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12-04-2020, 01:07 AM
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Hello Members
If you keep going off on tangents I will like all the Staff here take "serious and final actions". I mean it.
I am dealing with "serious issues" right now with members that have the Virus and that are in isolation and not doing well. I do not have the time to be everywhere "BABYSITTING".
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12-04-2020, 01:08 AM
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Hello Members
Here is the "Original Topic" No more "image inserts" please.
Violence.
Why did God condone and order such terrible acts of violence found in the OT? If some believe the Bible to be the ' Word of God ' then you have to believe God was as guilty as the perpetrators or even worse....
A Teenager asked me this question and I answered in my own personal opinion that the OT is not the ' Word of God ' which of course led to more questions and an never-ending conversation which I bowed out off and advised them to do some contemplating....
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12-04-2020, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by sky123
Why did God condone and order such terrible acts of violence found in the OT? If some believe the Bible to be the ' Word of God ' then you have to believe God was as guilty as the perpetrators or even worse....
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Cause and Effect.
All of the 'terrible acts of violence' you probably found in the Old Testament were initially created by people who stopped obeying God's laws or who never obeyed them in the first place.
This can be liken to the employer who has an employee who deliberately does 'naughty things' each and every day. Would we be surprised if the employee finally gets fired?
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12-04-2020, 02:10 AM
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the moderators getting involved again, this is a failure.
we are screwing up here, how about some real conversation forget the personal battles, get back to real issues and debate for Christ's sake
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12-04-2020, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by inavalan
I guess you wouldn't like if practicing Christians pestered you with their proselytizing. Then why would you do this to them? Let them be!
I don't think that you have any statistic showing that Christians are more violent than any other religion adepts, or atheists.
If I were to guess, the practicing Christians are probably less violent. For example many "progressive" activists are way more violent than the average.
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Can you point out please any Post that I have said Christians are more violent than any other religion adepts, or atheists....
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12-04-2020, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by BigJohn
Cause and Effect.
All of the 'terrible acts of violence' you probably found in the Old Testament were initially created by people who stopped obeying God's laws or who never obeyed them in the first place.
This can be liken to the employer who has an employee who deliberately does 'naughty things' each and every day. Would we be surprised if the employee finally gets fired?
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'All of the 'terrible acts of violence' you probably found in the Old Testament were initially created by people who stopped obeying God's laws or who never obeyed them in the first place. '
So because they didn't obey God's law Violence was the answer, mass slaughtering, rape and pillage, slavery etc: .
What a loving way to demand that you shall love the Lord your God....
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12-04-2020, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by sky123
'All of the 'terrible acts of violence' you probably found in the Old Testament were initially created by people who stopped obeying God's laws or who never obeyed them in the first place. '
So because they didn't obey God's law Violence was the answer, mass slaughtering, rape and pillage, slavery etc: .
What a loving way to demand that you shall love the Lord your God....
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............ and what would you have expected should have happened?
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12-04-2020, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by sky123
Can you point out please any Post that I have said Christians are more violent than any other religion adepts, or atheists....
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I see, you have a problem with God, not with his followers.
Anyway, I stated my opinion, and I am not interested in an argument.
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12-04-2020, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by BigJohn
............ and what would you have expected should have happened?
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That's irrelevant to the question that I asked when I started this Thread...
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12-04-2020, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by inavalan
I see, you have a problem with God, not with his followers.
Anyway, I stated my opinion, and I am not interested in an argument.
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No I wasn't expecting an argument, and I have no problem with God, that idea came from you.
I was asked a genuine question by a confused Teenager and unfortunately I couldn't think of an answer in the short time I had with this Person but it started me thinking, hence the Thread....
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