RE: Greetings!
April 16, 2011 at 11:21 am
(This post was last modified: April 16, 2011 at 11:29 am by fr0d0.)
Slavery was a fact of life in those times. We find it abhorrent, just as they would find some of the things we accept as normal abhorrent. It's cultural. But then we're talking people of a culture and not God. (Where are babies bashed on rocks? I don't see that in the text you posted)
Jewish history shows them misinterpreting Gods will, according to Jesus, who interpreted it correctly. This isn't God acting. The people simply identify aspects of their lives in relation to God. God's influence is seen later as compelling the people to act fairly as he does with them.
Rational =/= altering facts
The OT was written by the Jews who at the same time describe God as just and loving. That should give you a clue about the stories content. They didn't think all that despite the observations they related, but because of them.
Jewish history shows them misinterpreting Gods will, according to Jesus, who interpreted it correctly. This isn't God acting. The people simply identify aspects of their lives in relation to God. God's influence is seen later as compelling the people to act fairly as he does with them.
Rational =/= altering facts
The OT was written by the Jews who at the same time describe God as just and loving. That should give you a clue about the stories content. They didn't think all that despite the observations they related, but because of them.
