by transhuman68 28 Replies latest watchtower bible
brooklyn dodgers haven't thought about them since I was a kid.
Your right about the ancient hebrews, the whole time I was a witness I was troubled by much of the violence & insanity of the scriptures trying to find some resolution in my mind & heart. I always felt that I was searching to find the love & goodness in the constant tales of genocide.
This thread is just a trivial exercise in lateral thinking applied to Bible literalism. If I've offended anyone- including God...I'm sorry.
Love and goodness are there.
The other nations could have come to His side and benefitted from it.
Instead, they chose to oppose Him and His people.
They paid the price for their folly.
Syl
The other nations could have come to His side and benefitted from it.
like shikhems (whatever his name was that got slaughtered by jacobs kids after they made a pact?) tribe?
Shechem.
Their father, Jacob, condemned his sons for that.
Syl
Shechem.
Their father, Jacob, condemned his sons for that.
Syl
with what real consequences?
Hey, Shechem had violated their sister.
He knew the deal - the Canaanites would have done the same to Jacob and his sons.
It was their trickery that was so reprehensible.
Syl
Transhuman68,As my own personal god,I forgive you..Yeah,I always thought the story of Job,and of Isac and His daddy Abe was the work of a sick masochistic mind..Not any sort of "god" that I would invite into my life...
He knew the deal
they made a peace deal, and they were to live in harmony
No, I mean he knew the deal for violating someone's daughter or sister.
Still holds true today.
Syl
