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Sorry faith. I was sure you did. I can't look back at present (no time), but I changed it.

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These could be looked upon as a form of human sacrifice:2 Chronicles 34:1-5
Josiah ... did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord ... And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars.IKings 13:2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.It's odd anyway.

Well, not purposefully anyway. Mostly for brevity here. ( and I felt the context didn't change my meaning)
Human bones burnt on an altar.It "smells" of some type of sacrifice. Not sure though.

Could just as easily be. I think I read too much into it, or not enough into it. Not sure, in retrospect, I was justified.
I've done that before, and likely will again)))Edited by Golffly, : No reason given.

Jar what do you make of this: Now, I have read this in full context. I'm not, purposely at least, cherry picking to suit a cause. I may inadvertently do that, as I've suggested.Does this say that god is getting children to be sacrificed. to reduce a population presumably or show he is god. Or do I read too much in or not well enough?
What is your take is my question?

In reference to jar: Just a little while ago you tried to suggest two equals seven because two was part of seven as per your bible understanding.
Then you tried to suggest their wasn't a child sacrifice in Judges, even though it's clearly stated.It's hard when you don't accept any evidence outside the bible, and you don't accept what the bible actually says either.

Consider reading Percy's multiple comments.
Any difference from your religion and others don't prove you are right any more than from their perspective, your religion is different and therefore wrong.
According to The Quran, you are going to hell. So does the similarity to Christianity ( not believing the main prophet results in hell) mean that is true. Or do you get to add a caveat to say it's not true, but then have no evidence to discern why.You can't explain similarities to other religions and why they would matter, any better than you can explain why differences matter.

Well, not according to the Quran in a number of places. If a person is aware of Mohammed and doesn't accept him- you go to hell.
I suspect rather than reading what it says, if we do a "Faith" on it, then like the bible, we can get it to say whatever fits.
So I am sure there are ways around the issue. :-))) Which in fitting with this topic, is also identical to Christianity.. ways around any issue.

All I know is if you don't accept Mohammed every bad thing happens. I can't recall a single time every reading in the Quran where it allows some conservative judgment. Not accepting him was always a resulting severe penalty either then or after life.
So, it's not really cherry picking.But then it's like the bible. The multiple OT god characters show in quite an unambiguous way that god is kind of a tyrant. However, many. most Christians will say he is kind and loving and forgiving.. despite the bible showing the opposite.

Like every other religion.
Reminds me of con artists finding victims. Seems the supply of gullible is large.I should add god generally goes about it in an interesting way. He finds the correct parents, in the correct geographic area and then they generally get a child with the correct religion. So he finds us most times in a round about way. Started planning it this way in Genesis no doubt and pretended it was obvious to those with the ability to read, not the words so much, but other ways that can't be explained or demonstrated in a measurable way. Ends up crystal clear though. That much is certain.Edited by Golffly, : No reason given.

Faith, just prove the twelve tribes aren't like the horoscope and mean something to a god.
Then prove Mohammed isn't sending you to hell.
Your comments might be meaningful then.You understand differences in religion can be looked at from your side and the other religious side? Not thinking you do actually.And your religious tall tales look the same as every other religions tall tales. The only difference is you believe one tale and not another tall tale.
Try applying your tall tale objectivity to other religions, to your own perhaps.

Why do you think you can't demonstrate anything different than any other religion ?
You were looking for some bunk and it found you.

You haven't demonstrated anything.
You'd do fine in any religion at all. The ability to accept without evidence, just defines you as a fine example of what happens when a person stops logical thought. Any religion at all, and you'd be a superb member.

You aren't unique. You're typical of any religious extremist. Unsupported claims, inability to prove anything but certain you have the truth.
It's ubiquitous.I have learned a fair bit here actually, there are some superb posters here.