(February 21, 2018 at 1:13 am)Godscreated Wrote:
(February 20, 2018 at 2:49 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: The verse says what it says and the meaning is clear. God is a bully who not only punishes people who don't like him that much but their children and their childrens children etc, it says god is a git.
I looked for a less odious explanation and the best apologists could do was that god is jealous in guarding the praise that is rightfully his. Which is not in any way less gitty.
I knew you did not understand, I'll explain. The verse speaks of the Israelites that He took out of slavery and was delivering them to a land He promised they would have, a promise that was made to Abraham, the father of these people. God was warning them that they were not to worship idols that could do nothing for them and not to teach their children to do the same, if they do all that participate will be punished for not worshiping the God and only God that freed them and made them His people. I have no idea whether you have children or not, but if you do wouldn't you feel jealous if they suddenly started listening to and wanting to live with someone else that you knew wasn't going to be good for their lives.
GC
That's what I said, but you tried to make it sound less evil.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
