I am not a religious man. Even more than that, I don’t read much. So the very few times that I read something about religion, why does it have to be so antipious?
I was reading about King Solomon. Here’s what I got: Son of David (the kid who took down a walking pituitary problem with a pebble). Solomon had a lot of cash so people thought God favored him (Good) but they though he valued gold more than God (Bad), He humbled himself by asking God to give him the wisdom to lead his people to better worship God (good) then used that knowledge to gain power and used that power to build pagan idols (bad), Built the first Jewish temple (good) but collected a harem of a thousand women (too good). The man is a walking contridiction.
My favorite is the thousand women opposite one man lovefest much to my girlfriend’s chagrin. He did the honorable thing with the majority; he married about seven-hundred and only had about three-hundred mistresses. Good boy, Solomon, good boy.
I’m going to close with a little math lesson. 1000 women, that’s a lot of one-night stands for most but then he found time to marry most of them as well. If he met a new girl every 3 days (think of it as 2 a week) it would have taken him ten years to collect all these women. This is a daunting task and would have had to have some major planning and execution; far more than one man to take on by himself. I believe he had in addition to his Yeah God Co., which built the temples and such, a side company that focused on his love life. A group like this would be specifically dedicated to Human Resources. I want to know how well these people were taken care of, what were their company perks and where I can find a similar postion today.
I’m pretty sure their perks include but are not limited to being able to sleep in a big bed all by themselves once they go home since their wives/girlfriends are, you know, chagrined.