(September 3, 2010 at 4:51 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:As far as I'm aware there is precious little to research at least historically, but happy to be proven wrong. I would state your brief analysis in stronger terms, ie a genocidal people looking to oust native tribes for their own ends, and inventing a god to justify there actions and hold a concensus amongst themselves despite their own savagery. But theism cannot duck this. Either there is truth in the claim that a god murdered the first born of Egypt or there isn't. If there isn't becuase it was a metaphor or myth, what value does the bible have as a doument to support a truth claim? And where is theism left without solid foundational texts?(September 3, 2010 at 4:34 pm)Captain Scarlet Wrote:I'm requesting you look into the information that you cite thoroughly. If you see that God condoned the killing of man, child and beast as was stated recently, for example: a quick research into the actual story shows a very different picture... of a people warring and invoking God in what was direction to be fair.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.
