If it is, why is that supernatural source so petty, meanspirited, and wishywashy.
***It seems to me that MEN are the ones that are petty, meanspirited and wishywashy. Your insistance on questioning MY beliefs is an example of the first two. The fact that you once proclaimed a belief in God and now have taken the opposite stance is an example of the last.
Why does he play favourites with races?
***He doesn't.
Why does he need something to die (animal or human) to make up for sin?
***Because EVERYTHING has to die now. Animals always died, and now, because man has gone backward, from a completed state to something that resembles an animal, or in the case of Christ, a SEED has to die. Are you denying that death is a part of the creation of life? That's not a very factual assessment if you are.
Why did he not make clear what his words were to man?
***I think saying 'Don't do that or you will die' is pretty clear. Don't you understand the meaning of those words?
Why are the words of the Bible unclear and vague on so many things?
***What things? You have to be more specific. I don't find that to be true, but if you do, you have to say what it is.
Why is there controversy as to what should make up the Bible canon?
***Because men have tried to use the Bible to their own ends. I enjoy reading the Book of Enoch and the Lost Books of Eden. I find them to be inspired.
Why is there controversy as to what is Gods name?
***Again, because men kept that truth from other men so that they could hold authority over them. Back to the pettiness and meanspiritedness of them.
Why would he kill innocent children for their parents sins, or even just for their parents being the wrong race?
***Are you talking about the Law? Please give me specifics. He accepted anyone who attached themselves to His people during that time. After Christ died, the Law was done away with.
Why is there such strong evidence against a worldwide flood?
***There are those who say there is very strong evidence that there WAS a worldwide flood. Are you saying that anyone who does not believe YOUR sources is wrong? Have you seen this evidence? What makes it more believable than other sources that say the opposite?
Why can we trace man back much, much further than the Bible's timeline?
***I was never aware that the Bible gave a specific timeline regarding creation except in days, which the Bible also says cannot be counted in the same manner that WE count days.
Why are women said to be subservient to man in the Bible?
***I don't think that it is worded quite that way. It says that she should accept her husbands leadership. That decree happened AFTER they ate from the tree. They weren't CREATED to be that way.
Why is sex outside of marriage a death penalty offense in some cases, but not others?
***Are you talking about when YHWH told Hosea to take a wife of fornication for himself? He did that to demonstrate the fornication that Israel was committing spiritually. He never said that Hosea shouldn't be killed for that, but the fact that he wasn't shows that Israel wasn't keeping the Law very well. Are you also forgetting that the Bible promises that everyone who dies will be resurrected?
Why would some of Jah's favourite people get to remain his favourite, even while having many, even hundreds, of wives (read "sexual partners")?
***Because He isn't as meanspirited as you make Him out to be. If He was, He would completely turn His back on them despite their previous faithfulness, wouldn't He? And where in the Bible does it say that 'sex' is something bad? Since he was married to all those women, why shouldn't he have sex with them?
Why was John the Baptist baptising?
***The people who were getting baptised were demonstrating their desire to be 'cleansed' of their sins.
Why are SO many bible stories amazingly similar to older mythology of other peoples?
***Because there is some truth in lies. It's just incomplete truth. Achilles reminds me that the serpent would bruise the womans seed on the 'heel'. Hercules reminds me of Samson. I know there's more, but I can't think of them right now. There is even some truth in astrology. There is some truth in everything.
Why did David's baby die as punishment for David's sins?
***That I don't know.
Why would the messege of the Abraham/Isaac sacrifice story be a good example?
***Because Abraham was willing to do ANYTHING that God asked him to do, even sacrifice the promised child.
Why would God play such a cruel practical joke on anyone?
***It wasn't a cruel joke. It resulted in the Son of God being from Abrahams seed. It also resulted in Abraham being abundantly blessed. Why do you think that God doesn't have the right to test His Own creation?
Why were Isrealite womens hymens to be checked by the village elders if acused by their husband of being a non-virgin?
***To see if they were? Why do you think that some of these questions are relevant?
Why are there conflicting creation and flood accounts within the same book?
***Please direct me to these conflicting accounts. I'm not familiar with them.
Why was the first part of the Bible written SO much later than the time period it covers, and by unknown authors?
***Because most of these accounts were passed orally over the years. If you've ever read the book of Enoch,(not in the cannon), it seems that writing was actually frowned upon up to a point. A similar thought was expressed in Proverbs where Solomon said, "To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh."
