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RE: Bad stuff in the New Testament
February 28, 2014 at 10:15 am
Who likes babies anyways? OR kitttens for that matter.
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RE: Bad stuff in the New Testament
February 28, 2014 at 4:12 pm
(February 28, 2014 at 10:04 am)Chad32 Wrote: They think that the ancient people just wouldn't have been able to understand such drastic changes. Like Yahweh didn't have the ability to just say slavery is wrong, and women are equal to men, and killing ANYONE is wrong. He just didn't have the smarts or the resources to put a plan into action to change society in a way that modern audiences would accept.
It was just a cultural thing. Somehow the creator god let contemporary human culture dictate what was right and wrong back then.
They also think Hebrew law was an improvement on other cultures' morality. In some respects yes, in other respects it was not.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
