Moses and his God directed mass genocide.

by AMO 55 Replies latest social current

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  PSacramento

  Actually most Christians, rightly, have a hard time reconciling these things.

  I know I do.

  There are a few books that have been written on the subject, like the one by Paul Copan.

  The issue is, however, the fact ( accoring to the writers) that God commanded this.

  The first part that mustbe addressed is was it genocide or "capital punishment"?

  I think that there are some that would agree that a people that were shown to be horrific and cruel, practiced infant and child sacrifices and such, would be deserving of "capital punishment", I mean, I am sure that if we look back in history most of us will find at least one group of people that we think God should have "take care" of.

  WHat we are doing is trying to justify what God ordered ( if He ordered it), to see if there was some reason that would justify "capital punishment".

  The next step is to confirm what really did happen, to seperate the actual acts from the written "hyperbole".
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  cofty

  Capital punishment of infants - FFS!
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  PSacramento

  I don't doubt that the writers believed that God ordered.

  That they were successful renforced their belief ( it should be noted that outside of the theocratic commandment to do battle, Israel was not allowed to do so).
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  PSacramento

  IF, and that is a pretty big if of course, we are to believe that God sent a flood that killed "all the wicked", then there shouldn't be an belief issue that God would decree Israel to kill wicked people also.

  Again, it boils down to the issue of God condemming a horrible race people.

  Many people would probably agree with God doing that to a race or group of people that were horrific enough ( in their view of course).
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  Yan Bibiyan

  The next step is to confirm what really did happen, to seperate the actual acts from the written "hyperbole".

  PSacramento, if the same question is posed for, say, the life of Jesus or a host of other supernatural events in the bible, Christians suddenly have a problem.

  Of course it is factual, it is in the bible....
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  cofty

  Many people would probably agree with God doing that to a race or group of people that were horrific enough - PSac

  Really?

  Lots of ancient peoples practiced human sacrifice to their gods. The christian cult is founded on human blood sacrifice.

  You would agree with genocide of every man woman and infant as a punishment. What sort of disgusting ethics is this you are defending?
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  PSacramento

  First off, how the F do we cut n paste with Chrome ??
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  cofty

  I'm not telling you - please don't cut-and-paste, just answer in your own words.
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  slimboyfat

  Do you know how to cut and paste or are you just being coy?
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  PSacramento

  NO, I do not agree with capital punishment of infants or children of course.

  That is why it is important to make a distinction between the hyperbole and what actually happened.

  I am sure children did die in the battles, just as they do now.

  The issue is, was the commandment to kill everyone and everything a "direct and literal" commandment, or was it the typical hyperbole of warfare to denote the "totality" of the war?

  It is noted that in subsequent books that the cannanites and others are still around, so it is obivous that they were not wiped off the face of the planet.

  None of this, however, deals with the WHY of this commdanment and whether thre can ever be any excuse for a "total war" as what seems to be commdanded.