(October 20, 2014 at 12:23 pm)Lek Wrote:Really? What was god using Pharaohs actions for?(October 20, 2014 at 10:30 am)Jenny A Wrote: Exodus is a little different . The Bible says god hardened pharaoh's heart. It does not say and god said I will harden pharaoh's heart because you Jews have been misbehaving. You do see the difference. One is a metaphor, the other a promise of punishment.
We could discuss the Jewish view of heaven all day, but fact remains that according to the Bible, god punished a man by killing a child.
I do see that one was a promise of punishment, but that doesn't have any effect on whether one is a metaphor or not. They're both examples of God using the actions of evil men for his purposes.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.



