peace to you, Sugar!
Baloney. The Bible clearly says that God "offered up" his own son as a sacrifice. There is nothing in the Bible that indicates that his son volunteered to do anything. "Dad" made the rules and "Son" carried them out.
Hebrews 9:14; Ephesians 5:2; Galatians 2:20; Hebrews 10:9, 10
Nowhere in the Bible are parents admonished to treat children as little human beings, too.
Ephesians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:14
BUT the Bible is very explicit about what parents should do to children who are "stubborn": stone them to death, and in cases less severe than that to beat the shit out of them.
This is was a commandment... for the merciless... which Israel was and has always been. It PROVED who they were, those "alienated" from God. For ANY command to put another to death COULD be overruled... by mercy... and, therefore, love... against which there is NO law. How do we know this could and should have been done? Christ showed us, dear one.
The Bible is very clear about this: children, and women have NO rights and NO respect in the Bible preceding the time of Jesus, and women have no rights in the time of Paul and thereafter.
Hmmmm... Eve was not held accountable, but Adam was. Bathsheba was not held accountable, but David was. Deborah was a judge. Jael was chosen to kill Sisera over Barak. I don't think I "see" things as you do, dear one. I do know the INSECURE MEN... tend to try to use what's in the Bible to "push" such an agenda... even today. My Lord is the very image of my Father, His exact representation. And he broke not ONE of the Laws. Thus, HIS life... should tell you how God truly IS... and was! It should.
Is God a God of confusion and ever-changing rules or is the Old Testament version of his rules true and his Will?Neither. But, then, you know that, don't 'cha?!
In either case, He can't be trusted. He's a tyrant and he's evil. No father who is sane would ever chose to be like "BibleGod(tm)".
Oh, you're talking about the "BibleGod(tm)." Forgive me! I thought you were speaking of the Most Holy One of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, whose name is JAH... of Armies. I should'a known better, though, right?
Sane parents don't stone "stubborn" children to death.
Loving ones don't either. You'd think folks would wake up and see this TRUTH, by now...
BibleGod(tm) demands this sentence. It's crap.
If you say so, dear one.
(You know, 'Fark, you really should let folks know where you're comin' from... plain and simple. I think some folks get a bit... well... "tweaked"... cause they don't quite know. You now?)
PEACE... and the greatest of love to you my dear brother, "Israel"!!
Your servant, friend, sister and a slave of Christ,
SJ