(June 14, 2014 at 4:12 pm)CindysRain Wrote: Actually the story of Noah's Ark played a part in my de-conversion.
I had heard and read various objections that atheists had towards the bible, and I desperately wanted to defend god's word, so I began a deeper study.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
I remember this particular verse hitting me hard. After god has killed every living thing on the planet, then he says, "Ok maybe I should've thought this through".
A truth suddenly struck me - God knows the future, hence Revelations. If that's the case, then he knew ahead of time, that after the flood, he would decide to "never again smite every living thing".
Then there's the fact that as the story goes - NEXT time he's not going to kill them all by drowning, he's just going to throw most of them in a fire.
Hey, it's an improvement at least.