Originally posted by jonesyuno34
I see you're in philosophy. I am first curious about your religious stance, if you have one.
impressive chess record, by the way
Jonah 3:10 “When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways,
God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. 4:1 But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.”
Yes the people of Nineveh “turned from their evil ways” according to the story. But that was not God’s message via Jonah. The promise was of their destruction—no ifs ands or buts. God’s “word” was communicated to the people of Nineveh; God then changed God’s mind, and Jonah, being God’s “mouthpiece,” was displeased.
And that is precisely the point of the whole story: it is an
allegory for those who want to put God in a box—especially a box where they think they know who is saved and who is condemned, and what the rules are, often based on some idolatrous notion of “God’s word.”
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Also, if “incarnation” is taken as a unique, historical “once upon a time” event, then bbarr is quite correct. On the other hand, if Jesus is taken as a “sacramental” symbol and exemplar of the
logos tou theou as it manifests in/as humanity...