:Jehovah, who personifies love
If Bible-God personifies love, I'm terrified about who or what personifies evil.
Farkel, Gnashing of Teeth CLASS
do you think Jehovah, personifies love.
by booby 54 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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wasblind
I'm with Lozhasleft and Tammy
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believingxjw
Yes, I believe our Father personifies love. Jesus was the reflection of his Father and like his Father he spoke the truth and loved those who loved the truth. It's the hypocrisy of religious men and women that causes the problems. Does Revelation paint a picture of Jesus as one who never slays?
Did the U.S. and the Allied Powers during WWII ever cause the death of innocent children? Were any children burned to death? Were any children orphaned? How is it that we in self-defense, or for political reasons, can kill and maim but if in the Bible the Jews do the same it's wrong?
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Nickolas
Did the U.S. and the Allied Powers during WWII ever cause the death of innocent children? Were any children burned to death? Were any children orphaned? How is it that we in self-defense, or for political reasons, can kill and maim but if in the Bible the Jews do the same it's wrong?
Some of what the allies did during WWII was reprehensible. What the Jews in Bible did was genocide, that is why it is wrong. There are several good examples but the book of Numbers presents a fine one. It tells how Jehovah God incited Moses to attack the Midianites. Moses' army put all the men to the sword and they burned all the Midianite cities to the ground but they didn't kill the women and children. This infuriated Moses because it went against his orders, and he gave further orders that all the boy children should be killed along with all the women who were not virgins. 'But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves' (Numbers 31: 18). And what do you think the Jews kept those nice virgin girls for?
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believingxjw
Nickolas,
"What the Jews in Bible did was genocide, that is why it is wrong."
Many peoples are guilty of genocide. First the Europeans then the U.S. itself killed off nations of American Indians in both American continents. The ancients killed off whole peoples as well. War is war and the idea of "war crimes" is relatively new. War was/is brutal and women whether during war or peace are always at the mercy of those who would commit terrible crimes against them. Among the Jews there were monsters who did what they wanted with women but that is a human trait found in every nation and army and in today's modern army even some fellow soldiers have raped their female counterparts. Let's look at the whole picture not just one piece.
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Nickolas
Are you saying genocide is ok?
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believingxjw
No. I'm saying that it is a fact of war.
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Nickolas
With respect, it appears to me you are betraying a paradigm that holds some groups of people are better than other groups of people. Those groups who are inferior, in race or creed or otherwise, should be erased from the face of the earth so that groups of people who are superior, perhaps like you, should inherit it. Do you really want to say this?
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debator
Yes he does.
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cantleave
Justify that statement Debator.