badger3k

Satan was a later addition to the story, retrofitting the snake (possibly Set originally, or maybe Nehusthan (sp?), the Canaanite deity symbolized as a snake) into later beliefs (the whole God vs Satan twist on early beliefs).

Considering the Tree that they ate the fruit of was the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, how were they supposed to know Right from Wrong? All they knew was that big scary guy said this, snake said this - without the knowledge of what was good and bad, they could not distinguish either. How can they be blamed for making a choice that was not a choice. They didn't even know it was wrong to not just follow orders and obey YHVH without question (according to the myth, many here would disagree with this). But, the (now) omniscient deity did not forsee this? And not only that, since Satan must have pulled the wool of God's eyes, but God was so pissed that he cursed every living thing, for something they did not do.

With logic like this, I guess I can kill my neighbor for something his 11th century ancestor did.

Deus Ex

How can you know this?

Show me with reasonable proof that God communicates thru a book- and that the bible is that book.

Maybe there is a God who intends to 'save' all the skeptics who have kept an open mind and not fallen for man-made theologies?

badger3k

If you go back into the OT, you can find passages where YHVH says that the first born of everything (that includes people) will be dedicated to him (ie, sacrificed) - the final plague in Exodus might reflect this type of sacrifice. So, YHVH, like his priests, often has a "fondness" for little kids.

badger3k

Somebody call Dan Brown....

badger3k

And posting anonymously on the internet....:wave:

funinspace

:rolling: Yeah, I say the God you imagine is fiction; therefore you think your imaginary God is going to send me off to eternal torture (not something we do to our worst of criminals). What a cool master of Auschwitz. Quite the fairy tale, right up there with a Steven King tale.

badger3k

Stephen King would have a way cooler ending - Revelations is a pretty ate up LSD trip. The only thing worse than that is reading the Left Behind series.

jab

Why would God allow his holy word to be so seriously mistranslated and the mistranslation to stand as the sanctioned English version for generations of English-Language readers to be misled by?

IBelieveInHymn

I know everything. :wave:

God commanded his people conquer neighboring nations. The Jews didn't have many people, their army was miniscule, but they still managed to defeat these large nations. That in itself should be proof that God protects Israel.

I doubt that. Jehovah said there are no other gods but me!

show_no_mercy

The conquests of Joshua are fiction. Jews never conquered Canaan, Jews were always native Canaanites.