RE: How do religious folks reconcile violent concepts in "peaceful" Abrahami...
April 13, 2017 at 8:29 am
(April 12, 2017 at 10:19 pm)AceBoogie Wrote:(April 12, 2017 at 8:59 pm)SteveII Wrote: What contradictory ideas are there between the Bible and Christianity being a peaceful religion? If you are going to go with the conquest of Canaan, do you even believe that that happened (ironically, most atheists are skeptical or even adamant that it did not happen)? The God described in the vast majority of the OT is one of love, compassion, patience, justice, etc. So your question is really, could the God described in the rest of the 99% of the Bible have issued those commands? What if we cannot reconcile the 1% to the other 99% description? At most it's a question of inerrancy (of at least the book of Joshua-which was written some 600 years after the events that it describes)?
Really? You're really going to start your argument saying that the god of the OT is one of love? seriously? I'll give you a chance to correct yourself on that.
I listed four attributes. I would add Holy and sovereign. A study on the attributes of God would reveal how these are balanced with each other. For example, Holiness and justice have to be balanced with love and compassion.
