Cain and Abel

White Dove

Where did Abel get the idea to put something on an alter and offer it to God? I always wondered where Abel got the idea to kill a little baby animal and burn the carcas as a gift to God? I would have zapped Abel on the spot before he could kill the poor creature in his care.

Farkel

: Where did Abel get the idea to put something on an alter and offer it to God? I always wondered where Abel got the idea to kill a little baby animal and burn the carcas as a gift to God? I would have zapped Abel on the spot before he could kill the poor creature in his care.

Good question. Another one is, why didn't anyone tell Cain that God was a God who craved blood, gore and violence and demanded murder and sacrifices to satisfy his lust for blood? I mean look what God demanded from Abraham to prove his loyalty?

Farkel

FreudianSlip

.. or maybe it's all a twisted fairy-tale?

changeling

Yeah, I've posted about this before. Why was Abel's sacrifice better than Cain's? Why was god so picky? Does he not like vegetables?

changeling

jaguarbass

Many bible stories never seemed right to me.

momzcrazy

I agree that it is a fable. But even fables provide background info. The best seanachie can weave a story for days. What is the point of the Cain and Abel story anyway?

momz

White Dove

That's good. I will view it through my pagan eyes and find the lesson in the fable. It's better to give a horrible gift to someone with a good heart than to give a wonderful gift to someone with a bad heart. No matter the gift, the motive will be clear. How's that?

DT

This story about God's thirst for blood makes me wonder if he was mad at Cain for killing Abel or for not burning him as a sacrifice,

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