I've been through it 7 times and never found it. But I did find this:
Leviticus 20:9 “For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.”
Judges 11:30-40 Jephthah killed his young daughter (his only child) by burning her alive as a burnt sacrifice to the lord for he commanded it.
Psalms 137:8-9 Prayer/song of vengeance “0 daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.”
2 Kings 6:28-29 “And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.”
Sounds like god likes kid killing over free-willing
2007-04-10 13:03:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God didn't write the Bible, so your attributing his likes and dislikes to this book is without merit.
2007-04-10 13:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
OK some of your examples you eneed to read more than just the actual verse. ie Judges 11:30-40 Jephath gave an oath to God that if God helped him conquer an invading army, he would, offer anything that came out of his house first to God in a thankful Sacrifice. It just happened to be his daughter. So being a man of His word he did as he promised What would you do?. The 2 Kings one happens to be at a time when the Israelites where under siege & there happened to be no food, What would you do in that situation? It also fulfilled earlier prophecy about that time.
All the verses you have chosen show God and man giving promise God has given promise to be there when we call & to help us and save us, through the plan of Salvation. Man will either try to follow through on promises to God, or on Judgement day explain why they chose to not follow thruogh to God on thier promise to Him
The entire bible is your "free-will" proof, because you can choose to believe or not to believe,
A lot of the descriptions is also 2 fold, it deals with the time at hand and goes to a time when people will actually do this, and because that time will be so different they use sybolism to explain to give clear concise overviews of that time. Ie In the time of Moses how would you describe the mass abortions that happen daily today to the people of that time when it was virtually unheard of?
Besides Why should you care what they did back than? When that is exactly what is happening today in the world. Children being killed daily, from the un-born to young teens, theses children are dying for selfish matters of others who really don't care, so what are you going to do about it?
2007-04-10 13:27:27 · answer #2 · answered by ozraikat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
(1) Some religions charge people to study the Bible with them. Jehovah's Witnesses do NOT. (2) You could insist, and you could use it yourself if you like. But because the KJV is ridiculously faulty and a highly errant translation (blatantly adding words to support false doctrines, for example), you may not get much out of it. (3) Yes. Our Bible studies are designed to be taught with primary focus on the Bible as the main source of information, however to better understand it we do use Bible-related material to help impress the Bible's teachings with additional information. *** FYI (as you and everyone else already knows), Rustic B (using the name "Truth Proclaimer") is NOT one of Jehovah's Witnesses and not connected to Jehovah's Witnesses in any form. Too much time is wasted in his fabricated "screen captures" that he claims proves something it doesn't.
2016-04-01 07:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's what Moses told the Israelites before entering the promised land.
Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Sounds like he was offering them a free will choice to me.
2007-04-10 13:08:23 · answer #4 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You won't find the words "free will" in the Bible just like you won't find the word "Trinity." But both are taught. Those are names given to the concepts.
2007-04-10 13:08:31 · answer #5 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its the name of a whale! just a fantasy...
2007-04-10 13:14:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free Willy is out on video....go to Blockbuster...
2007-04-10 13:06:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋