I guess when God sees a foreskin its like a bull seeing red, he just wants to kill, kill, kill.
Wait a minute.......you mean it isn't just me?
Is Jehovah Mentally Unstable?
by THE SHOOTIST 30 Replies latest jw friends
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cheezy
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The Lone Ranger
I looked it up on www.bible.com and check out the amplified version, its much better then the KJV. but its still a little confusing, if I had the WT CD I'll check out what the WT thought about that passage, but to say that God is mentally Unstable is foolish. I think that we must understand that there are things that we don't understand. Also, our angry with the Watchtower mustn't wash over to Jehovah himself.
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FlyingHighNow
I seriously dont think GOD would be unstable mentally.
And to suggest such a thing would be offensive to some people.
Then maybe you haven't really stopped to think about the bloodthirsty, nasty things he is said to have done to people over trivial things.
It doesn't offend me to read that someone thinks the bible god is unstable. I've thought that for years, even as a faithful dub. And before I was a dub, I had stopped believing in the bible after reading about such unecessary carnage at the hands of "God".
Do read Jehovah Unmasked. It will greatly open your eyes, that is if you can keep an open mind.
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stopthepain
people who believe in fairy tales are dumb.that is all!
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VM44
EXODUS 4:
"24 Now it came about on the road at the lodging place that Jehovah got to meet him and kept looking for a way to put him to death. 25 Finally Zip·po´rah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and caused it to touch his feet and said: “It is because you are a bridegroom of blood to me.” 26 Consequently he let go of him. At that time she said: “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision. "
WHAT? Jehovah got to meet him on a road?? Jehovah kept looking for a way to put him to death?? HUH??
This does NOT sound like the actions of the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE!
This need explaining!
--VM44
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tetrapod.sapien
ya, he's freaking crazy man...
"The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works." --Psalms 145:8-9 (KJV)
"And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead." Exodus 12:29-30
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." Leviticus 20:13 "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.... And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses." Numbers 15:32-36 "And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor." Numbers 25:4 "But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee." Deuteronomy 7:1-2, 20:16-17 "And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.... And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? .... Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves." Numbers 31 "And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword". Joshua 6:21 (i am named after this guy! great hey!?) "And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter." 1 Samuel 6:19 "And [Elisha] went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them." 2 Kings 2:23-24 "And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces." 2 Chronicles 25:11-12 "Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.... Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children." Isaiah 13:9,15-18 "And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them." Jeremiah 13:14 "Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up." Hosea 13:16
" Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." ps 137:9 "Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces." mal 2:3 of course, YHVW, the "rock", changed the way he dealt with humans in the new testament. now everyone has to wait the wrath of his day when all 6 billion non JW's will be torn asunder by his wrath as "all must express faith in the ransom." this includes children, if we learn anything from the OT.
The rational mind must inevitably reject this conclusion. As human beings, we know full well that some acts are wrong, and cannot be made right by fiat of any power. It is time to stop defending the indefensible. The Bible is morally flawed, a product of its times, and many of the acts it condones are unacceptable. Obedience to the cruel dictates of this book has kept humanity in the darkness for a long time. We do not need it anymore, and we should not be afraid to cast it down merely because we are fearful of what lies on the other side.TS
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FlyingHighNow
" Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." ps 137:9
You have to wonder about the mental stability of anyone who thinks a loving god could do this one thing. -
stopthepain
WHO ARE YOU TO QUESTION THE GREAT AND POWERFUL WIZARD OF OZ.....................GO AWAY AND COME BACK TOMMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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joelbear
anyone who doesn't like foreskins is goofy..
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VM44
These are from the Skeptics Annotated Bible site:
God decides to kill Moses because his son had not yet been circumcised. Luckily for Moses, his Egyptian wife Zipporah "took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he [God] let him go." This story shows the importance of penises to God, and his hatred of foreskins. Exodus 4:24-26
At God's command, Joshua makes some knives and circumcises "again the children of Israel the second time" (ouch!) at the "hill of the foreskins." Joshua 5:2-3
David kills 200 Philistines and brings their foreskins to Saul to buy his first wife (Saul's daughter Michal). Saul had only asked for 100 foreskins, but David was feeling generous. 1 Samuel 18:25-27
David says, "deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines." Well, he actually paid with two hundred foreskins (see 1 Sam.18:27). 2 Samuel 3:14
Comments:
1) Jehovah God came personally to kill Moses, and didn't because a foreskin was cast at his feet.
2) "Hill of foreskins" UGH! I don't even want to think about that!
3) Foreskins are a form of currency?
There is something VERY VERY DISTURBING here! Even allowing for the passage of time and that it was a different culture.
--VM44