'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.
10 " 'If a man commits adultery with another man's wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11 " 'If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
12 " 'If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
13 " 'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14 " 'If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
2007-02-14 02:26:26 · 15 answers · asked by irishumanist 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The real God is nice.
The made up judgmental, punishing god you are talking about sounds like a psychopath.
Love and blessings Don
2007-02-14 02:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know it's rough being freed from slavery, dumped in the desert to learn from scratch what God does and does not expect of you. It's rough when you've been living in an Egyptian culture that has rubbed off in all the wrong ways. It is hard to unlearn and then learn over, all the ways to be living a godly life. Take a look at your list - it's disgusting stuff. Who would say that doing those things is right?
God is a nice guy. He was nice enough to bring the slaves out of Egypt, put them in a place of safety, provide food and water, and a set of rules to order their lives by that would ensure happiness. Then He gave them instructions on how to build a temple "That He might dwell among them". He loves people. He wants to dwell with us. Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as nice.
2007-02-14 10:34:10 · answer #2 · answered by Susan L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is a guy? Look if he exists, would we really be His creation? Don't you rather think everything "just is"? Having spent weeks at a time living in the wild. getting back to nature, I felt this deep unavoidable truth : "WE are ONE". All that is, is one huge(infinite) being. A human is like an arm or a finger to that being.
I have never read this, thought this, blindly believed this. I have EXPERIENCED it.
2007-02-14 10:39:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes God is a God of love.Laws showed the Israelites what to do and what not to do.like other lady said"you do something bad you get spanked".
2007-02-14 10:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one ever fully kept those Laws.They were put there to show we couldn't live up to God's standards.Only someone perfect could and that was Jesus.Now if you are a believer ,He stands in for you at Judgement and God sees us as Jesus...perfect.And I thank Him because I could not do it on my own.
2007-02-14 10:32:39 · answer #5 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many people tries to condem the Judgement of God, but in reality, It is the sinner that is causing the Judgement, so Let's get the record straight, It is You that forces the hand of God in Judgement. & it is satan that influences you to do such evil.
2007-02-14 10:32:09 · answer #6 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God wants us to have good morals. How would you feel if a man slept with your wife? without morals life has no value. God knows more than we do. He created us.
2007-02-14 10:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by sfumato1002 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thank you for the sermon, and may the Great Lord Jehovah have mercy on your ah-soul.
2007-02-14 10:45:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is modelled on a petty bronze age tyrant.
2007-02-14 10:30:18 · answer #9 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, God of the bible is the worst fictional character ever created.
2007-02-14 10:36:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋