[quote='Consilius' pid='451357' dateline='1369785856']
[quote]When the Bible was written, everyone was a theist. That's why it needs interpretation. [/quote]
explain that od phrase.
[quote]God knew what Pharaoh would do to the Israelites, but, at the same time, he KNEW it was going to happen, and at the time that he wanted. He didn't make Pharaoh hate Moses in the other sense. [/quote]
yes he did, the phrase clearly says so, knowing the impact his actions will have in the future only makes it worse.
If a murderer is aware of his action`s consequences before commiting a murder he is sentenced to a longer term on the grounds of it being (in legal terms) "a deliberate act of crime"
[quote]Of course, the awestruck Jewish men who wrote the Torah gave God credit for their Exodus in a much more direct manner.[/quote]
Thereby forgetting what he previously stated, thereby proving god is eigther senile or the bronze age nomads made that stuff up.
[quote] To take that part literally, would, of course, contradict the Bible.[/quote]
Which is what I am doing. And which you and every other bible follower refuses to do, otherwise you would be demanding the death penalty for homosexuals.
[quote]When the Bible was written, everyone was a theist. That's why it needs interpretation. [/quote]
explain that od phrase.
[quote]God knew what Pharaoh would do to the Israelites, but, at the same time, he KNEW it was going to happen, and at the time that he wanted. He didn't make Pharaoh hate Moses in the other sense. [/quote]
yes he did, the phrase clearly says so, knowing the impact his actions will have in the future only makes it worse.
If a murderer is aware of his action`s consequences before commiting a murder he is sentenced to a longer term on the grounds of it being (in legal terms) "a deliberate act of crime"
[quote]Of course, the awestruck Jewish men who wrote the Torah gave God credit for their Exodus in a much more direct manner.[/quote]
Thereby forgetting what he previously stated, thereby proving god is eigther senile or the bronze age nomads made that stuff up.
[quote] To take that part literally, would, of course, contradict the Bible.[/quote]
Which is what I am doing. And which you and every other bible follower refuses to do, otherwise you would be demanding the death penalty for homosexuals.