family in order to start a perfect race. Does that sound eerily familiar?
2007-01-10 00:50:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe the flood had 2 purposes. In Noah's time were were giants, or a race from demons. his would have polluted the chances of having Messiah come from a purely human line. Also there was murder. The human population would have exterminated itself.
2007-01-10 01:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has often been wondered why the biblical God of the Hebrews led them through trials and tribulations, floods and disaster when, from time to time, he appears to have performed with a quite contrary and merciful personality. The answer is that, although now seemingly embraced as the One God by the Jewish and Christian faiths, there was originally a distinct difference between the figures of Jehovah and the Lord. They were, in fact, quite separate deities. The god referred to as Jehovah was traditionally a storm god - a god of wrath and vengeance - whereas the god referred to as the Lord, was a god of fertility and wisdom.
The name given to the Lord in the early writings was Adon - the prevailing Semitic word for Lord. As for the apparent personal name of Jehovah, this was not used in the early days, and the Vulgate Bible explains that the God of Abraham was called El Shaddai, which relates to a Great One of the Mountain.
The identity of Jehovah (Yahweh) came from the an original Hebrew stem (YHWH) which, according to Exodus, meant 'I am that I am'. This was said to be a statement made by God, to Moses, on Mount Sinai hundreds of years after the time of Abraham. Jehovah was, therefore, not a name at all, and early texts refer simply to El Shaddai, with his opposing counterpart being the Adon. To the Canaanites, these gods were respectively called El Elyon and Baal.
In modern Bibles, the definitions God and Lord are used and intermixed throughout, as if they were one and the same character - but originally they were not. One was a vengeful god (a people suppressor); the other was a social god (a people supporter), and they each had wives, sons and daughters.
2007-01-10 00:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by fuck 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Um no...
Fascism
1. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
Centralized authority...yes any king has the same authority here on earth. If God exists, and He does, he deserves centralized authority.
Dictator...hmmm it's a stretch but I'll go there.
Stringent socio economic controls. Don't see it. He killed off all their livestock too and no one was supposed to take booty.
Suppression through terror or censorship....Well I'm sure they were pretty terrorized being killed, but the purpose was not fear. God didn't do it to create fear. He did it to create death. See the difference? Muhammad needed folks to follow him in order to rule....the God of the Bible didn't need them...He punished them. They are gone now. Censorship? no, I never see censorship. They can say whatever they like from hell.
Nationalism. Naw God's not partial. A few hundred years later God used a pagan nation to punish and scatter the jews. He was only partial to them if they obeyed. If they didn't he'd open up the earth and swallow them up, use other nations to put them into slavery...etc...
Racism....nope there are all different races in heaven and hell. God's not racist.
2007-01-10 01:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by sheepinarowboat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't destroy, Satan is the destroyer. God has nothing to do with us, except if his son asks him for us. It was the end of the 4th Age every one had to die. Just as it is now all those left from the 6th Age (1960) will die, In the year 2040 there will be no one on earth born before 1960 except 2..
2007-01-13 23:14:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your error is in thinking that God does not have the right to judge. He does and He will. There was nothing unfair about the flood. The world was complete evil, except for Noah and his family.
2007-01-10 01:30:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Flood was a disease of parasites that could wipe out the entire universe... some ancient beings trapped them in giant rings in order to seperate them from the universe... However, after they escape, it seems that the only way to stop the flood is to destroy their food sourse. anything alive.
oh... wait.... you not talking about Halo are you....
nevermind then
2007-01-10 00:55:19 · answer #6 · answered by J-Rod on the Radio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is right. After about a hundred years warning, God destroyed the wicked, and severly cut down the gene pool. God is a geneticist.
2007-01-10 01:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could be why the USA is continually at war, too much bible study. Always trying to judge and divide people into good and evil. Its a dangerous book
2007-01-10 01:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was Nazi...but now he changed, he repented. after he saw the allied win the war. don't you see the world became better after world war II.
2007-01-10 00:54:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it was not 'facist' at all. It was from God.
2007-01-10 01:00:30 · answer #10 · answered by The Question Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋