--- Mark S Bilk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Compare that with the characteristics of Jehovah, > basically > a genocidal psychopath: > > http://www.evilbible.com/ <snip> > But "Christians" (the quotes indicating those who > disobey Jesus' > teachings of kindness, love, peace, etc.) and > Zionist Jews have > plenty of _homicide_ bombers among them. They have > murdered > many tens of millions of people, far more than have > the Moslems. I'd have pretty much diametrically disagreed with these parts of your post, until I ended up reading this.... Judges 11:29-40 This (and things like it) were never taught in churches, back when I actually used to go to them. I have a lot to think about now. How does one reconcile morality with fundamental (assuming that is the right word) inerrant interpretation of Biblical scripture? If God (talking OT God here) condones what Jephthah did to his daughter, why then do I have such a horrified recoil from it? Do not Christians teach that morality is all stemmed from God? "For without me, you can do nothing at all" ? If my moral compass telling me that killing and burning one's own daughter based on an oath one stupidly made is murder, and it contradicts what is written, then where does my moral compass' deviation from "true north" come from? I assume many would say Satan. If so, why does Satan want to keep someone from being killed? Isn't he the great destroyer? What is going on here? Our only other option here is, it seems, to toss out the inerrancy of the Bible. But then, we find ourselves once again under attack. What to do? I assume many Christians would say, Jephthah made the promise to God, and it must be kept. It is his fault. That's fine and well, if he made a stupid promise, God can punish him for shortsightedness. Fine, I have no problem with that. But /by satiating this wrong with the burning death of an INNOCENT HUMAN BEING WHO HAD NO FOREKNOWLEDGE OF JEPHTHAH'S STUPID PROMISE/ it is an act of condoned murder. Where is HER demand to be left alive? What of her rights? She is not property to be sold/destroyed to settle an oath, she is a _living, thinking human being_! Why did God not say "Jephthah, you idiot. You're willing to kill your own daughter to cover your own stupidity? Leave her alone. My anger is directed only to you." --Kyle
