The deal with most of this is preety clear if you take the time to RESEARCH and THINK.
Did your parents punish you when you did something bad. This is just the same thing here. Since we learn most of how to act when we are infants we are mostly punished then when we do wrong. The same can be said about humanity. When humanity was in its infantcy it did not obey God cause it did not fear God and God taught humanity that he is worthy of fear and obedience. Alot of the time thogh he saves people from there own stupid mistakes. Like the towere of babel. You cant build a stairway up to heaven. God didnt slow there progress but speed it up. And if they had been alowed to do that who knows what other quake ideas they might have come up with. They might have enede up killing themselves.
this a god who instructed his children to steal from their neighbors
If you read on you will find out that the people of egypt liked them. It was pharoh who didnt. And they asked for it not steal it. The people gave of there own free will.
and encouraged the conquering of a LARGE portion of the middle east. this text STILL encourages war several thousand years later.
This was land promised to Abraham and his decidents.
this is a god who said he holds children and even grandchildren responsible for their parents' crimes. and this is a god who even calls himself jealous -- a very immature and dangerous quality
Cause the children are taught by the parents to be like them.
God is jelous cause we refuse him the attention he DESERVES.
Humanitys form of jelousy is very immature when compared to God's.
many innocent children
Usually the firstborn is the oldest and may not be a child.
god is both good and evil.
Just cause you make him out to be.
You hear what you want and dismiss what you dont.
This message has been edited by Swift, 12-12-2004 06:08 PM
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