Quote:It's not that fighting for the rights of yourself or others is unimportant. It's just that you may not win, and you need to live that way (if you are the person being persecuted). The scrawny kid will probably never grow muscles and throw the bully into the dumpster. So be it. Christians once were persecuted, and they didn't start riots when they were arrested and tortured. They prayed. Winning your fight isn't what gives your life value, although that's what everyone notices. It's the kind of person you were in it.So not condemning slavery is part of this pacifist philosophy? Could you explain to me, why god cared so much about what you do in life, and how you live, down to all the details in the OT, if all that shouldn't matter if you're a good person?
Quote:Paul was persecuted for his entire career as a missionary and died a martyr. He knew what suffering meant. But he didn't care because he knew it didn't matter, and that's what he preached.What has this got to do with anything? He didn't care, that doesn't surprise me, he likely thought he was going to heaven, he was a true believer, right?
Quote:Jesus' teachings are relevant to much of the OT, but not all of it. But I did describe why a woman would seem less important in a warlike, nomadic desert people.No, I didn't want to bring anything up. But of course it's clear to me how a nomadic tribe doesn't understand equality. But it's in the bible. Explain to me which part is written by the nomadic tribe, and which part by god?
I've spent 10 pages on the Tenth Plague. Are you going to open up that can of worms all over again?
Quote:I had a feeling someone would bring up the Flood when I said that. Weren't Noah and his family descendants of Adam? The flood is a legend of how God preserved the good in his creation and got rid of the bad. Those who didn't want him were uprooted from the earth he created, and those who wanted him were preserved. Creation was preserved in the Flood.he killed everyone on earth except noah. if we want to pretend this actually happened, it was an act of destruction and not preservation. when you wipe out 99% of something, you're not preserving it, you're destroying it.
Quote:"21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’[d] is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell." Matthew 5:21-22Hate is not a bad thing.
Hate is sinful and draws you away from God. Insulting another person is hateful. Hate is sinful. Sin is ungodly. Therefore, you are drawing yourself away from God and closer to a place where God is not (Hell).
