quite.
nowhere does the old testament suggest that god is perfect. simply that he is deserving of worship. why? the whole entire basis of judaism is "i am the lord thy god who brought you out of egypt". he is powerful enough to have provided for their escape and thus their future as a people. that is why they must worship him; because without him they would not exist. in genesis, the suggestion is that the characteristics of god are all knowledge and eternal life. this says nothing of righteousness. the old testament speaks of people being 'perfect' as being men of faith such as moses (even though his faith failed) and david and so forth who depended on god to provide for them. this has nothing to do with the great sins many of them perpetrated, it has to do with their faith and how recklessly they pursued their god and a joyous relationship with him (as david's dancing in his skivies).
i would suggest that pauline christianity focusses FAR too greatly on the rules to the detriment of the joy of faith. perhaps god is not the panultimate being who created the universe and everything in it, maybe he's just some really cool guy who way long time go achieved knowledge of all things and eternal life. maybe he's a different kind of creature. whatever. immaterial. if he exists, then he should be enjoyed, not viewed as a catholic school teacher waiting to smack you with a ruler everytime you look like you might be thinking the wrong thing.
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