User:Edgerunner76/Essay drafts

I'm creating this page for the rather self-implied reason of writing drafts of essays before moving them to the main space.

Biblical oddities

 * Why does God ask Cain where Abel is? Isn't he God, shouldn't he know already?
 * Why doesn't God do any of the cool miracles anymore? Where are the burning (and talking) bushes (George Bush on fire wouldn't count)?  Where is the fiery finger carving Commandments in stone?  I want to see a cloud come to life ala The Simpsons (Darth Vader, Simba's father, and  James Earl Jones - "This is CNN").
 * Why to the Israelites go crazy the moment Moses is gone? Didn't they just see an immense column of fire and the parting of a sea!?  They had to know that they would get into  BIG TROUBLE  when God saw what they were doing.  By the way, shouldn't God have seen that coming?  Failing that, shouldn't he have caught it very early on?  Why is it that it basically comes down to: "Oh, ah... Moses, your people are losing faith.  You'd better get down there."?
 * Why doesn't the Bible read like stereo instructions? Cable A goes into Jack B.  What is with all of the subjectivity?