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originally posted by: Kreeate
Which was : "So you accept that rape and murder of innocent people is okay? As long as it's in the name of your god?"
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: Kreeate
They won't listen. Waste of your energy.
I'll give it a shot, though I know (or at least highly doubt) they will or have read this thread before (not my first time linking it around here).
God's Morality vs. Our Morality
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
What's the point you're trying to make?
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
What about those verses where God commands killing everyone in a single village if even just one of them is a sinner? Is the collateral damage to the innocent acceptable to you?
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
What's the point you're trying to make?
When a cancerous race of humans starts to take over the earth, they need to be eliminated so that peace can be returned to earth. Otherwise the entire world dies from their malignance.
The allied powers should not have simply let the axis powers take over the world because they didnt want to kill anyone. Similarly, the Israelites had to take out these giant Canaanites that were doing unspeakably atrocious things.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
What about those verses where God commands killing everyone in a single village if even just one of them is a sinner? Is the collateral damage to the innocent acceptable to you?
They sent angels to warn Sodom and Gomorrah and the people of the town forcefully tried to rape the angels. Are You a rapist and Nazi sympathizer?
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
I'm not even talking about Sodom and Gomorrah.
originally posted by: Kreeate
I don't think that any sane and rational thinking person could be any of those things... but your "holy" book seems to not only condone those acts, but it encourages them. Good reading innit?
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
I'm not even talking about Sodom and Gomorrah.
It sounded like you were referring to when Abraham couldn't find any just person in the whole city, which would've been Sodom and Gomorrah. When did God kill a whole village because of one sinner?
originally posted by: Kreeate
I don't think that any sane and rational thinking person could be any of those things... but your "holy" book seems to not only condone those acts, but it encourages them. Good reading innit?
Welp, you were given the reason why, and you can't seem to properly debate it bud. Just move along and stop interrupting discussions in threads.
originally posted by: TerraLiga
a reply to: Randyvine2
If we're buried, we rot, digest and compost. Compounds break down into elements, and elements into atoms. It's much simpler and quicker to revert to atoms if we're cremated.
I know that your vanity and inbred or learned insecurity will have issues with this explanation, these these are proven facts. I'd like to see your proof for any alternative.
Death just became even more scary: scientists say people are aware they’re dead because their consciousness continues to work after the body has stopped showing signs of life.
That means that, theoretically, someone may even hear their own death being announced by medics.
The claim was made by Dr Sam Parnia, director of critical care and resuscitation research at NYU Langone School of Medicine in New York City.
He and his team are looking at people who suffered cardiac arrest, technically died, but were later revived. It’s the largest study of its type ever carried out.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
I'm not even talking about Sodom and Gomorrah.
It sounded like you were referring to when Abraham couldn't find any just person in the whole city, which would've been Sodom and Gomorrah. When did God kill a whole village because of one sinner?
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
Kill people who don't listen to Priests. (Deuteronomy 17:12)
Kill fortunetellers. (Leviticus 20:27)
Kill homosexuals. (Leviticus 20:13)
Kill followers of other religions. (Deuteronomy 13:7-12, Deuteronomy 17:2-5)
Kill nonbelievers. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13)
Kill people working on the Sabbath. (Exodus 31:12-15)
Kill false prophets. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5, 18:20-22, Zechariah 13:3)
Kill an entire town if anyone there worships another God. (Deuteronomy 13:13-19)
Kill women who are not virgins on their wedding night. (Deuteronomy 22:20-21)
Kill people working on the Sabbath. (Exodus 31:12-15)
Kill witches. (Exodus 22:17)
Kill sons of sinners. (Isaiah 14:21)
Kill in the name of the Lord. (Jeremiah 48:10)
Death for striking parents. (Exodus 21:15)
Death for cursing parents. (Leviticus 20:9, Proverbs 20:20)
Death for fornication. (Leviticus 21:9)
Death for adultery. (Leviticus 20:10)
Death for blasphemy. (Leviticus 24:10-16)
Death to followers of other religions. (Exodus 22:19)
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: cooperton
Yeah, I get all that. What part of an innocent person is cancerous?
Would you have wiped out all Germans because of the cancerous Nazis that were also part of the population? That would also include the Jews, and others that lived in Germany too.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
Kill people who don't listen to Priests. (Deuteronomy 17:12)
Kill fortunetellers. (Leviticus 20:27)
Kill homosexuals. (Leviticus 20:13)
Kill followers of other religions. (Deuteronomy 13:7-12, Deuteronomy 17:2-5)
Kill nonbelievers. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13)
Kill people working on the Sabbath. (Exodus 31:12-15)
Kill false prophets. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5, 18:20-22, Zechariah 13:3)
Kill an entire town if anyone there worships another God. (Deuteronomy 13:13-19)
Kill women who are not virgins on their wedding night. (Deuteronomy 22:20-21)
Kill people working on the Sabbath. (Exodus 31:12-15)
Kill witches. (Exodus 22:17)
Kill sons of sinners. (Isaiah 14:21)
Kill in the name of the Lord. (Jeremiah 48:10)
Death for striking parents. (Exodus 21:15)
Death for cursing parents. (Leviticus 20:9, Proverbs 20:20)
Death for fornication. (Leviticus 21:9)
Death for adultery. (Leviticus 20:10)
Death for blasphemy. (Leviticus 24:10-16)
Death to followers of other religions. (Exodus 22:19)
The whole point of the Levitical law system was to maintain a pure population. This was part of the old covenant that required these people to avoid sin at all costs because there was no perfect scapegoat to buffer their wrong-doings. The penalty for sin being death is not metaphorical, death and disease is actually what happens when you stray from the archetype. This was the point of the sin-offerings, because the animal would take on the judgement that was actually due to the people of Israel.
It's the same logic as removing a cancerous cell. You have to kill the cancer before it takes over and destroys the whole.
Thankfully with the new covenant all that has been overcome, and the curse is lifted for people who look for such liberation. When they tried to trap Jesus by insisting they stone a woman caught in adultery (as it says in Moses's book), his response is that whoever is without sin should be the first one to throw the stone. Surely enough they all walk away except Jesus, who is without sin. His judgement is mercy, and with this He ushers in a new paradigm of mercy over judgement, because he takes the due judgement of the people on Himself.
This is what it means that Jesus died for our sins, and this is why He is the fulfillment of the Law.