In both the Old and New Testaments, we see Joe Hovah condone (and even command, or commit personally) some pretty horrendous things:
*Infanticide (Exodus 12:29-30)
*Slavery (Exodus 21)
*Executing women for being VICTIMS of rape (Deut. 22:23-24)
*Genocide (most of the book of Joshua)
And on, and on.
These are all things that we, as moral and intelligent human beings, can pretty much unanimously agree are evil, wrong, and unconscionable, no matter what the circumstances. So, I ask you:
1.) If we mere humans know these things are wrong, why wouldn't an infinitely more wise and compassionate deity not also think so?
2.) How do we even RECOGNIZE these actions are wrong, to the point where we try to make excuses for God, if the bible is supposed to be the first, last, and only word on morality? Shouldn't the morality of these atrocities be somehow self-evident?
2007-12-26
00:44:41
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