(August 21, 2010 at 6:45 am)fr0d0 Wrote:(August 20, 2010 at 11:23 am)The Omnissiunt One Wrote:The bible was written by men and is potentially errant, yes. The repulsive stories remain as important information on the nature of God. It doesn't show God as cruel as that would be contrary to his nature and therefore logically inconsistent.(August 19, 2010 at 7:12 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: What knowledge do you posses to make that judgement OO? I don't have to believe it, it logically follows: You don't have the information to judge.No, I agree. It's perfectly possible that there were good reasons for brutally slaughtering all the adults of a race and keeping the female children as sex slaves. I find it unlikely, though. What is much more likely is that it was written by primitive tribesmen. If you can deny that, then I will be surprised.
So, I take it you think that such stories don't accurately represent his nature. In which case, how do you know any of the Bible does?
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
