@The Submitter,
The Submitter;11784 wrote:Now let us see where is the real barbarian !!
Numbers 31:17-18 "Now kill all the boys [innocent kids]. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man."
Samuel 15:3 “Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass”
Psalm 137:9 O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock! (A praise for dashing little children against rocks as a form of revenge)
Exo 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Deuteronomy 7:12 God ordered the Israelites to kill all the people of seven nations. He even adds, “show no mercy unto them”.
When Lot was a very old man, he had sex with his daughters on two succesive nights, and both daughters became pregnant (Genesis 19:31-38)
God didn't like that, so he punished David by having all his wives raped in public!(II Samuel 11:2-12:12).
"For those my (Jesus) enemies who they think I shall not be a king over them bring them here and chop their heads before me (Jesus) " The Christians God Jesus Christ saying that (luke19: 27).
"Think not that I (Jesus) am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a Sword" The Christians God Jesus Christ saying that in the Bible.
(Isaiah:13:16)-(Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.)
"But after they had moved it, the LORD's hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors. (From the NIV Bible, 1 Samuel 5:9)" >>>"tumors" was defined as "with tumors in the groin."
Deuteronomy 17:3-5 "And he should go and worship other gods and bow down to them or to the sun or the moon or all the army of the heavens, .....and you must stone such one with stones and such one must die."
Chronicles 15:13 "All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman."
Leviticus 20:27 "And as for a man or woman in whom there proves to be a mediumistic spirit or spirit of prediction, they should be put to death without fail. They should pelt them to death with stones. Their own blood is upon them."
Numbers 31:35-40 "[From the captives of war] 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.......of which the tribute for the LORD was 32 [among them were virgin girls]."
I find it to be absolutely ridiculous that the bible feeds us all kinds of lies and contradictions about "love your enemy", and yet, we see mass slaughter of suckling infants and innocent boys, girls, unarmed men, women (old and young).
So who is the Barbarian !!
First of all, Christians are no longer under Mosaic Law.
- Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. (Rom.10:4).
- For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. (Rom.6:14).
Therefore, things proscribed in the Hebrew Scriptures (such as stoning) are not commands Christians are to follow.
Secondly, some of the things you quoted are NOT things Jehovah commanded someone to do but, rather, were choices made by the individuals involved. For example, Jehovah did not command Lot's daughters to sleep with Lot.
I find it ironic that you would find stoning offensive, given the fact that it still goes on in Islamic countries.
Punishment for adultery in Islam
Finally, I myself find the actions of Jehovah in the Hebrew Scriptures unexplainable as well as untenable. That's why I cannot and will not be a part of any organized religion. That said, I will make no bones about it: Your "religion" is repugnant to me. I have no desire to converse with a Muslim about his religion, particularly considering your religion considers me worth only half what you are worth. PROVE that it DOESN'T.
Enjoy your fantasies about me getting stoned to death or Allah plopping a giant rock on my head. :cool: