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His standpoint, oh I would LOVE to know how he got to the point of smashing babies heads in. The excuses believers make for this god is really unbelievable. Thou shall not kill, unless your a god.
Point to me in the bible where it says God Himself smashed babies heads in. Please
Point to me in the bible where it says God Himself smashed babies heads in. Please
Calling for it is the same as doing it:
"The Lord" (the "god" of the Bible) and the prophet Isaiah, speaking directly on behalf of "The Lord," calls repeatedly for destruction and atrocity to be brought down on the peoples, including the small children, who have angered "The Lord." And, as in Isaiah, so Psalm 137 ends with this call for smashing to pieces the little ones of Babylon:
"O Babylon, you devastator,
Happy shall they be who pay
you back
what you have done to us!
Happy shall be they who take
your little ones
and dash them against the rock!"
Take a gander at just a few of the atrocities your god does
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Oh and another dandy
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
His standpoint, oh I would LOVE to know how he got to the point of smashing babies heads in. The excuses believers make for this god is really unbelievable. Thou shall not kill, unless your a god.
I'm not making excuses. I'm merely pointing out that none of us know why He does the things He does (though we might be able to figure it out), any more than we know why some other person does what he does. We don't have access to the inner workings of anyones mind, especially God's, nor do we know their history, their genetics or any one of a thousand other things which drive their behavior. We only perceive what they do and make judgments based upon our own, limited understanding and personal beliefs.
Is that a valid exercise? Can we truly say, definitively, that we completely and totally understand why people do what people do? Can we say that about God?
No, of course we can't, but we tend to take upon ourselves the right to sit in judgment of their morality, when our own is questionable. Heck, we don't even fully understand our OWN motivations, let alone anyone elses!
The only thing we CAN do is judge their behavior in regards to the law, whether that law is Biblical or secular. Even a jury of our peers does not rule upon our morality, but only upon whether or not we broke the law. Which leads to this question: Can the law-giver be held accountable for the laws he created? Is he subject to the law he gave to others? If so, why? If not, why not?
And, by the way, Thou shalt not kill actually means Thou shalt not murder, or kill without just cause. That's the meaning of the Hebrew word translated as "kill."
I'm not making excuses. I'm merely pointing out that none of us know why He does the things He does (though we might be able to figure it out), any more than we know why some other person does what he does. We don't have access to the inner workings of anyones mind, especially God's, nor do we know their history, their genetics or any one of a thousand other things which drive their behavior. We only perceive what they do and make judgments based upon our own, limited understanding and personal beliefs.
Is that a valid exercise? Can we truly say, definitively, that we completely and totally understand why people do what people do? Can we say that about God?
No, of course we can't, but we tend to take upon ourselves the right to sit in judgment of their morality, when our own is questionable. Heck, we don't even fully understand our OWN motivations, let alone anyone elses!
The only thing we CAN do is judge their behavior in regards to the law, whether that law is Biblical or secular. Even a jury of our peers does not rule upon our morality, but only upon whether or not we broke the law. Which leads to this question: Can the law-giver be held accountable for the laws he created? Is he subject to the law he gave to others? If so, why? If not, why not?
And, by the way, Thou shalt not kill actually means Thou shalt not murder, or kill without just cause. That's the meaning of the Hebrew word translated as "kill."
I dont see anything just about all the killing your God did, which came down to little more than murder. how do you know you are not worshiping an evil god that is no better than a satan and has fooled you all?
Laws can be overturned and protested against without the threat of death and eternal pain an suffering. This god is punishing people for something he created and knew was going to happen aka, Adam and Eve. That is nothing less than sadistic.
Show me examples of the persecution you claim to be suffering.
I didn't say I was personally being persecuted. What I said was that the religion and atheist boards are full of threads debunking, criticizing, making fun of or questioning not only Christianity, but Christian's themselves.
Yes, some are legitimate areas of discussion, but others have no other apparent function than to open venues for criticism, humiliation, bigotry and intolerance toward Christians. At least, that's what they quickly turn into.
For instance, these are currently running:
Did Jesus Exist
William Lane Craig says genocide and infanticide are just dandy
No, Jesus didn't die for me so stop telling me that he did!
Another Crucifixon cover-up?
Did God Take Anger Management Classes?
why door-to-door proselytization is fundamentally offensive
Destruction of private property and skewed priorities.
The Skeptic's Bible/Quran
The Easter Smugness and fallacy
Now, please go over to the Christian boards and show me how many similar threads are running about atheists.
I didn't say I was personally being persecuted. What I said was that the religion and atheist boards are full of threads debunking, criticizing, making fun of or questioning not only Christianity, but Christian's themselves.
Yes, some are legitimate areas of discussion, but others have no other apparent function than to open venues for criticism, humiliation, bigotry and intolerance toward Christians. At least, that's what they quickly turn into.
For instance, these are currently running:
Did Jesus Exist
William Lane Craig says genocide and infanticide are just dandy
No, Jesus didn't die for me so stop telling me that he did!
Another Crucifixon cover-up?
Did God Take Anger Management Classes?
why door-to-door proselytization is fundamentally offensive
Destruction of private property and skewed priorities.
The Skeptic's Bible/Quran
The Easter Smugness and fallacy
Now, please go over to the Christian boards and show me how many similar threads are running about atheists.
Sorry to tell you a few of those were started by Christians, Like Campbell and Mr5150
I have seen plenty on the christian boards about us unbelievers needing saving!!!!!!
I dont see anything just about all the killing your God did, which came down to little more than murder. how do you know you are not worshiping an evil god that is no better than a satan and has fooled you all?
Because Satan opposes Him. Why would Satan oppose himself?
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Laws can be overturned and protested against without the threat of death and eternal pain an suffering. This god is punishing people for something he created and knew was going to happen aka, Adam and Eve. That is nothing less than sadistic.
No, not really. God won't punish anyone who doesn't chose that punishment because He gave us a way out of it: Jesus Christ. And, He only put us into this position to force us to chose or reject Christ. That's the whole purpose of creation, the purpose of it all.
Sorry to tell you a few of those were started by Christians, Like Campbell and Mr5150
I have seen plenty on the christian boards about us unbelievers needing saving!!!!!!
Saying that atheists need to be saved is persecution? How and why? That's hardly the same as belittling their beliefs or attacking them, or their beliefs, with the venom you see here, is it? If so, how?
Because Satan opposes Him. Why would Satan oppose himself?
No, not really. God won't punish anyone who doesn't chose that punishment because He gave us a way out of it: Jesus Christ. And, He only put us into this position to force us to chose or reject Christ. That's the whole purpose of creation, the purpose of it all.
I said like a Satan. Ever heard of a trickster, satan is suppose to be evil, getting kicks out of messing with people? When did this huge god against satan battle take place? I dont have any knowledge of one.
Jesus didnt die for me, I wasn't born yet, I didn't do anything wrong, nor did I ask Jesus to die for me ( not that type of person) or to be created for that matter.Would you punish your grand-kids and their kids for your kids booboos?.
Besides jesus didn't sacrifice ( nor did God sacrifice him) himself, he knew he would walk the earth again, so it wasn't really much of a sacrifice, a real sacrifice would be actually dying and staying dead.
Saying that atheists need to be saved is persecution? How and why? That's hardly the same as belittling their beliefs or attacking them, or their beliefs, with the venom you see here, is it? If so, how?
Oh lets see what have I been told oh yea that, we are sinners, destined for hell, foolish, ignorant, blind, silly,dumb, hateful, arrogant, wrong, liars on and on.
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