RE: Why did God murder children for making fun of a bald guy?
March 3, 2014 at 5:02 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2014 at 5:05 pm by bluemonday.)
(March 3, 2014 at 4:39 pm)Urizen Wrote: The passage in question only seems absurd if, on the one hand, one lacks the perspicacity to comprehend symbolism in general, and on the other, is disposed to grasp at the most superficial of conceivable interpretations of Biblical narratives. The first is a relatively normal human limitation; the second is a pitiful display of insincerity that is degrading to the human soul, and a deviation from the divine norm; to be untruthful in anything, is to negate one's very being, which is truth itself, and ultimatlt tondisintregate into primordial Chaos. Now as regards the passage under consideration, there is, first of all, no absurdity in its anthropmorphic symbolism, which really signifies the theomorphic nature of man. Second, no injustice was committed in killing the mob, for they had declared murderous intentions. Read in context, 'go up' was a call to murder Elisha; 'baldman' signified leprosy, which would have been ani ncitement to violence. The only absurdity is the atheistic mind which needs to invent absurdities in order to reassure itself that God does not exist, so that it may sin with a clear conscience; it is absurd because the atheist can at any time transcend the prison walls of his mind and enjoy inner eternal life.
Typical. Any passage where God is bloodthirsty or unjust, it's "symbolic" - and I can assure you, I am very sincere in wondering how anyone can defend this passage.
If I wanted to be insincere, I would have asked questions about the passage where goats are bred like this:
"Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink, the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted."
...Seems legit.
You also didn't mention how the bear managed to maul ALL42 children? NONE of them running away? Or was the mauling symbolic as well?
If a Muslim was explaining a questionable verse in the Koran, would you accept the explanation of "symbolism" ?
How do you know the Koran is incorrect for that matter?
I'm all ears.
