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Originally Posted by Rockstar
It is a good question. If God is a loving God why were other nations destroyed? Well, if you look at the biblical accounts they were pagan nations. By pagan I mean those who disregarded His Torah. For example they sacrificed human children to Molech, others participated in omophagia, others practiced sexual sacrifice. All these things God does not want for His own. Even when some of Israel fell into disobedience they met the same consequences as the pagan nations.
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I can understand hating the human sacrifice part, but not believing the same law? If that's the case do you believe that one side or the other of the medieval religious wars was right, and that the other deserved death? I don't see any difference between the Hebrews destroying the Philistines and the Catholics destroying the Protestants. Both committed mass murder in the name of their God. I'm not saying this is God's fault - I don't know. I'm told there is an old Hindu saying that goes "No god should be judged by the sort of people who claim to worship him." That said, I have to question whether any god who orders murder is to be trusted, or whether any book which makes those sorts of claims is to be believed.
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But everyone has a choice. One can continue to disregard what the King commands and face the consequences or they can obey the kings commandments and live. But many live in a day and age when the will of the people prevails and do not bow down to kings.
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Yes, we all have a choice. Some choose to believe blindly, and some choose to question everything, especially stories in which people are commanded to slaughter everything in sight in one text and love their enemies in another.
Me? I'm still looking for some evidence.
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Originally Posted by August
I'll tell you. Which part do you have in mind?  |
I have no particular part in mind. My question was "How?" This is a problem I have living where I do. The major local religion insists they believe the King James Bible to be true, except for the parts where it's translated incorrectly. Interestingly the parts that are "incorrect" are the ones that disagree with their doctrine. This can be taken either way, so it can be true or it can be convenient.
So, how does one tell?