Consider Genesis 6 and 7: God drowns everything.
He does not distinguish between humans who can sin, and animals and plants that cannot sin.
He does not distinguish between new-born infants who have not sinned, and adults who have.
He does not even distinguish between those whose sins are trifling and those whose sins are monstrous.
He drowns them all.
Why?
Because he can.
Noah's Flood is a singular event, demonstrating the sheer power and injustice of this monster in the bible.
"...Absolute Power corrupts absolutely"
What say you?
2007-08-23 00:48:04 · 10 answers · asked by Orion 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I say that I am not in a position to judge God.
2007-08-23 00:54:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Some other strange thoughts about the flood:
1. Interestingly everyone in the world at that point was "monumentally" evil but we have no clue as to what could be so evil in a neolithic society that came a short time after creation.
2. Noah's sons unerring wed the only 3 righteous girls who had not followed their parents into sin and depravity.
3. God knew that this would happen and still did nothing to change his design philosophy.
2007-08-23 07:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is no. Your hypothesis starts with the presumption that death is the ultimate penalty, and therefore God must be corrupt to met it out without consideration of who might deserve it. We all die a physical death, regardless of the life we have lived.
My hypothesis is that God has a value system beyond that which humans can understand, and God is in the best position to determine what will allow us as a species to reach our spiritual destinies. So while humans killing each other might impair our ability to reach that destiny, death itself, whether brought about by accident, infirmity or act of God, is not some ultimate penalty that shows a corrupt creator
2007-08-25 11:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by AKA 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Jehovah's Witnesses in their "AWAKE!" Magazine dated 8 September, 1957, carried this startling headline — "50000 ERRORS IN THE BIBLE?" http://www.jamaat.net/bible/AwakeArticle(1957).html
http://www.ahmed-deedat.co.za/bible/13.html
www.al-sunnah.com/bible.htm - 43k.
Corruption in Bible
http://www.quransearch.com/sake.htm...
The lie of 1 John 5:7 and Timothy 3:16:
http://www.quransearch.com/timothy3_16.htm
Christians admitted perversion in bible
http://www.bibleperversion.com/...
Christians admitted Holy Corruption Scriptures in the New Living Translation
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/NLT/nlt_exposed.htm
Christians confessed that 40 WHOLE Bible verses are deleted in the NIV
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/nivdelet.htm
Corruption and interpolation in bible exposed.
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/american_standard_version_expose.htm
Christians confessed that they are Corrupting and Interpolating Bible
Concept of trinity Trinity is taken from 1 John, chapter 5 verse no 7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one."
In Bible (R.S.V.) revised by 32 Christian scholars of the highest eminence backed by 50 different co-operating denominations, this verse which is the keystone of the Christian faith has been removed as an INTERPOLATION, as a fabrication and as a concoction. It has not been expunged from the Bible by the Muslims or non-Christians, but by 32 Christian scholars as a concoction fabrication because this verse does not exist in the original manuscript. We Muslims must congratulate the galaxy of D.D.’s (Doctors of Divinity) who have been honest enough to eliminate another lie from the English R.S.V. Bible, thus bringing it closer to the teachings of Islam and the Glorious Qur’an.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/comma_johanthon.htm
www.1john57.com
www.wayoflife.org/fbns/defending1.htm
www.studytoanswer.net/bibleversions/1john5n7.html
There are more than 3,500 versions of bible in this world.
Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
First Roman Catholic Bible was published at Rheims in 1582. Second one published at Douay in 1609. These called RCV version of Bible. The Protestants regarded 7 books as ‘apocrypha’ (doubtful authority) and removed them from Bible. (The Book of Judith, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Baruch, The Buck of Esther, etc.) Jesus pbuh said in the book of Revelation Chapter 22 Verse 18-19 ". . . If any man shall add to these things (or delete) God shall add unto him the plagues written in this Book." On deleting 7 books from bible, the Catholics call ‘cult of Christianity’ to the Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
2007-08-23 08:01:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, Lord Acton's profound maxim reads quite truthfully in most cases: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Except when it comes to the Most High God. In this case, He is the ONLY one who does not abuse his power.
What about the flood? Giving this account more than a cursory glance will assist one in recognizing the justice and wisdom therein. We must also be careful not to attach our subjective opinions to it. It is fairly easy to label someone - anyone - as an immoral monster. It is quite another matter to offer probative evidence.
Hannah J Paul
2007-08-23 07:58:23 · answer #5 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I'm not an expert, but I don't believe the Earth CAN be entirely flooded! Where did all the excess water go afterwards? Oops, sorry. Was using logic there, silly me.
Probably God just pumped it out.
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2007-08-23 07:54:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
a) corruption absolute
b) doesn't sound like a caring and merciful God to me and my father never threatened to burn me if I made a mistake.
c) don't really think it happened anyhow and is again a rip off of the story of Gilgamesh.
2007-08-23 08:01:00 · answer #7 · answered by Zappster (Deep Thunker) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say the story of Job is an even clearer example, because Joe Hovah comes right out and says, "I'm Joe Hovah, *****! I am above morality...."
2007-08-23 07:56:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Can't argue with that. It's a good thing religion is fiction.
2007-08-23 07:50:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
God is NOT a monster.
2007-08-23 07:51:01 · answer #10 · answered by Karenita 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋