I think that, deep down, every male human wants to defeat YHWH in one-on-one combat and then take up His mantle. He’s the Father, after all.
I’m not so sure. At least with respect to the “He’s the Father, after all” part. I’m all for defeating God in one on one combat and taking His power but the frame of taking the mantle of the father is strongly aversive. It puts me in the frame of a rebel within the father’s realm and that just doesn’t seem to be how my psychology is wired. From what I can tell my instincts drive me to expand my own tribe, not to rebel from within a father figure’s. I don’t imagine I’m alone.
Yeah, upon introspection it seems aversive to me too; I think I applied my Freudian-Jungian psychomythology incorrectly there. The fatherly aspects do seem near-entirely unrelated to the “worthy enemy” aspects.
I think that, deep down, every male human wants to defeat YHWH in one-on-one combat and then take up His mantle. He’s the Father, after all.
I’m not so sure. At least with respect to the “He’s the Father, after all” part. I’m all for defeating God in one on one combat and taking His power but the frame of taking the mantle of the father is strongly aversive. It puts me in the frame of a rebel within the father’s realm and that just doesn’t seem to be how my psychology is wired. From what I can tell my instincts drive me to expand my own tribe, not to rebel from within a father figure’s. I don’t imagine I’m alone.
Yeah, upon introspection it seems aversive to me too; I think I applied my Freudian-Jungian psychomythology incorrectly there. The fatherly aspects do seem near-entirely unrelated to the “worthy enemy” aspects.