What good does religion offer the world today?

Consider Hagar, Abraham's second wife, this is how I derived that...

Where is her family represented in the 12 tribes?

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One of the most interesting women in the Bible is Hagar, Abraham's second wife, and the mother of Ishmael. The Arab and Bedouin tribes claim to be descendants of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar. According to the Midrash, Hagar was the daughter of King Pharaoh of Egypt.

Her family is no less important today than any other. So what's your beef?

My beef is with the old testament that clearly omitted Hagar's offspring and justified it with some sort of racial hate.

"chosen people"... these are not my words... these are the words of a racist old testament writer. Who then justified genocide on racial grounds.

Are the these words of God? Certainly not my God.

My God is all inclusive of every race on the face of the earth.

Then round it goes, you will counter by saying the new testament does away with that.

NO it does not!

It talks about the "natural branch" and grafted on gentiles...

We are all "equally" part of the same tree of life.

There IS male and there IS female (and people born between) and there IS Jew and gentile and we are all part of the life of the earth and our wondrous cosmos. We are ALL chosen for this life and have the "exact" same worthy progenitors.

The Bible is racist through and through...

I'll have no part of that. I wash my hands of the book and all racist books derived from such a horrible origin..

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Ew.

Pretty horrible, I say.

Reminds me of the Gelf bride from Red Dwarf.

I am not sure I understand the connection... Hagar the Horrible compared to "supposedly" the mother of the Arab race...

Make room for levity, Rex.
It's good for your disposition

I do understand what you mean and thanks for the well meant advice Neo. I do not want to always be the heavy, I carry my own baggage too.

Is that the same as watering down my principles?

Hawkeye lured me into his "zen socialism" only to return throwing eggs...

I don't mean to ruffle feathers, especially those of the angels.

I doubt the supposed mother of the Arab race is anything other than a myth. I was just having a bit of fun with the name.

I apologize for taking it wrong Izzy and I agree Hagar was definitely not the mother of the Arab race contrary to millions of Muslims who believe that.

Similar to the millions of Christians who still believe in Noah's ark.

That's alright mate, no harm done.

Thanks

It's part of their heritage...