GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Genesis 1:
GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
Genesis 1:29- God's first
law/commandment: Eat all the plants you want, leave the animals alone,
man. Well, He doesn't explicitly say man is to be vegetarian. Instead,
he says man may eat all the plants without mentioning the animals.
There's a concept in law similar to this, the name of which escapes me.
In short, if a sign says "Parking Permitted from 7pm-6am", the
implication is that parking is not allowed 6am-7pm. Anyway, it appears
only eating plants gets God's permission at this point.
Spoiler
alert, there's a certain tree man is not allowed to eat from. Let's
just say, let's hope there aren't any talking serpents around.
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
Luckily
for those of us that enjoy a rare rib eye, the notes say God gave us
permission to eat animals in the time of Noah, so I think we're ok on
this one.
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
No deaths, yet.
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
0
Genesis 2:
GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
Genesis 2:7 - Seventh day is "hallowed".
Genesis 2: 16-17 - Man may eat from every tree, except the Tree of Knowledge.
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
God doesn't really lay out any rules at this point on how to respect the seventh day. So sure, probably an easy one.
There's
lots of foods I've eaten once or had no interest in eating in the first
place, so this is probably an easy one, too. That is, unless a smooth
talking snake and naked lady get in my ear. Let's hope that doesn't
happen!
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
Zero.
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Zero.
Genesis 3:
GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
Genesis 3:6 - Since eating the
fruit of the Tree of Knowledge will make Adam and Eve "wise" (meaning
perhaps freedom from God), God has forbidden them from eating it. But a
talking snake talks Eve into it, who talks Adam into it. The fact that
Eve is talking to a snake that talks back indicates there are "magic"
mushrooms in Eden. Interesting God does not forbid them from eating
that.
In any event, they eat, Adam must toil the soil and
Eve must endure pain in childbirth, and incidentally be sexually reduced
to mush at the sight of Adam. The snake loses its legs.
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
Nobody knows where the Tree of Knowledge is or if its even still around, so pretty easy to comply.
It seems to me that God is playing a head game with his
creations and eating of the Tree of Knowledge would be a way to refuse
to play. As one wiser than I once said, if you know the game is fixed, you cannot lose if you refuse to play.
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
Still
zero, don't worry, the big one is right around the corner. Spoiler
alert, there's the drunk called Noah that God has plans for.
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Zero
Genesis 4:
GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
Genesis 4:10-12 - God doesn't
come right out and say it, but it appears He has a problem with murder,
particularly one borne of jealously, as appears to be the case here.
Penalty is, interestingly at this point, not death but banishment. Cain
is a fugitive and "wanderer of the earth". Further, he will not be
able to grow from the earth any more.
Genesis 4:15 -
Murdering Cain is strictly prohibited. God places a mark on Cain to
give the heads up to any potential Cain murderer. The penalty is
"sevenfold", but doesn't explain what that means. Killed seven times?
Be made a fugitive seven times?
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
Murdering
my brother due to jealousy because God liked his sacrifice more than
mine hasn't been a problem so far. First, I don't have a brother.
Second, I don't do old school sacrifices. Spoiler alert, God doesn't
want them, either.
As for murdering Cain, the Bible says
he's been gone a long time. So, even if you wanted to murder him, it's
impossible. So, what exactly this "sevenfold" punishment is will remain
a mystery.
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
Zero
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Zero
Genesis 5:
GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
Nope
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
Nothing
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
Nada
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Not this time
Genesis 6:
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
Don't
know. I'm capable of whole minutes of time during the day when I don't
have evil in my heart. Might be different for others. YMMV.
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
No new laws, but God seems quite peeved at man's wickedness. Don't like where this is going.
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Zero.
Genesis 7:
Genesis 8:
GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Uncounted
Genesis 9:
GOD'S COMMANDMENT(S):
Genesi 9:4 - May not anything alive or its blood.
Genesis
9:6 - Requires a reckoning of the blood of every beast and man. Not
sure really what this means. I think it may mean that every death
must be accounted for, such as a murderer brought to justice or thanks
given to God for meat. Not sure, though.
Genesis 9:6 - If man sheds blood, his blood shall be shed.
Genesis 9:7 - Go forth, be fruitful and multiply.
DIFFICULTY OF FOLLOWING COMMANDMENT(S):
A rib eye served anything but rare is a crime, so we've blown past the not eating blood thing for the most of us.
Verse
6 is the first mention of capital punishment for murder. Cain got off
light with his mark and wandering. I support capital punishment, and
vote for politicians that also
support it, although I've never directly participated in an execution
personally. I think I pass.
GOD'S DEATH TOLL THIS CHAPTER:
Nobody, but Ham and his descendants are cursed to be slaves by Noah. Thanks, dad.
GOD'S RUNNING DEATH TOLL:
Still beyond count. Going to have to reset the running total for the next section.
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