RE: Age of Deconversion
November 23, 2019 at 5:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 23, 2019 at 5:07 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(November 23, 2019 at 4:26 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: The God of the Bible was written as a capricious Middle Eastern potentate requiring frequent praise and steady tribute, because in their minds, that was how rulers acted.
Hmm it seems to me the God of the Bible was written almost in opposition to earthly potentates; it even warns Israel against having kings precisely because of how rulers tend to act:
"...you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them [...] But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, 'No! But there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles' [...] And the Lord said to Samuel, 'Obey their voice and make them a king'” (1 Samuel 8, ESV).
