Vika Krieger

But then there's like lots of stories like the binding of Isaac or like the Exodus story or whatever.

And it's like, well, what are, why are those in there?

At the very least,

These are stories that have been passed down from generation to generation, and they are like in the DNA of anyone who's in the world of Western civilization and including Christianity and Islam.

So like, first of all, the fact that they have been passed down, like there's this kind of buzzword these days of like ancestral wisdom.

And it's just like, yeah, this book has been around for like a really long time.

So even if you don't believe God wrote it, like there's something there, you know?

So I think it's like worth exploring.

Then even if you don't think that it's inherently valuable, it has shaped our society.

That you can't disagree with.

So looking back at it with a critical eye and being like, what is here?

What is this text and what wisdom can be mined from it?

It feels like a worthwhile endeavor.

Totally, totally.

Yeah.

And I think that, first of all, I think that's an important context for like when that book was written, right?

But I also think the core tension, right, of being a quote unquote religious person is like the God that is portrayed in these religious texts is like not a very appealing God.

It's just kind of like you have a God who gets angry.

You have a God who gets jealous.

You have a God who feels like kind of petty actually in the Torah.