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RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 11, 2012 at 5:16 pm
(November 11, 2012 at 3:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote: (November 11, 2012 at 11:46 am)Utracia Wrote: Considering the Israelites did just this in their genocidal sweep through Canaan we all know the answer he doesn't need to admit it.
There was no genocidal sweep through Canaan. Which raises the intriguing and troubling question of the mental health of the people who later invented such a blood-thirsty story and attributed it to their fucking "god."
No but plenty of people think the Bible as literally true so to them this did happen. Which then makes it odd when they try to claim at the same time that this is a loving God who would never do anything so naughty as wiping out entire civilizations. Would never happen, nope. It is they who have to somehow get through this contradiction.
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November 12, 2012 at 1:51 am
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RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 12, 2012 at 6:51 am
(November 8, 2012 at 12:48 pm)John V Wrote: Is it sinful for people to carry out capital punishment ordered by god? God doesn't single people out to be killed by Christians. Nor did he do it with Jews. He ordered the conquering of lands, which involved the slaying of peoples (such as the Canaanites), but never individuals. If God wants them dead then typically he does it himself.
Christians don't have capital punishment, they're a part of the Old Covenant made with Moses, a yoke which Peter notes the Jews had been unable to bare.
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RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 12, 2012 at 10:03 am
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Right right, gods a wholesaler not a nickel and dimer when it comes to the killin business, I get it. By the by, perhaps you should explain that capital punishment bit to Texans?
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RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 12, 2012 at 11:11 am
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(November 12, 2012 at 1:51 am)Darkstar Wrote: Oh no, silly. You see, everyone in those civilizations was evil in every way imaginable. Why else would god's chosen people butcher them on command and...rape......little girls You're incorrectly reading rape into it. The law regulated this. After a 30 day waiting period, the woman was married to the man and gained full rights under the law. In an era of arranged marriages, women frequently didn't know their intended husband even that long before marriage.
(November 12, 2012 at 6:51 am)Daniel Wrote: God doesn't single people out to be killed by Christians. Nor did he do it with Jews. He ordered the conquering of lands, which involved the slaying of peoples (such as the Canaanites), but never individuals. The law says that people should be killed for certain offenses. you quoted one such instance yourself. Would such killing be sinful? You're still dodging the question.
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RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 12, 2012 at 12:31 pm
(November 12, 2012 at 11:11 am)John V Wrote: (November 12, 2012 at 1:51 am)Darkstar Wrote: Oh no, silly. You see, everyone in those civilizations was evil in every way imaginable. Why else would god's chosen people butcher them on command and...rape......little girls You're incorrectly reading rape into it. The law regulated this. After a 30 day waiting period, the woman was married to the man and gained full rights under the law. In an era of arranged marriages, women frequently didn't know their intended husband even that long before marriage.
(November 12, 2012 at 6:51 am)Daniel Wrote: God doesn't single people out to be killed by Christians. Nor did he do it with Jews. He ordered the conquering of lands, which involved the slaying of peoples (such as the Canaanites), but never individuals. The law says that people should be killed for certain offenses. you quoted one such instance yourself. Would such killing be sinful? You're still dodging the question.
Are you really going to use the "it was legal at the time so it was okay" tactic? I suppose it is one way to excuse slaughtering these young women's families and then forcibly marrying them to their conquerors.
Your God has messed up priorities as to what is sinful and what the punishment for that sin should be.
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RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 12, 2012 at 1:44 pm
(November 12, 2012 at 12:31 pm)Utracia Wrote: Are you really going to use the "it was legal at the time so it was okay" tactic? I suppose it is one way to excuse slaughtering these young women's families and then forcibly marrying them to their conquerors. I'm not using any tactic at all. I'm noting that it's incorrect to read battlefield rape into the passage as most atheists do.
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RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 12, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Quote:No but plenty of people think the Bible as literally true so to them this did happen.
Plenty of children think Santa Claus is real. Fortunately, most grow out of it.
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November 12, 2012 at 3:15 pm
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