(February 17, 2010 at 6:52 am)tackattack Wrote: Yes breathed (read as breathed life into or inspired) by God. It teaches good lessons, like don't go acting all loud and obnoxious around 2 she bears. There was no attributing it to God. You're inferring beacuse he cursed them in God's name (not very Christian from a NT viewpoint) God came and did something about it.
As far as cherry picking... you're citing the verse, I'm just helping you to better understand it. I try not to cite scripture unless absolutely relevant and usually prefer to use whole chapters because context is the most important. Let's get aconcensus, anyone who's spoke with me at length.. do I cherry pick verses?
So where does the bible castigate him for cursing the children then?
If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.