all of them?
2007-12-10 21:46:18 · 12 answers · asked by ʌ_ʍ ʍr.smile 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
how about plucking your eye?
or stoning homosexuals?
2007-12-10 21:56:17 · update #1
they are not metaphor. I cant think of a metaphorical brutal thing in there right this minute.
He did tell the Jews to rid the land of pagans.
He did give some people some horrible hemorrhoids for taking the ark of the covenant. (God has a sense of humor)
He did send the flood.
He made Nebuchadnezzer eat grass like a beast for a period of time.
He did strike a couple dead on the spot for lying to the Holy Spirit about some money they had.
He did cause the plagues to happen to Egypt, including the one killing all the first born.
Which ones do you think are metaphorical?
2007-12-10 22:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sherry 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some are and some aren't.
God did command to have one of his followers to be stoned to death simply for collecting sticks on the sabbath while in the desert. God did do an act that in modern terms could be called nothing other than genocide by destroying the entire human population except for Noah's family. Why the Abrahamic God commands such things I'm not too sure.
I'm a Christian and believe such acts are questionable to say the least. What I find more distrurbing however is how so many other Christians, Jews and Muslims have no care or sympathy at all for others just because "it's been written". What I find most disturbing is when they believe they have empathy and compassion for others, but only when those others eventually agree with what they say, in which case those who don't can literally "go to hell".
There are many positive things to come from religion. Don't dwell on those who demean it or you yourself will be dragged down to their levels of hate, anger and a debased form of pride.
2007-12-10 22:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by grassfell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-14 10:21:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some things reflect the judgement of God, some relate to man's barbaric behaviour, some are metaphorical. As with all things relating to the Bible it must be read in context.
2007-12-10 22:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by Don 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only when it's convenient for them for it to be metaphorical. When it's convenient for them for it to be taken literally, they don't hesitate to do so (Leviticus on gays, "the fool hath said in his heart, 'there is no god'") - they'll quote chapter and verse as long as it supports THEIR point of view. The minute it gets embarrassing or they feel the need to distance themselves from it, it becomes "methaphorical" or "not meant to be taken literally".
2007-12-10 22:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by Godless AM™ VT 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Is it true that all the warmongering and crime being carried on is by the godless, the disapproved, and those that shall die eternally?
2007-12-10 22:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean the ten plagues of Egypt? Stuff like that? That's literal.
2007-12-10 21:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by That Guy Drew 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. In an ideal society they would be literal.
2007-12-10 22:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, but only the ones in the bible are Truth.
2007-12-10 21:50:43 · answer #9 · answered by Halfadan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
Sounds like you have an issue with God's right to judge you.
2007-12-10 21:49:39 · answer #10 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋