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  1. The idea I told you about is basically, about God being a father figure in all three three Abrahamic religions, less banal then it may first appear:
  2. when I was reading about Islam, I came across an interesting detail: The man known as Muhammad, according to Muslim sources, lost his father six month after he was born, his mother died when he was six. He was then raised by other members of his family.
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  4. Later I started thinking about Jesus, that he too grew up without a biological father, Josef was only his step father, and he often refers to God as being his father.
  5. Then I thoght of Moses, it is true that both his biological parents were alive , BUT, he grew up as an adopted child in the Egyptian palace. So again, no biological father at home. (there are Jewish exegesis texts, which say that God spoke to Moses in his father’s (Amram was his name) voice.)
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  7. So, it appears like all three of these people grew up under “non-normative” conditions. It appears to me like God is some kind of father figure to all three of these individuals, a father figure which also functions as the ultimate moral authority, perhaps these individuality s had an emotional thirst for a father, and God “filled the gap” so to speak.
  8. So, what is the point of all this? I am not sure. I just think this pattern is an interesting starting point for further research. Maybe it would be possible to further psychoanalyze all three figures from this angle.
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