“On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand, and the first murder was a fratricide. Genesis says that in a fit of jealous rage, the very first child born to mortal parents, Cain, snapped and popped the first metaphorical cap in another human being. The attack was a bloody, brutal, violent, reprehensible killing. Cain's brother Abel probably never saw it coming. As I opened the door to my apartment, I was filled with a sense of empathic sympathy and intuitive understanding. For freaking Cain.” PeopleFirstsHumansChildrenWholeParentUnderstandingBornHuman BeingsRaceSawsFourDoorsPlanetsBrotherFitMurderFilledKillingRageViolentMortalsJealousBrutalApartmentBloodyIntuitiveCrowdedCapsGenesisCainMetaphoricalAbel Book:Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files Source: Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files
“You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind....Cain slew his brother. Can might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings. This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin.” HumansHas BeensMightBlackLinesHuman BeingsLordClassMankindBrotherHabitBlessingLowsSkinsMarkNosesFlatsMight Have BeenDeprivedDisagreeablePriesthoodCainHuman FamilyMormonismTerminationUncouthBlack Skin Author:Brigham Young
“I'll kill you with my own hands rather than let you put the mark of Cain on my brother!” HandsMy OwnBrotherMarkBetrayalLoyaltyMy BrotherCain Author:Abraham Polonsky
“There is a growing threat to the environment, to the vegetation, animals, water and air. Sacred Scripture hands us the image of Cain who rejects his responsibility: 'Am I my brother's keeper?' The Bible shows the human person as his brother's keeper and the guardian of creation which has been entrusted to him.” HumansPersonsHas BeensShowsHandsWaterAnimalResponsibilityEnvironmentGrowingAirCreationBrotherSacredThreatEnvironmentalScriptureMy BrotherRejectsGuardianStewardshipKeepersCainVegetationSacred Scripture Author:Pope John Paul II
“What always strikes me in the story of Cain and Abel is how often the word "brother" is used. Cain killed his "brother." God says it was "the blood of your brother." The killing was done to another human being, a child of God like you, breaking that sacred bond of common humanity.” HumansChildrenDoneStoriesUsedHumanityHuman BeingsCommonBloodBrotherLike YouSacredKillingStrikesChild Of GodYour BrotherCainCommon HumanityAbelCain And Abel Author:Allan Boesak
“American life is builded ... upon that fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago ... [It] can not survive with the defense of Cain, "Am I my brother's keeper?” PhilosophyLife IsCenturyBrotherFundamentalsDefenseMy BrotherSaviorCan NotKeepersAmerican LifeNineteenCain Author:Herbert Hoover
“I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it's for now! It's possible for brothers to kill one another in civil wars. But most important, whoever kills, kills his brother. That's a moral conclusion that may not be there; but that must be my conclusion. Otherwise, why read it? Whoever kills, kills his brother.” MayDoeImportantWarStoriesJoyPleasureMoralTeachBrotherSourceConclusionCivil WarInterpretationDescendantsCainAbelCain And Abel Author:Elie Wiesel
“My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I didn't know." Then comes a period, followed by "Am I my brother's keeper?"” KnowsDifferentAsksAnswersBrotherPeriodsMy BrotherInterpretationGenesisKeepersYour BrotherCainAbelDifferent Gods Author:Elie Wiesel