"Let my people go"?

Question

In the Old Testament, god talks through a burning bush. He turns a staff into a snake, makes the Nile a river of blood, with no life in it.. And he kills every first-born in Egypt, with exception to those that have goat's blood (!) on the door. All because his Kanaan people aren't allowed out of Egypt, out of slavery. When the pharaoh does let them go, after being scared and hurt so much, he goes mad - chases the godly people to the sea and ends up drowning. Suppose this all actually happened.

Now here's a question: If you'd been in Egypt at that time, would you believe this a god, a devil, a daemon, or would you be too scared to think?

I'm asking because.. If I had back then believed in Osiris et al, or in Greek gods, I would've have thought this 'god' a Titan or other mighty foe. And I wonder if people were scared into submission.

Answer 1

I would not think god. I would probably go with daemon, and probably too scared to think. This is like the whole, obey me or I'll kill you, and that just isn't how god should be. Especially if he is a "merciful" god.

Answer 2

Well, My dear friend ! If U stand in front of a mirror you very well know about yourself. Like wise if you listen your own inner voice you know yourself. U even know and acknowledge whether your inner self is guiding you towards wrong or right.

Being an Egyptian at that time, may also know very well that we are making injustice to the people of God.

Lets have the other side of the picture, Moses came to the house of the king because the king ordered to kill all the new borns among the people of God.
Shortly: I would say these kind of things are not debate able these are to believe upon. Now find out the meaning of belief.

Egyptians and the king of that time knew it very well that they were at the wrong side and against God. Every body even nowadays suffers if he is against God.

This is the fruit of the way being against God, which at that time Egyptian took.

Let God be God. No human being can claim himself as GOD and feel himself the final authority.

Answer 3

When you hear about a story so miraculous as this one how can you say what you would do or think. You would be witnessing something you had never seen before. You would be scared no matter what side you were on.

But to believe in God you have to have true faith. Just like in this story some disbelieve and worshiped a golden calf even after all these miracles.

So I guess if I was there and I seen this and I believe in God then yes I would believe it was from him.

Interesting question btw.

Answer 4

Alwyn, what's the point of your question? You conducting a survery here?

Bear in mind the scriptures were supposed to have been written by "wise men" a loooong time ago. At that time, the supposed impression of God was he was the Man with a big stick. Hence depictions of him focused on astronomical (severe) punishments.

There's no question what to believe about God during this period. He was just a superbeing. Since this superbeing didn't set rules to kill people in exchange for power, I suppose that rules God out as a devil.

Answer 5

the point is this - G-d gave us freedom to choose a right to make our own decisions So g-d made all these miracles happen but still in the realm of nature so septics could still think the way they wanted - also the miracles took place after long stretches of time so again it was hard for people to realize it's divine source.
That is way so many Hebrews themselves stayed behind and didn't go out - because they couldn't believe.

When i look around me and see all the miracles that have taken place I most definitely put it down to G-d and his doing - I'm no fool i can see divinity when it's there

Answer 6

This is one of the problems I have with Moses and his God. The whole egyptian population suffered because of their Pharaoh.

Answer 7

I assume that different people had different reactions. However, the bible testifies that the expert magicians at the time recognized that it was not sorcery but the "finger of G-d". So, I think that'd lead one to strongly believe that it was G-d, and not a demon or something else.

Answer 8

As in keeping with JW Ray; to benefit the mastery or get carry of the capacity to truly/relatively forgive the offending individual even however he/she might by no capacity look on your forgiveness(whether you have been wronged), once you should be handled straightforward, lifelike and basically.

Answer 9

I will believe and follow the One who created me, we will never understand the plan and the ways God thinks because He is OMNIPOTENT, we are not capable to understand his way cause we are just Humans.

Answer 10

too scared to think

that is what the Jews basicly were untill they reached Mt Sini and G-d spoke to them