RE: Why do atheists even bother about debating Jesus?
February 3, 2013 at 6:48 am
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2013 at 6:56 am by catfish.)
(February 3, 2013 at 6:34 am)Confused Ape Wrote:(February 3, 2013 at 6:15 am)Zone Wrote:
The pagan gods weren't myths but were in fact a kind of demon that feed on the life energy of blood which is why all pagans performed blood sacrifice. The Oracle at Delphi was in fact a case of demonic possession by a demon called Apollyon. So that's probably a better idea for Christians than saying all the other gods were "just made up" as then you have to ask what else people decided to make up.
How do they account for the God of the Old Testament who demanded blood sacrifices?
Have just found an excuse that Christians who believe in those demons could use to say that God isn't a demon.
Why Did God Require Blood Sacrifices?
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According to the text, God spoke to a prophet and said that He never commanded sacrifices when He brought them out of Egypt.
There are numerous passages where God supposedly condemned sacrifices and that He was "sick of their burnt offerings".
Then there's a passage where God is supposed to have said to NOT worship Him the way the heathens do.
Blood sacrifices were only attonement for "unintentional" sins according to Jewish tradition.
Human sacrifice has always been considered an evil practice in the Bible.
Abrahams story of God asking him to kill his son was/is bullshit and I was 3 or 4 years of age was when that Bible story was first relayed to me. I've been caling Bullchit! on the Bible ever since...
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If you really want to get technical about it...
The sacrifice wasn't offered by the sinner(s).
It wasn't performed according to Jewish Law.
It wasn't done on a proper altar.
It would basicaly be attonement for me accidently eating pork and not much else...
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Ham sammiches, here I come!!!
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