reply to post by Thurisaz
Hi,
The more I read, the more I feel people don't like what is put in front of them, so they try to give it a deeper meaning...
That's a very astute point. One day in a forum I had given an analogy of the bible comparing it to a Mario Bros video game, which has secret
passageways. That when one secret passageway is found it opens up another entire level and that there were several of these passageways within the
bible.
Then, a Jewish fellow informed me that their tradition teaches that there are four levels of understanding to be had from each verse of the bible.
Those levels are:
P [Pshat] - literal, simple -
R [Remez] - parable, allegory -
D [Derasha] - seek, search -
S [Sod] - inner, mystical -
So, you see you are right. There are some people who do give it a deeper meaning because they are actually aware of a deeper meaning.
hi.. no it doesn't make sense. Where in the bible does it say that the soul is a woman?
It doesn't specifically. The Jews from whom the bible comes, however, do teach that the soul is feminine in nature.
Other religions teach the same, which is where I first came across the suggestion.
It took me a long while to apply the concept... thinking of how electricity has a positive and negative polarity as do magnets. The negative (soul)
receives from the positive (spirit).
As far as God's view of women... there's a joke I like:
In the beginning, God created... heavens, earth, vegetation, etc and after all that he made man. Lastly, God made woman and seeing that He finally got
it right, he quit creating.
I too don't care much for how those who take the literal, simple meaning and allows it to look down on another, or to make God seem evil. However, I
do understand how a society that did not have electricity or possibly magnets would use the widely understood male/female analogy to present the
concepts of receiving and giving.
Best Wishes to you.
[edit on 1-1-2009 by L.I.B.]