God is presumably all-powerful -- why did he have to use collective punishment? He hadn't learned the proper use of individual punishment? Can you think about all the innocent life that was lost?
2007-01-19 06:32:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about all the children killed by Joshua and his armies when told by god to "kill every living thing" when the attacked cities while taking over the "promised land".
God loves genocide
P.S. What's the point of the post above me??
2007-01-19 06:38:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
FLOOD YEAR
Gen.5: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 28 is 1056 years Gen.7:6; Noah is age 600 at 1656th
year after Adam. I can not imagine what the population may have been. The earth was full of violence. It had never rained. The protective water shield around earth had to fall and the life sustaining earth was lost. Age of man dropped fast. The raging planet is not protected or cooled and no one is protected. Matt.24:7 such things as earthquakes and wars and storms can cut life short at any time or deseases.
If I do not care enough about God to do the right thing and teach my child to do the right thing and have respect for all I see that belongs to God, then neither me nor my child is innocent as he belongs to me, it is my responsibility to be godly and spare my infant offsprings before the face of God. That is the least any one can do.
One person in Sodom and Gomorrah. Heb.11:1-40; 12:1,2; Those that cared can be on one sheet of paper? In 6,130 years after Eden, how many will be on the list that cared?
2007-01-19 06:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noah was the only one "perfect in his generations". Whatever that meant. It was also something in generations passing down that God concluded affected all other people except Noah and apparently Noah's sons. I think there is more there than just sin but I can't be sure. I do know that on one hand folks in here will condemn christians knowing that parents teach children christianity. They say things like, "The reason your a christian is that your parents were christian" in one breath and in another condemn God for taking out an entire race. God said that people at that time had ONLY evil in their hearts. These kids never had a chance and God could see that. It was the first time God proclaimed judgement on humanity with such all emcompassing results, but it would not be the last. Besides, does it say that God condemned the infants to hell? No. It's ok for our society to commit genocide against the unborn and call it "pro-choice" but God the inventor of justice can't judge. There is no "innocent" life. All are born "in sin". Interesting questions but they are riddled with holes.
2007-01-19 06:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by sheepinarowboat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think any innocent person died. The scripture account indicates that those left and to be killed in the flood were wicked. Does this mean little children and babies or that others who accepted Noahs preaching were included in this.?No. I will explain. Noah and his righteous ancestors (Enoch, Noah's great grandfather for example) preached repentence to those on the earth. I think many accepted his word and repented. So what happened to them? Would they be left to be buried in the flood? I think the same thing happened to them as what happened to the righteous Enoch...
Gen 5:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Heb. 11
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
2007-01-19 07:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noah preached for 40 years, so many children grew up knowing what Noah was doing and why. If they did not listen or teach their children, then they have only themselves to blame for their destruction.
How many children have died because of Katrina and their parents not heeding the warning? That is why having children is a very serious thing, they are a gift from God, and not to be taken lightly. Good point mentioned earlier about abortion, how many innocent children have died, that wasn't God's fault, it is always the parents that are to blame.
2007-01-19 06:51:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By whose standards were those children innocent?
Yours?
Anywho, he did that whole thing to make a fresh start on a good earth, not to just kill innocent babies.
It seems --as history repeats itself-- the collective punishment works way better.
"Mrs. Johnson, how come we ALL gotta sit out when Bobby doesn't follow the rules?"
"Well Johnny, that's because Bobby is setting a bad example for all of you, and when you all realize that and tell him that he needs to change, you will all be unified!"
2007-01-19 06:43:44 · answer #6 · answered by Doug 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-31 13:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was said that everyone on earth except for Noah and his family were corrupt and knew nothing of who God was. He was so distraught over how sinful his creations had become...He did what He had to get his message across! Yes, children died, but not innocent children! We are born sinful! Born sinners!
2007-01-19 06:45:35 · answer #8 · answered by visitorparkingonly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Nephilim was on the earth and it is theorized that satan was messing around with human DNA, and adding animal or demon DNA into the mix and we were not the original DNA from adam and eve, except Noah and his family so the innocent children you speak of were half breeds of humans and something else.
2007-01-19 06:38:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There was innocent life lost..the children were with lost parents, which made them have a terrible lost to their life...Just like today, children that hurt in an awlful way are usually with screwed up people.
2007-01-19 06:39:15 · answer #10 · answered by wizzygirl10 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It grieved him remember. He knew it had to be done,to start over.
The angles of God kinda messed up the human gene pool, God wanted a clean restart with Humans His Creation.
2007-01-19 06:41:20 · answer #11 · answered by Mijoecha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋