05-27-2016, 10:06 PM
Thanks for the reply, Caleb. Think, though, people will read the father=God concept; that's why I commented on capitalization, because your lack of capitalization on 'father' creates distance between the bible's treatment and the the poem's conception of God. I meant this as a complement, not as a critique.
Think, too, the new testament isn't a book of fear (why do you think it is?), excluding revelations perhaps, whereas the old testament is (in many ways) founded on the fear of a jealous god, so to the the line contrast (whether you intended or not) juxtaposes Christ (NT), and angry god (OT), and death (a topic of all religions). (just my reading)
On men meaning everyone, is this semantically accurate? maybe 70 years ago... universal 'he' is falling out of favor (in writing especially) these days; i haven't seen a text use it that was published recently, (but I haven't read everything).
Looking forward to further clarification.
Think, too, the new testament isn't a book of fear (why do you think it is?), excluding revelations perhaps, whereas the old testament is (in many ways) founded on the fear of a jealous god, so to the the line contrast (whether you intended or not) juxtaposes Christ (NT), and angry god (OT), and death (a topic of all religions). (just my reading)
On men meaning everyone, is this semantically accurate? maybe 70 years ago... universal 'he' is falling out of favor (in writing especially) these days; i haven't seen a text use it that was published recently, (but I haven't read everything).
Looking forward to further clarification.