Then Israel made this vow to the LORD : "If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities." The LORD listened to Israel's plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah. (Numbers 21:2-3)
2006-08-30 09:09:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Girl Wonder: Funny, I don't see anything at all in those verses about Christ.
2006-08-30 09:29:54 · update #1
No reaction at all.
2006-08-30 09:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no reaction because I have no belief that these verses are proof of anythng except the long running conflict in that part of the world. That verse comes from a book documenting a very long family history. This family thus proclaimed to the world that God, Jehovah, the creator of us all, loved them and favored them over and above the rest of his creation. I have 2 children that I love equally, Does this make me better than the christian god?
2006-08-30 16:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by texascrazykat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a biblical verse. The words "the lord listened" is out-site of an atheist view. There is not lord who would say that. So I give this verse no more thought then I give the disturbing camp fire story my dad read. Scary, but just make believe.
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2006-08-30 16:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Killling 'cause God told them too? Pathetic. I'm not an atheist, but its just a story. I don't take anything in the Bible literally, except the Sermon on the Mount. To me that is what its all about. The rest is horse feathers, window dressing, and incitement to sexism, racism, bigotry, slavery, domination, murder, and gaining power over others.
2006-08-30 16:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My reaction as a Humanist: the text doesn't give any details but, without justification, this seems to describe an immoral act of aggression by one people against a neighbor state.
2006-08-30 16:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't care that the verse came from the bible or that the word Lord is in it. What I do see is one people destroying another and regardless of belief system that is just heinous and sad.
2006-08-30 16:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The atheist" presupposes either that there is only one atheist (which is false), or that all atheists have exactly the same response (which is also false).
So what's your point?
This is a disgusting, morally reprehensible story that may overlap to some degree (the non-supernatural parts) with historical events.
Happy now?
2006-08-30 16:21:40 · answer #7 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chances are there are atheists around where you live - Good Luck in not being in that town at the moment....
2006-08-30 16:41:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It confirms what I already knew. That the bible is used to justify the acts of violent hate filled people.
2006-08-30 16:18:07 · answer #9 · answered by October 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a bunch of blood thirsty thugs to me using God's name as an excuse for abhorrent behavior
2006-08-30 16:16:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not leave the atheist alone? Half of you criticize that we are here and the other half of you religious fruitcakes wanna start an arguement.
F off. and leave us alone.
2006-08-30 16:13:20 · answer #11 · answered by a1tommyL 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋