Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
I came to really hate the word begot during my scripture years. I think I developed a nervous tick, every time the scripture teacher said the word "begot" I had the strongest urge to scream "JESUS CHRIST, stop it you badly dressed sadist, or you'll wish you were never begotted." This was a big deal for me, because I'm such a peaceful person, and I was only ten. It was just that word.... grrrrr.That, and I resented the fact we had to sit on the floor, in our uniforms (which were too nice for floor sitting), for TWO HOURS every Tuesday, despite the fact that there were hundreds of chairs piled up along the back of the hall, just gloating that we were sitting there while they were doing nothing, our legs asleep, in agony while some strange man kept droning on and on and on about how someone begot someone, and how the apple probably wasn't an apple, but a peach, though it's ok to call it an apple, God doesn't mind, unless, hahaha, we ate the apple that wasn't an apple, because that's what happened to Adam and Eve and why they had to beget..... Gahhhhh!
But yes, I always wondered, how so many people begotted, and where they were begotting from, only two people to begin with, then only Noah and family. Sure, it's possible God cheated and just slipped a few more people down here and there, but then the question is why? Were they needed? Especially if they were going to do bad things like enslaving the chosen people. And why if that occurred did he decide to change colour so often? Did he run out of whatever colour the original people were? Did he say, "a change is as good as a holiday?"
That is because you are trying to find fact in the bible. The bible is a book about the human condition that has nothing to do with fact. The truth in the bible is subtle and widely misunderstood. Read the book “The Power of Myth” that is a good starting point.