Sorry to go back to this one, which is off the topic, but I cannot let this rubbish pass.
The people influenced by the devil, who they 'thought' was God, presumably include Moses and Joshua. When Joshua fought Jerico, he commanded the Isrealites to slaughter every man, woman and child. Was this not murder? All the wrong these people had done was to close their doors when a mighty army arrioved on their doorstep, and then sent spies into their city.
Moses was slightly more merciful. He also ordered the Isrealites to slaughter their enemies, man, woman, child, but they could spare the virgin daughters of the enemy. One can only guess why!
Were these prophets carrying out the orders of God or the Devil, when they preached their 'final solution'? I cannot see the difference between them and Hitler!
The Bible preaches original sin, and punishment 'even unto the seventh generation'. Is this justice? My grandfather once stole some money. Do you believe that I and my children should be punished for this? Should humanity be punished because one man ate an apple against orders?
God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son. If Abraham had any morality, ho would have said 'No! Human sacrifice is wrong! Murder is wrong!'. But the Bible does not teach this basic morality, does it?
The morality of the Bible is Mafia morality - 'what the boss says, goes. Don't ask questions'.
Right. Got that off my chest. Now back to Intelligent Design.....
Mike.
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