Well ! That's the last so called book of Moses out of the way. Deuteronomy is often quoted to support bigotry but when you read it thoroughly it does have one or two gems that, to be honest am surprised made it through the original censors. Things like 32:8 which lets slip Adam may not be the father of ALL Mankind. Or 20:16 that states, "you must not allow a single living thing to survive". But what did surprise me was not only does this book reiterate that Moses is a control freak and a misogynist but underlines the facts not only is he a mass murdering slaver, he seems to encourage and channel, most, if not all of the elements of human behaviour that civilization tries to stem. Why people look up to this despicable character from over three thousand years ago is beyond me. If recognised by history at all he should be held aloft as an example of everything we should be striving against. The only people using him as an example should be those taking the idea of war crimes through to their extreme of total atrocities. I am glad to leave these books behind. I just hope that the day is near that the rest of mankind can do the same.
All in all aside from relying on the odd mis-translation the various branches of christianity rely heavily on the followers of whichever doctrine being ignorent of what is actually written. So regardless of their incessant ........"Read your bible", this is the last thing they want, aside from carefully picked excerpts. This "quote mining" is certainly endemic throughout all of the christian faiths with choice quotes used to get thier points across.
I encourage anyone believer or unbeliever read your bible or for that matter koran thouroughly but think about what is written. Remember that all though Man's questions (who we are, where did we come from etc.) Remain the same we now have a great more information about the world and universe around us. The answers change because we understand the questions in a more refined and deeper way. When we finally think we have all the answers as the religions will have us believe, the human race will, and can only stagnate.
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Things like 32:8 which lets slip Adam may not be the father of ALL Mankind.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High divided the nations
When he scattered the sons of Adam
He set the boundaries of the nations
By the number of God's angels.
--Confused, doesn't read that way to me. It is the song of Moses, his attempt to prevent what God told him in the previous chapter.--
Or 20:16 that states, "you must not allow a single living thing to survive".
--Don't play it out of context, Chapter 20 is concerning warfare. The thing here is if you kill and destroy everything then the defeated cities "pagan" religion would die out too. It would also not influence the "holy" nation of God.
And do not confuse the Old Testament with Christian Beliefs. We do not practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Christians forgive, It is what I do.
I'll keep watching if you like
Wyrsa
glad for your input
If you read my analysis of duet32 you will see why I ask that question,especially when in conjunction with the genesis quotes.
As for the "kill every living thing" Yes it was a time of war, but why does de lard feel it necessary ?
"The thing here is if you kill and destroy everything then the defeated cities "pagan" religion would die out too. It would also not influence the "holy" nation of God."
Surely children could be taught the new religion and what about livestock ?
Is your god not supposed to be immortal,unchanging, wise and perfect ?
Your god is immortal only as long as people believe in him.
he changes slightly with every believer, drastically so with every belief system.
Wisdom is only accrued with experience which also needs change.
Perfection requires no change.
If the old testament is not part of christian beliefs, why is it part of the bible ? Why is it used so often to justify bad human behaviour ?
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