Nelson Mandingo posted:

Judges is some wacko level poo poo. I'm no religious scholar what is the point of these kinds of passages anyway? What's the message?

Nelson Mandingo posted:

Judges is some wacko level poo poo. I'm no religious scholar what is the point of these kinds of passages anyway? What's the message?

Kilmers Elbow posted:

However, to allege that the God of the Bible is some sort of “monster” for ordering Israel to destroy the inhabitants of Canaan exhibits an ignorance of biblical teaching. Those inhabitants were destroyed because of their wickedness (Deuteronomy 9:4; 18:9-14). They were so evil that their Creator no longer could abide their corruption. That they had numerous opportunities to repent is evident from the prophetic books (Nineveh did repent, for example, and for a time stayed the day of destruction).

Complaining about Jehovah’s order to destroy innocent children is a vain gesture when one realizes that the children were spared an even worse fate of being reared as slaves under the domination of sin. Instead of having to endure the scourge of a life of immorality and wickedness, these innocents were ushered early into the bliss of Paradise. If the male children had been allowed to mature, they most likely would have followed the pagan ways of their forefathers, and eventually would have taken vengeance on the Israelites. Killing the males not only prevented them from falling into the same abominable sins as their parents, but also kept Israel from having to battle them later.

yung jew posted:

they believe that jesus died for their sins and rose again on the third day lmao

Nelson Mandingo posted:

Judges is some wacko level poo poo. I'm no religious scholar what is the point of these kinds of passages anyway? What's the message?

Stottie Kyek posted:

The Bible says there's a whole bunch of gods, like Baal, Marduk, Asheroth, Tiamat and the like, but Yahweh is the best one and can light fires way better than Baal can. Elijah (at least I think it was him) had a "pray to your god to ask them to light this fire" contest with some Baal fans and Baal really sucked at it. Not sure how that works with the whole "don't put your god to the test" commandments, but I think the fire-lighting contest was Yahweh's idea in the first place so it was alright.

Volume posted:

Yep atheist just means anti-God therefore a Satanist could call himself a atheist.

Anbody who is against GOD is a terrorist.

zen death robot posted:

Volume posted:

Anbody who is against GOD is a terrorist.

Volume posted:

Why the need to read a thread when all I have to do is get a calculator and tap: 0 x 0 and then the equal button?

You get the answer that atheism asserts is where everything came from.

0 x 0 = atheism, not reality.

Volume posted:

Why the need to read a thread when all I have to do is pull magical bullshit from my rear end?

You get the answer that creationism asserts is where everything came from.

magical bullshit from my rear end = creationism, not reality.

readingatwork posted:

LOL at all the atheists saying that Christians do terrible things because of the bible! (Nobody actually reads it)

readingatwork posted:

LOL at all the atheists saying that Christians do terrible things because of the bible! (Nobody actually reads it)

IronClaymore posted:

Some people spend their whole lives reading the bible (well, the Torah, same thing mostly), or at least pretending to, as a pretext specifically designed to avoid being conscripted into the military and ordered to do terrible things. And also to avoid getting a real job or paying taxes or shaving.

But the Christians had the same thing going from the dark ages right up until the industrial era. You hardly ever saw an actual monk on the battlefield, and never a professional theologian. If you were a person that actually read the bible you'd spend your life sitting around drinking and writing and arguing about contradictions in bible stories and talking poo poo about people who believe different things from you...exactly as we're doing now!

Volume posted:

There is a religion out there that takes WAAAY more faith than any other… and exceedingly blind, bigoted, and MINDLESS faith as well.

That religion is called Evolution.

Agag posted:

Its starts being cool for clergy to be armed and fight during the Reformation. The famous ones who tried usually got stabbed in the face. This is why Luther is a lot more famous than Zwingli.

Control Volume posted:

here's some good schadenfreude for you all: theres these dumbass groups in the middle east who believe in some dumb sky fairy and theyre murdering each other over it rofl, like how stupid do you have to be to do that poo poo lmao, im glad theyre dead

gggiiimmmppp posted:

there are some interesting parallels between the exodus story and Akhenaten, a pharaoh in the 1300s BC who tried to turn egypt monotheistic, including disbanding all of the (rich and powerful) priesthoods to other egyptian deities. After his death his whole family, priesthood and followers were presumably killed/exiled, his city was abandoned, and the whole incident was so thoroughly purged from history that it was entirely forgotten until the ruins of his city and his tomb were discovered in the 1800s. In addition to monotheism/mass exile there are some similarities between early psalms and writings in his tomb, and stuff like that. Given that his successors were quite thorough at deleting the whole incident from the historical record it's all really speculative but it's fun to think about

chaosbreather posted:

that it would even be a good thing if god (or ANY god) exists, an actual all powerful genocidal hate beast who demands you love him enough to kill your kids, makes up crazy rules about everything and then lets you kill more people to get out of them, that is actually to blame for every horrible moment of the last 300 million years of biology. a being with so much power and so little empathy, who delivers an eternity in a dehumanising passionless prison for believers and eternity in a excruciating insanity for the rest, who creates a minefield and forces children to walk on it, claiming they can do none else despite claiming omnipotence because he lacks the moral compass of the most corrupt cop

that is some stupid poo poo right there

Ocean Book posted:

well god could be something else instead of what you described..

Kanthulhu posted:

They believe Jesus was God but also was not God at the same time and without contradiction.

Religion is so loving stupid it hurts.

vug posted: