Child sacrifice and Israel
I have been trying to look into the commonly held view that the JW's (especially my family) bring up when we talk about the Bible's widely held view that the Canaanites sacrificed hundreds of children...
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@ Cheyenne: "The Bible is a long story of brutal, unspeakable violence."True. A lot of violence is recorded there. Human history is full of violence right to our present day. The Bible does not gloss...
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But to blame God for the violence--that is something else. Humans do not need any help in that matter in my opinion. God was directly responsible for most of the violence recorded in the bible, so who...
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@ Vancity: But to blame God for the violence--that is something else. Humans do not need any help in that matter in my opinion. God was directly responsible for most of the violence recorded in the...
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If you through the portion of the Bible that has to do with Israel's rampage in the "promised land" you'll see plenty of Jehovah-approved murder and rape (what do you think they did with the only...
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Auth, I really do not know how to explain those things any more than yourself. I could never understand war and its purpose. Some say it is to protect our own country, or nation in this case. Israel...
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GoingForth wrote: But we know that Israelites themselves were far from good examples. In the end they were deserted by God and scattered all over. They were never punished when there was a gap in...
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GF, the confusion here is that you continue to excuse the behavior in the bible because "things were different back then" or "even God's chosen people weren't perfect", which completely misses the...
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goingforth, it's hard to even know where to start in answering your question because the God of the Bible committs these murderous rampages against innocent people, or commands it, ALL THROUGHOUT THE...
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And an excellent link: http://www.freethought.mbdojo.com/blamethebook.html Also, thanks for supporting me, Vancity. I'm always impressed by your posts too.
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@ Nevermind: "Or does it seem that taking captive women, degrading them by removing their hair and then raping them (any woman carried off to a forced marriage is rape) and then being able to cast her...
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@ Cheyenne: “I have a super fun game where I'll open my Bible to a random page and start reading, and it's almost always about God killing people or doing other things you would never applaud if me,...
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Or #3: It is unstoppable evolution at work to lead humankind to extinction. Or #4: It is God slowing down evolution by killing off the most destructive in order to preserve the human race. both of...
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My understanding is that the God does not exist according to the atheists; so why would atheists be so bothered by it? He could simply make everything better, but instead allows humans to commit...
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My understanding is that the God does not exist according to the atheists; so why would atheists be so bothered by it? I am bothered by it because powerful people controlling entire countries believe...
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GoingForth wrote: The Bible says that the woman was given a full month of mourning before any sexual contact occurred. Also there was no sexual contact until the man married her. Marrying the woman...
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Sadly Nevermind ... there has been a story in the news of late of a young middle eastern girl being married off to the very man her raped her. Her mother thought it was the right thing to do to save...
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That's a terrible story Andria: being forcibly married to your rapist. This procedure is also explicitly supported by the BibleDeuteronomy 2228 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to...
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God's laws are supposed to be perfect. There is no "harm reduction" in the Bible. So "slightly less evil than what some other people are doing" (if you insist on seeing it that way) is not good...
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There are TWO recent stories about similar scenarios Auth and both are in middle eastern countries ... one girl committed suicide ... at 16! So very sad and so very wrong. What's worse ... is they're...
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Just stumbled upon this and thought of this thread! http://amultiverse.com/20.../13/kittens-in-a-barrel/
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