Saerules, EVF, and Craveman I commend you all for having the patience of Job with our xtian friends. I hate circular reasoning and this discussion has taken the same as all arguments with xtians normally do. Honestly, I feel like I am on a merry go round.
rjh4 the facts as Sae said come from your pages of your sacred lie the "holy bible". God wanted to prove to his people that he was the one true god and almighty ruler of the universe and so he supposedly led the Hebrews on a campaign of destruction and death to all that worshiped other gods and practices other belief systems. The best case for this scenario is illustrated in the story of the exodus from Egypt. God did give pharaoh the opportunity to let his people go, but not the opportunity to convert and worship him. In fact, even if Pharaoh wanted to give in and convert according to the bible he couldn't because god hardened his heart to prove his point to his people.
Exodus 10:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Exodus 11:10
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
rjh4 the facts as Sae said come from your pages of your sacred lie the "holy bible". God wanted to prove to his people that he was the one true god and almighty ruler of the universe and so he supposedly led the Hebrews on a campaign of destruction and death to all that worshiped other gods and practices other belief systems. The best case for this scenario is illustrated in the story of the exodus from Egypt. God did give pharaoh the opportunity to let his people go, but not the opportunity to convert and worship him. In fact, even if Pharaoh wanted to give in and convert according to the bible he couldn't because god hardened his heart to prove his point to his people.
Exodus 10:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Exodus 11:10
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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