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

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Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 6:27 pm
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 6:30 pm
I used to work with a bald, jewish guy. This was his favorite passage. In fact, I think it was the only one he knew.
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 7:06 pm (This post was last modified: March 2, 2014 at 7:10 pm by fr0d0.)
(March 2, 2014 at 3:27 pm)Esquilax Wrote:
(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? Tongue

The only problem being no one is addressing it in this thread. I'm happy with the explanation there, that this is Elisha doing wrong by cursing the boys. Let the naval gazing commence.
(March 2, 2014 at 6:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I used to work with a bald, jewish guy. This was his favorite passage. In fact, I think it was the only one he knew.

It's my new favourite too.

I started a naming convention with my kids adding 'bob' to the end of their names. My mum trumped me by calling me baldybob. My wife recently remembered and told my kids.
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 7:30 pm
That will teach you not to take the name of 'bob' in vain.
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 7:55 pm
(March 2, 2014 at 7:06 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: The only problem being no one is addressing it in this thread. I'm happy with the explanation there, that this is Elisha doing wrong by cursing the boys. Let the naval gazing commence.

Except that any powers that Elisha may have been able to use are only the powers of god that god will use under his direction.

Elisha was just a normal ol' human without the magical ability to summon bears to attack children
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 7:58 pm
Yeah it's in the thread Rahul. Elisha had da powaz already as a prophet, which gave him direct responsibility for them. He abused his powers to do evil. He was at fault.
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 8:46 pm
(March 2, 2014 at 7:58 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Yeah it's in the thread Rahul. Elisha had da powaz already as a prophet, which gave him direct responsibility for them. He abused his powers to do evil. He was at fault.

Any powers that the biblical prophets ever used did not come from within them but was the "holy spirit" working through them. God can't shirk the responsibility for this story of slaughter.
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 8:47 pm
I'm going with "because he's a psychopathic dick" or "because he doesn't exist".
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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 8:50 pm
It's a story to remind people not to speak ill of the prophets, as speaking against christianity is the worst and one unforgivable sin. It's also to remind people that Yahweh is a petty, vindictive psychopath.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

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A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 2, 2014 at 8:53 pm
And then watch the apologists try to explain that they weren't actually kids, but rather teenagers and young adults.

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Yeah, cause that definitely makes the story all that more palatable.
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