(January 23, 2016 at 3:21 pm)athrock Wrote:(January 23, 2016 at 2:03 pm)Esquilax Wrote: What's the problem with consensual prostitution? Like, how is that a moral issue at all?
As for child sacrifice... I dunno, maybe you need to go and familiarize yourself a bit with old Jepthah before you start disparaging the worshipers of other gods for that particular act, dude. Bible god is perfectly fine with that so long as the sacrifice is to him.
I'm guessing that you're not terribly familiar with the story...
*Sigh.*
In the particular instance I'm discussing, Jepthah had been enlisted by the elders of Israel to rally the people therein in war against invading armies that had been able to do so due to god withdrawing his protection from the land in response to idolatry and so on among the Israelites. Though initially reticent to help because of his poor treatment and banishment from Israel prior, he agrees when he's made a general on the condition that he be made a judge once he wins the war. Jepthah prays to god and vows that if he is allowed to win the battle, he would sacrifice the first living thing he sees on an altar to thank him. God, knowing well in advance that this would be his daughter and having established his ability to intervene to stop a sacrifice of this sort during the binding of Isaac, accepts and aids Jepthah in his conquest and remains silent during the two month stay of execution Jepthah had, and allows Jepthah to "do with her according to his vow," and sacrifice her.
There. Have I proved I've done my homework to your satisfaction, teacher? Have I earned the honor of having you descend from your pedestal to engage with me yet?
It's at this point that I'd remind you that "pfft, you don't know!" is not a rebuttal. It's a rank dismissal and an avoidance of the argument.
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