sin.
Now we come to all the unanswerable questions that have plagued Bible readers for centuries:
*Why does an omnipotent God need an offering, or anything else, from puny humans? Why are dead lambs more pleasing than dead grain?
*Why did an omnipresent and omnicient God have to ask Cain where his brother was?
*Who are the people that would kill Cain and where do they come from?What was the mark of Cain?
How did Cain survive? Why will God avenge Cain, if he is murdered?
*Where did Cain's wife come from? Where did the people in Cain's city come from? Where did Lamech's wives come from?
*What is calling on the name of the lord?
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