(January 10, 2015 at 11:15 am)robvalue Wrote: OK, do you think those commandments are in any way helpful to anyone alive today? If so, which one(s)?
No it's fine, disagree with me all you want, that's what we're here forWell, god kills or demands the death of over 2,000,000 people in the bible. Most of which for petty reasons. He orders the slaughter of entire villages, including women and children, sometimes sparing the virgins for sex slaves. He burns people alive. He interferes with their free will so they will oppose him, so he can send more punishment on them. He firebombs entire towns, while letting the guy who offers his daughters up to be gang raped off the hook. He drowns everyone and everything because he fucked up. He punishes everyone ever born for something the first 2 people did, and they knew no better. He demands worship, and eternally tortures you if you don't comply. He condones slavery and sexism.
I don't really know what evil things there are that he hasn't done. I think this qualifies as a monster.
Well I'm not going to try and answer the whole thing because I'll have to frame an answer adequately. And since i take the books from Genesis to judges as mythology all that doesn't hold for me. I'll have to take a while. Just for your last 3 points-
Adam and eves sin, and the eternal torture thing. That doesn't hold for me either because I'm orthodox Christian. We don't believe in eternal torture and original sin heaven as a place in the sky. I can't explain it more at the moment but im sure it's on Wikipedia. Since it's evening in this part of the world I don't really have time to write a big answer
