(February 18, 2014 at 6:35 am)Esquilax Wrote: That doesn't really answer the question, it just explains the problem further; the question is why was it only that one group of people that were given this treatment?
The story goes God heard their cry when they were being oppressed as slaves in Egypt and decided to free them from bondage, form a covenant with them and give them their promised land in Israel. God likes to get his message across from the poor and humble portion of humanity much like how Jesus was a low status carpenter from Galilee.
Quote:Surely god would be capable of performing the same feat across every demographic group, with multiple messiahs that could spread the message much more effectively and uniformly?
I'm sure God spoke to people from other cultures as well and this had some influence in the formation of other world faiths.
Quote: Why did he then opt for a much less effective method for attaining his stated goal?
50% of the entire world now follow the God of Abraham so it turns out it was an efficient way of doing it.
"He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars--if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." Genesis 15:5
He's not referring to biological offspring but the people who will follow his God in the future.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.
