2 Kings 2:23-24, “Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!” 24 When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.”

I love how the murderous, bloodthirsty bears are female as well. Females really can't do anything good in the Bible, can they?

I've heard Christians explain before that 42 is a large number of people, and so God sent the bears to protect the man. So...people are murdered and raped every day, and have been since time began, and yet we see no angry, mauling bears to protect these people?

May I also add, in the passage, the man does not ask for help from God in a frightened way - he curses them, which implies to me he did this in anger, not fear.

Also, how is it even possible that the bears caught ALL 42 of these kids? If two bears came out of nowhere and began to attack your group, wouldn't you run for safety?

The bears would have to be pretty bloody quick to kill 21 each before any of them had time to flee in terror. And we all know fear makes you run fast.

I know it sounds like I'm nitpicking but how can anyone possibly defend or explain this passage?

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Well ...
I guess it's time to trot this one out again:

Bluemonday Wrote:I know it sounds like I'm nitpicking but how can anyone possibly defend or explain this passage?

Now lean back and watch the filthy apologists do their gymnastics.
If you released two bears to maul 42 children to death that would be wrong, but just wait till you hear what the christards have to say about their god when he does the same thing. God is just and good!

(March 2, 2014 at 2:32 pm)bluemonday Wrote: Also, how is it even possible that the bears caught ALL 42 of these kids? If two bears came out of nowhere and began to attack your group, wouldn't you run for safety?

The bears would have to be pretty bloody quick to kill 21 each before any of them had time to flee in terror. And we all know fear makes you run fast.

Simple. Magical sky wizard bears.

Quote:Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?

What, you're not sometimes grumpy on a monday?

(March 2, 2014 at 3:00 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:

Quote:Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?

What, you're not sometimes grumpy on a monday?

othankgod. I thought I was the only one. I butchered a whore last Monday. It was a rough day and I knew it would make your god happy anyway.

Cinjin, those bears look like wolves.

Duplicate of the current convo in the slavery thread where this was/ is being addressed.

(March 2, 2014 at 3:14 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Cinjin, those bears look like wolves.

Ummm, I didn't draw them. Perhaps the artist felt that fictional bears deserved less than accurate portrayals in a sketch. Couldn't tell ya.

(March 2, 2014 at 3:15 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Duplicate of the current convo in the slavery thread where this was/ is being addressed.

Actually, speaking as the originator of that particular divergence, I'd prefer it if we could keep Elisha out of the slavery thread. I really only brought it up as a rebuttal to a particular claim about the content of our discussions on the forum, and I think that getting into an actual conversation about it there would just be a red herring to divert from the real discussion.

Can we keep slavery in the slavery thread, and bear murder in the bear murder thread?

(March 2, 2014 at 3:27 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Can we keep slavery in the slavery thread, and bear murder in the bear murder thread?

Yeah I hate it when that happens. Such an age-old problem.