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Summary of the violent acts and punishments inflicted by God, according to the Bible

http://www.humanismbyjoe.com/Violence_and_God.htm

Where is the good and just God Christians say they worship?

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posted at 2:55 pm
on Nov. 24, 2006

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“Oh boy! Another great opportunity for personal growth!”

...who said it?

“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”

...who said it?

After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.

...who said it?

“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”

...who said it?

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

...who said it?

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I think you can be good, just, violent and punishing all at the same time, and I don’t think many thinking Christians would argue that their God was non-violent or non-judgmental.

Things get very confusing, though, when you combine your standard peace-loving Jesus with your fire-and-brimstone God. The Bible says that they’re one, yet separate. I have yet to work that out, and I’m not optimistic that I will.

That said, the Old Testament (plus Revelations) God sure is nutty. You’ll note that the vast majority of the weird stuff happens in the Old Testament plus Revelations.

 

Posted by Darren
  at 3:20 pm on Nov. 24, 2006

 

 

 

Hmm. Humanists live in a glass house on this issue, those walls having been built by the atheist trinity of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

Where is the good and just atheist politician humanists say could exist?

I kid, of course, and blaming Humanism for the acts of the three most famous attempts to drive humanity to a utopian future absent any need for God should TOTALLY not count against their score.

For some reason, I’m sure.

 

Posted by Ryan Cousineau
  at 5:40 pm on Nov. 25, 2006

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