RE: Give my Preacher cousin his 15 minutes of fame
February 17, 2018 at 12:55 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2018 at 12:56 pm by The Industrial Atheist.)
(February 17, 2018 at 11:30 am)A Theist Wrote:(February 17, 2018 at 10:24 am)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: I remember hearing that scripture being read in Church and it's mind boggling that I stayed in that religion. Fuck a god that punishes people for things other people did.No. You're only reading the scripture in part...He visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of those who hate Him. Then the next verse reads that He shows mercy unto thousands who love Him and keep His commandments.
He's saying that he visits wrath upon the generations of children who follow in the sins of their fathers but shows mercy to all who turn from the sins of their fathers to love God and keep His commandments.
I haven't read the Bible much in a year, but wouldn't they then have their own iniquity? Like why add the fathers inquity? It seems like it would be a rather redundant way to say "Yep, they'll get what they deserve," if that's what you mean. I guess where I got the interpretation of people suffering because of what there ancestors did was, years ago when I went to a Pentecostal Church they did a thing for generational curses and that scripture was mentioned in it.
The whole concept seemed off to me but I was willing to try it with the issue I had.
In any event, since I don't find the scriptures to be sacred or anything I would rather people believe less unjust interpretations of scripture whether it's what the author intended or not.
