All those families--with little-bitty babies and everything--drowned by a single flood all over the world. Not to mention all the little baby squirrels and rabbits and sheep and kitty cats and puppies---drowned by a vengeful-as-hell God.
If the story of Noah's Ark isn't horrible, and if it isn't an act of extreme terrorism, please explain why. Thanks.
2006-09-01 13:09:21 · 28 answers · asked by Ox Cimarron 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL! God is a god of love! He wanted to bring those babies home to him! I cannot believe what I'm reading.
I guess it was an act of great love when he slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" too. The Christian god, if the bible is to be believed, is a serial baby slaughterer.
Like a wife beater loved his sweetie so much he has to kick the crap out of her to show her how much he loves her. This is the god they love so blindly.
There is no mind more closed than one filled with religion.
2006-09-01 13:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by ratboy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I find it very difficult to believe that ALL of the people who drowned in that flood deserved to.
And no, I wouldn't call it "terrorism." That's quite a loaded term, and it's been so casually slung about these days that I don't think anyone quite knows what it truly means anymore. Terrorism is for a religious OR political cause, and just because someone causes someone else to die doesn't necessarily make it terrorism. An instance such as this would be considered mass extermination.
Also, didn't it also say afterward that God promised never to do anything like that again? I seem to remember reading something like that at the conclusion of Noah's Ark.
2006-09-01 13:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by Qchan05 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I don't take the flood story a literal fact (considering religions the world over have a similar myth, form the Ancient Americans to the Chinese) I also think that what may have happened was closer to "earth changes" that was "re-interpreted" to infuse "God" and "Vengance" into the scenario.
It helps in justification..."We" survived becuase "god" spared us. Therefore, "We" are the true followers of the "true" god. Even today's massacres are given a "prophesy" interpretation, although most events are committed by the hand of man alone.
2006-09-01 13:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by The Garden of Fragile Egos 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now that you mention it, it is a pretty terrible story. I had to take a couple of Bible classes in college and when we read the Old Testament, I thought time and time again what a beating all of those people took. So, when those folks talked about being "God fearing", you know that they must have really meant it!
2006-09-01 13:16:22 · answer #4 · answered by traveller 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can see and understand your line of thinking.
Not meaning to be demeaning, but, Anton LaVey was known to make similar statements when attacking the Bible.
The flood, according to ancient texts, was prophesied.
Methuselah is a name given to Noah's grandfather whose name contained a prophecy.
There is a system of theology that measures time in what is referred to as dispensations. It basically says that God changes his ways of dealing with humankind as humankind develops along.
For instance, the death penalty is totally harsh. Totally. A Christian like me might say that God sent Christ to bring in a new dispensation. In this dispensation, Christ has taken the death penalty upon Himself for all people. This of course is not all He did in his crucifixion. With taking the death penalty upon Himself, He has given all people opportunity to be rescued.
This brings us to the question of why didn't He do it sooner or why did He allow sin in the first place.
Dispensations explains that He deals with humankind in various stages as humans are able to deal/understand/whatever.
As for the why He allowed, there are various factors.
In Christian thought, Earth was intended to be a reflection of Heaven and an extension or colony of the original kingdom.
After creating, he appointed a leader of the colony and gave sole dominion of the colony to the leader.
God owns the dominion but there is a difference in dominion and ownership. You might say that ultimately, the United States owns all neighborhoods within its borders. However, individuals are given dominion of the places they dwell. Or, you might say it the other way around.
With how God set up the extension or colony, he set up certain laws. He of course knew what would occur but still would not bring Himself to puppeteer. Similarly, we don't want our children to love us because they have to but because they want to.
I recommend Rediscovering The Kingdom by Miles Munroe to better understand this line of thinking.
The Nephilim were a breed who were beginning to fill the earth at the time. The Nephilim theories are extensive. Some say that part of the reason God destroyed by water was to exterminate this breed. Regular humans were rebelling against God. Noah's family, the only remaining servants of God, would have been exterminated by the other people alive.
Though very extreme no doubt, it was to ultimately rescue several more people in the future from the enemy of all souls.
There's more to it but sometimes truth spoken at the wrong time can bring harm.
2006-09-01 13:31:01 · answer #5 · answered by DexterLoxley 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God has a limit of toleration towards sin. If you read the story all the people was living in sin, kids with adults, men with men, women with women, it was basically an incontrolable anarchy. Because of this, he had to destroy all those people but he gave them a chance by sending his messenger Noah to tell everybody to get on the arc to be saved from the wrath of God but no one believed him. When the flood came it was too late and the door of the arc could not be opened anymore.
In the same way as this world grows in sin, He sent his son Jesus Christ to be the only salvation of his wrath. Right now the door is open to everybody who will come, but once it's closed there will be no hope. Hope this helped.
2006-09-01 13:17:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The tale of Noah's Ark, is an indigestible bed time story that tries to tell us to shape up or else...
2006-09-01 13:20:02 · answer #7 · answered by markos m 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My understanding is that the story is allegoric... it's point is that if you trust in God, He will deliver you from whatever harm is in your way. And your little bunnies and babies never drowned.
2006-09-01 13:17:00 · answer #8 · answered by Mike S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you read the Old Testament you'll get the sense that God didn't look at animals as pets. They were used for a variety of His needs as part of His plan.
2006-09-01 13:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God created the heavens and the earth, and the people to have fellowship with him. Those people turned to pagan gods and worshiped idols. God can do what ever He wants to do the world is His. But in the Bible, it does say God repented and that why it says God will never destroy the earth with water. This time
it will be with fire.
2006-09-01 13:16:31 · answer #10 · answered by EVEI 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋