CHISTIANS PLEASE EXPLAIN

[Rahul]

Elisha was going to Samaria as a representative of God to oppose the apostasy of the king. By insulting Elisha, the youths were expressing their disdain and disrespect for God's representative Elisha. The curse which God sent was also a warning of the curse which he would also bring against the entire nation. Actually, God was very patient with the Samarians, giving them countless warnings which they ignored time after time. How many times did they need to be hit on the head before they realized what he was telling them? In new testament times, as well as atoning for our sins, he gives us countless warnings of what the future holds for those who reject him. If we choose not to go to him, then we spend eternity without him. He won't force us to take the gift that he lovingly offers to us. You can say what you want about God, but he is loving, and he is also just.

God: "Follow my commands or bears will maul your children, I will put a curse on your nation, and you will burn in hell!"

What a loving and just God showing us that he won't force us to do something!

[Chas]

God sends forth two bears to kill forty-two children for making fun of Elisha’s bald head (2 Kings 2:23-24). Why would the omnibenevolent God feel the necessity to have two bears viciously maul little children for acting like…children? This is supposed to be the same “wonderful” and “loving” God who promises us eternal life. HMMM.

Elisha was going to Samaria as a representative of God to oppose the apostasy of the king. By insulting Elisha, the youths were expressing their disdain and disrespect for God's representative Elisha. The curse which God sent was also a warning of the curse which he would also bring against the entire nation. Actually, God was very patient with the Samarians, giving them countless warnings which they ignored time after time. How many times did they need to be hit on the head before they realized what he was telling them? In new testament times, as well as atoning for our sins, he gives us countless warnings of what the future holds for those who reject him. If we choose not to go to him, then we spend eternity without him. He won't force us to take the gift that he lovingly offers to us. You can say what you want about God, but he is loving, and he is also just.

Killing 42 children in a horrendous manner is just? Put down the Kool-Aid, dude.

[Esquilax]

Hey Lek, are you afraid that if you don't repeat- like some form of magic chant- that god is just every time you have to respond to an example of clear unjust behavior from him, that you'll actually find yourself considering the situation and maybe, just maybe, stop believing it?

[Minimalist]

You can say what you want about God, but he is loving, and he is also just.

Then fuck the both of you.

[Raven]

God sends forth two bears to kill forty-two children for making fun of Elisha’s bald head (2 Kings 2:23-24). Why would the omnibenevolent God feel the necessity to have two bears viciously maul little children for acting like…children? This is supposed to be the same “wonderful” and “loving” God who promises us eternal life. HMMM.

Elisha was going to Samaria as a representative of God to oppose the apostasy of the king. By insulting Elisha, the youths were expressing their disdain and disrespect for God's representative Elisha. The curse which God sent was also a warning of the curse which he would also bring against the entire nation. Actually, God was very patient with the Samarians, giving them countless warnings which they ignored time after time. How many times did they need to be hit on the head before they realized what he was telling them? In new testament times, as well as atoning for our sins, he gives us countless warnings of what the future holds for those who reject him. If we choose not to go to him, then we spend eternity without him. He won't force us to take the gift that he lovingly offers to us. You can say what you want about God, but he is loving, and he is also just.

Dude, if you actually believe that horseshit you wrote you are seriously deluded. I love it, I really do, everytime, every motherfucking time, without fail – these bozos will always let him off the hook! And they cannot admit, either to themselves or to anyone else that it is because of fear. It's all about fear- Dey'z good Gawd-fearin' peeples, donchaknowz!

God wastes, in a singularly horrific fashion, 42 kids for the unforgiveable offense of acting bratty, which none of us was entirely guiltless of. But that's ok, because goddidit.
Were a human to commit the same act, they'd be up in arms and want to lynch the dude.

You'd think I'd be used to it by now.....

[Minimalist]

Once again archaeology has determined that the bible is full of shit and the Samaritans...vilified by the corrupt priests who wrote the OT...were actually the first with this "jewish" bullshit....in the Persian period.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/worl...27144.html

Increasingly, though, it looks as though the Bible has handed down a distorted picture of history. Papyrus scrolls recovered from Qumran on the Dead Sea, as well as a fragment of the Bible that recently surfaced on the market for antiquities, necessitate a "complete reassessment," says Schorch.

Yet the most exciting indication of how history actually transpired has now been unearthed by Yitzhak Magen. Working behind security fences, the archaeologist has been digging on the windswept summit of Mount Gerizim.

His findings, which have only been partially published, are a virtual sensation: As early as 2,500 years ago, the mountain was already crowned with a huge, dazzling shrine, surrounded by a 96 by 98-meter (315 by 321-foot) enclosure. The wall had six-chamber gates with colossal wooden doors.

At the time, the Temple of Jerusalem was, at most, but a simple structure.

Magen has discovered 400,000 bone remains from sacrificial animals. Inscriptions identify the site as the "House of the Lord." A silver ring is adorned with the tetragrammaton YHWH, which stands for Yahweh.

All of this means that a vast, rival place of worship stood only 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Jerusalem.

It is an astonishing discovery. A religious war was raging among the Israelites, and the nation was divided. The Jews had powerful cousins who were competing with them for religious leadership in the Holy Land. The dispute revolved around a central question: Which location deserved the honor of being the hearth and burnt offering site of God Almighty?

The OT is mere propaganda for the later ruling dynasty of Judah. And xtians are damn fools for falling for it.

[Cinjin]

You can say what you want about God, but he is loving, and he is also just.

Is it just as easy to say that in person as it is online? Do you keep a straight face when you're saying it? When you say it do you feel a giant lump in your throat because you know for sure you're going to get called on it? I wonder if Elisha ever returned to that town - you think? You think that after Elisha decimated the lives of that entire community that he rewarded himself for his pious faith? You think the parents of those children decided they should start loving your god after this event? Do you think your god would be justified in killing your child if he made fun of a man for having no hair?

You people are the most immoral nauseating filthy lying pieces of refuse on this planet ... outdone only by the Muslims.

[Minimalist]

Actually all that this story tells us is that the fucking priest who wrote it was bald as a billiard ball and was sensitive about it.

[Sinnersburninhell100]

God sends forth two bears to kill forty-two children for making fun of Elisha’s bald head (2 Kings 2:23-24). Why would the omnibenevolent God feel the necessity to have two bears viciously maul little children for acting like…children? This is supposed to be the same “wonderful” and “loving” God who promises us eternal life. HMMM.

Elisha was going to Samaria as a representative of God to oppose the apostasy of the king. By insulting Elisha, the youths were expressing their disdain and disrespect for God's representative Elisha. The curse which God sent was also a warning of the curse which he would also bring against the entire nation. Actually, God was very patient with the Samarians, giving them countless warnings which they ignored time after time. How many times did they need to be hit on the head before they realized what he was telling them? In new testament times, as well as atoning for our sins, he gives us countless warnings of what the future holds for those who reject him. If we choose not to go to him, then we spend eternity without him. He won't force us to take the gift that he lovingly offers to us. You can say what you want about God, but he is loving, and he is also just.

Yeah they were purposely insulting The Lord's earthly representative. Atheist seem to forget this fact. God was patient with the apostates and they mocked God. I know also that since they were children it was better for them to die in this manner than to suffer in the filth of sin and burn in hellfire after they die as adults.

[Cinjin]

Yeah they were purposely insulting The Lord's earthly representative. Atheist seem to forget this fact. God was patient with the apostates and they mocked God. I know also that since they were children it was better for them to die in this manner than to suffer in the filth of sin and burn in hellfire after they die as adults.

You sick fuck!

Imagine this is your son who made the childish error of making fun of a person.