Jewish people, says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu,
"are not so much God's chosen people as His argumentative ones. They don't
take things on faith. Abraham, Moses and Job," he notes, "all argued
with God. And sometimes won."
As
TIME magazine's Richard Stengel wrote recently:
"Like Bibi, they were
ornery and maybe had a chip on their shoulder. You can imagine Bibi arguing
with God, and he probably does. Israeli society hums with contest and
grievance. The name Israel derives from Jacob's wrestling with the angel.
"Islam, Bibi has
suggested, is about submission, Judaism about arguing. And if you disagree, he
will argue with you. Just because everyone thinks something, he says, doesn't
mean it's right."
—Richard Stengel, TIME magazine,
May 28, 2012
1 comment:
I like these thoughts...I have to say that I also have had a few arguments with God. Not sure if I have ever won those arguments but....
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