(January 5, 2015 at 10:43 am)Chad32 Wrote: The story of Samson sounds a lot more stupid and barbaric when DarkMatter goes over it than when I heard about it in sunday school. That tends to happen when adults read stories like this with a clear mind, though. Noah's ark made a lot more sense as a kid than as an adult too.
I agree. It is only when I reached adulthood and began reading the bible for myself that I realized how screwed up that story is.
Quote:And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. Judges 14:19-
First, this verse sounds pornographic. The child in me is giggling at the idea of god's spirit(whatever that means) coming on someone
Second, My religious friends often try to get around violent bible verses by claiming that some parts of the bible are purely historical and not meant to express god's approval of the events being depicted. This verse shows that god actually assisted and approved of Samson's killing of thirty men who had nothing to do with the riddle.
