The text in question Psalms 137:9
IS NOT GOD ADVOCATING BABY SMASHING.
The author is warning the soldiers and people of Babylon that when someone smashes their babies is will be justice for what they ALREADY did to the Israelites babies.
From the New International version which is easier to understand
Psalm 197:
7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did
on the day Jerusalem fell.
"Tear it down," they cried,
"tear it down to its foundations!"
8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is he who repays you
for what you have done to us-
9 he who seizes your infants
and dashes them against the rocks.
To those of you who misquote this text as an excuse to hate God, TAKE NOTICE. You were MISTAKEN as to what the text really was telling you. YOU WERE WRONG. But if you have a hatred in your heart for religion your mind can't open to comprehend it.
One more instance of proof that those who hate God twist the truth to confuse humans just like SATAN did to Adam and Eve.
2006-11-14
10:07:50
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