RE: Theists are Insecure
February 28, 2012 at 3:39 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2012 at 3:44 pm by Mister Agenda.)
To be fair, there are plenty of theists who don't go to church, and some who think church gets in the way of a personal relationship with God. And there are plenty of atheists who go to church weekly (Unitarian Universalism has a lot of atheist members). Not to mention atheists who go to other churches for the sake of their families or whatever.
Regarding the human sacrifice debate, I'm surprised that Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter (due to a vow to sacrfice to God whatsoever comes to greet him at the door when he returns home victorious) as a burnt offering. God didn't send an angel to tell Jephthah, 'Hey, God doesn't hold with this human sacrifice crap, make it seven cows instead'. In fact, God didn't bother to include an injunction against human sacrifice in the Bible.
Regarding the human sacrifice debate, I'm surprised that Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter (due to a vow to sacrfice to God whatsoever comes to greet him at the door when he returns home victorious) as a burnt offering. God didn't send an angel to tell Jephthah, 'Hey, God doesn't hold with this human sacrifice crap, make it seven cows instead'. In fact, God didn't bother to include an injunction against human sacrifice in the Bible.