RE: God commands child sacrifice (not Isaac story)
September 28, 2012 at 9:56 pm
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2012 at 9:59 pm by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
(September 28, 2012 at 9:50 pm)Godschild Wrote:(September 28, 2012 at 8:44 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: If the Israelites thought they were sacrificing to other gods, then that defeats the whole point of God "horrifying" and "defiling" them in order to know he was "Lord." They would be "horrified" and "defiled" by Molech or whatever pagan god they would have been supposedly sacrificing to. Molech or whoever would be the one filling the Israelites with horror, not Yahweh.
The idea of God letting the Israelites sacrifice to other gods to make the Israelites "know he is lord" doesn't make sense.
Once the Israelites realized that Molech, Baal and the other gods they were following could not get them out of the mess they made for themselves, they would have to turn and face the one true God and His punishment that was to come.
It doesn't say that in these two verses.
It says that God used child sacrifice to horrify and defile the Israelites. It's very specific about the fact that the sacrificing of the children is what was specifically suppose to make the Israelites fear and honor God. If God was just letting them sacrifice to other gods, then that makes no sense with God's stated purpose in mind.
(September 28, 2012 at 9:51 pm)Polaris Wrote:(September 28, 2012 at 8:44 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: If the Israelites thought they were sacrificing to other gods, then that defeats the whole point of God "horrifying" and "defiling" them in order to know he was "Lord." They would be "horrified" and "defiled" by Molech or whatever pagan god they would have been supposedly sacrificing to. Molech or whoever would be the one filling the Israelites with horror, not Yahweh.
The idea of God letting the Israelites sacrifice to other gods to make the Israelites "know he is lord" doesn't make sense.
Because they would see the consequences of turning away from him. They would do all those sacrifices and there would be no answer from those idols.
Other cultures all over the world have sacrificed children. The lack of response from the gods never stopped them.
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
