Comments on: Abraham and Isaac http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/02/abraham-and-isaac/ and now, a word from our creator Sun, 20 May 2012 04:39:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Wondering Jew http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/02/abraham-and-isaac/#comment-3 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:55:48 +0000 http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/02/abraham-and-isaac/#comment-3 Emotionally, I'm an atheist. Rationally, I'm an agnostic. By heritage, I'm a Jew. Today was Yom Kippur, the holiest of Jewish holidays - a day of atonement for the sins of the previous year. Some Jews believe that if that were any day that one could speak with God, this is it. Others believe that God is too busy to care, and that the purpose of Yom Kippur is actually self-atonement. Personally, I like the idea of self-forgiveness. I have always felt that seeking a conversation with God is a futile endeavor. If God really needs to speak with you, it won't be in scriptures. It won't be through others (religious leaders). And it won't be because you hope he would. He'll just do it. Then, it is up to the individual to decide if the conversation was real, or just an hallucination. So, each year on this day, I leave myself open to the possibility that if God were to speak to me, it would be on Yom Kippur. Upon reading your blog, I'm beginning to wonder. Is it possible that God did not seek me out on this day because he was too busy in Arizona? Emotionally, I’m an atheist. Rationally, I’m an agnostic. By heritage, I’m a Jew.

Today was Yom Kippur, the holiest of Jewish holidays - a day of atonement for the sins of the previous year. Some Jews believe that if that were any day that one could speak with God, this is it. Others believe that God is too busy to care, and that the purpose of Yom Kippur is actually self-atonement.

Personally, I like the idea of self-forgiveness. I have always felt that seeking a conversation with God is a futile endeavor. If God really needs to speak with you, it won’t be in scriptures. It won’t be through others (religious leaders). And it won’t be because you hope he would. He’ll just do it. Then, it is up to the individual to decide if the conversation was real, or just an hallucination.

So, each year on this day, I leave myself open to the possibility that if God were to speak to me, it would be on Yom Kippur.

Upon reading your blog, I’m beginning to wonder. Is it possible that God did not seek me out on this day because he was too busy in Arizona?

]]> by: josh http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/02/abraham-and-isaac/#comment-2 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:51:44 +0000 http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/02/abraham-and-isaac/#comment-2 Perhaps a flair for the melodramatic? Perhaps a flair for the melodramatic?

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