I have to write a paper on a controversial issue in the Old Testament and I have nothing! Any suggestions?
2007-01-24 06:08:06 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about slavery being justified in Leviticus?
Then there is Lot offering his virgin daughters to the crowd who wanted to "know" his two visitors. How is that morally right?
2007-01-24 06:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
A few passages from the Old Testament that I find portray God as morally reprehensible:
"Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple." So they began by killing the seventy leaders. "Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!" So they went throughout the city and did as they were told." (Ezekiel 9:5-7 NLT)
Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children. (Isaiah 13:15-18 NLT)
Some Christians will justify these acts as the times demanded such activities and the people were very evil. To me how was an infant evil? It was genocide supposedly condoned by God plain and simple. To me no real God worth worshipping would solicite such behavior. To me this speaks of a text written by humans to justify their bad behavior. Certainly it is controversial to debate.
2007-01-24 14:19:19 · answer #2 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The first two chapters, Genisis 1 & 2, each contains a creation story. These stories contradict each other on several points, yet some people claim to take both stories literaly, to the point where they want these stories taught in science classes. Is that controversial enough? It sure is controversial here in Kansas.
2007-01-24 14:17:43 · answer #3 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did the great flood cover the whole Earth or just a localized area. See Genesis Chps. 6, 7, & 8. Especially Chp. 7: 20. Notice the depth of the water.
2007-01-24 14:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about the 2 stories of Creation Genesis Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are they the same or are they different stories. In Chapter 1 God Make man and woman in his image in Chapter 2 he makes man in his image and then make woman from the rib of man, are they 2 different sets of people maybe the human race and the neanderthal race? Or are they the same story written by two different authors. That would be a good one if you ask me.
2007-01-24 14:26:25 · answer #5 · answered by The Teacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps, some people disagree with God's judgment towards the Canaanites in the Old testament specifically in the book of Joshua, when God commanded Joshua to destroy all of them by the sword, that none of them should live, that even the women and children should perish.
Well... read it for yourself, But to get a correct context, you may wish to read back in Genesis about Abraham, when God spoke to Abraham in reference to Canaan saying that the iniquity of the Canaanites was not yet complete.
Meaning that God was very patient towards them and that it took quite a while for them to mass enough sin to warrant destruction on that scale, In addition. the Canaanites were a totally debased society. and have rejected God in every sense.
2007-01-24 14:19:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Issue during the old testament, or something from the old testament that is controversial today?
if the latter, try homosexuality, slavery, or women's rights
if the former, then... I'm not sure how to help you
2007-01-24 14:11:20 · answer #7 · answered by DudeMan 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
controversial like about why the Bible is wrong? OR just a controversy in the Bible? because i wouldnt know any reason of controversial against the Bible....
2007-01-24 14:11:31 · answer #8 · answered by Blaire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The civil rights of the people living in the town of Jericho when the walls came tumbling down after the Israeli-es walked around it 7 times as God ilnstructed them to. .
2007-01-24 14:12:52 · answer #9 · answered by swamp elf 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Any of the laws, above the 10 Commandments, like "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live". There's a bunch in there.
2007-01-24 15:13:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After 30 years of studying I see no controversy....
unless of course you simply don't believe the Word of God....then you REALLY have a problem...
2007-01-24 14:12:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋