Frank Apisa wrote:Momma Angel wrote:cicerone imposter wrote:Please explain to us what you mean by "taken into account?" I'll hold my breath - for two seconds.
You'll have to ask MA what she meant by "taken into account" to understand the bible. Those are her words, not mine. I was asking the question, don't you see?
C.I.,
I don't think you read my posts very well. I answered this question for you right after you asked it. You kept posting you were waiting and waiting, etc.
Then, I posted that I answered your question right after you asked it. Obviously, you didn't read that post nor did you bother to go back and read the answer when I posted RIGHT AFTER you asked the question.
So, for the sake of expediency, I will give you the answer again, ok? And yes, I am going to put it all in caps so you can see it.
YOU HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE STORY!!!!!!!!
When you read a book do you just read what paragraphs you want and jump to the end? You have to READ THE WHOLE THING! The whole thing tells the story.
MA...the rationalization "you have to read the whole thing"...is just that...a rationalization...and a red herring.
I can read the entire of Little Red Ridinghood...and that will not change the fact that there is a wolf involved in the story...or that the wolf managed in some way to exchange places with Ridinghood's grandmother.
I can read the entire of Snow White...and that will not change the fact that she has an encounter with seven dwarves.
You can read the entire Bible...and it will not change the fact that the god of the Bible is jealous, vengeful, revenge driven, quick-to-anger slow-to-forgive, barbaric, tyrannical, petty, and murderous.
Frank,
Don't you take everything into account when deciding whether someone is your friend or not? Don't you like to have a pretty good idea of all of their character and not just one particular part of it?
If you were a defendant on trial for your life, do you want things left out and not the whole story told? Sure, maybe you killed someone but don't you think it might be important why you killed someone? I mean, if he was trying to kill you, I'd say that's self-defense not murder. So, you need to have as much of the story as possible to render your verdict.
I would say, judging by most of the posts of those claiming the Bible is not true, they would be a prosecuting attorney trying to toss evidence out right and left.
Yes, God in the OT did the things it said He did. It also tells you why He did those things, but you and others have not accepted the fact that He is God and He makes the rules, not us.
