(February 20, 2012 at 12:33 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:inspired by God himself.
God inspires tales of infants being dashed to pieces? Fuck him.
I was giving him the benefit of the doubt because this bullshit was clearly written by men who did not attribute it to your holy sky-daddy.
But, maybe I'll take your word for it that the Homicidal Maniac in the sky was behind it.
P.S. - when it speaks of an event "to come" that is prophecy. It is far from the only example and lots of them failed to happen.
In many cases I don't even think they were originally intended as "prophecy" but rather as execration texts which, since they would actually require a god who could get off his fat ass and do something, aren't going to happen either.
No God inspired the sorrow in the heart of the psalmist, He shows us the sorrow and hate that can come from disobeying Him.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.