(September 11, 2013 at 10:31 am)John V Wrote:(September 11, 2013 at 10:16 am)pocaracas Wrote: Why would any god choose to pass its message to a handful of people, in a specific geographic location, instead of... everyone, everywhere?Did you miss the whole bit about Israel being a chosen people?
You'd think that would get EVERYONE's attention, huh?
BTW, if you have a point, just make it. We may be in agreement. Paul says straight out that, since the world in its wisdom rejected god, he decided to reach people through the foolishness of preaching. If you're point is that the methods seem foolish, you're preaching to the choir.
haha.. well, the methods do seem foolish...
But I was going first to point something out:
In other parts of the world, such as India and China (or even in places where their religion has died such as Egypt or Mesopotamia)... other revelations from other alleged gods followed... pretty much, the same methodology.
What happened, there?
.A screw up from the messenger? A misinterpretation of a flawed method of passing a message? ---- Can't be, Israel was the chosen people, right?
.Other divinities passing their messages? ---- It is claimed that the god of Israel did warn people not to worship other gods before him... it's almost like there are others!
.Or can we just lump all of them together and see all these methodologies as simple manifestations of psychological disorders (or flat out lies, made up stories and events) accompanied by the ability to convince other people of such events?