Any Christians want to take a stab at these?
Offline Matthew 5:37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
Ok. Now... God has clearly laid out the rules. I just want you to follow them. I will ask questions with "Yes or No" answers, and you answer them. Ok?
1) The god of the old testament and new testament is the same entity. Yes or No?
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:38 :: "I and the Father are one." John 10:30
2) God dictated Old Testament Law to the Israelites. Yes or No?
Leviticus 20:1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Say to the Israelites:" (Look this up if you like... Lots of laws follow. Virtually every chapter in the books of law begin with such a statement.)
3) Please review the following list of laws, taken directly from the Bible. Did God make these laws? Yes or No?
9 " 'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.10 " 'If a man commits adultery with another man's wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11 " 'If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
12 " 'If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
13 " 'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14 " 'If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
15 " 'If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16 " 'If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17 " 'If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off before the eyes of their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.
18 " 'If a man lies with a woman during her monthly period and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them must be cut off from their people.
19 " 'Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20 " 'If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.
21 " 'If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
4) Did God kill 42 children for calling a man "Baldhead?" Yes or No?
2 Kings 2: 23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
5) Do you believe these laws, commands, and actions by God are loving and good? Yes or No?
Remember guys -- NO CHEATING. I've just quoted directly from the Bible. I've not taken anything out of context. God has instructed you that you should answer only yes or no. Stick to it!
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
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Just following the manner of your OP
Your welcome.
That I did not say, I said that these laws, commands and actions by God didn’t sound loving.
The subject is a very tired one but the thread made the assumption that these were very hard, conscience bending, faith shattering questions and they aren’t. They’re just tired old attempts to try and make some kind of a conundrum out of the old “if God is good why did he do these things in the OT”
Time to change the corn on your hook.
With attempts like this I’m not surprised
When does this start?
Wow, I’ve never seen someone bail so early, I can only assume you really didn’t want discussion on this at all just a little beating of the chest.
Yeah, leroy . . . what's your answer, huh?
Then explain why a loving God would allow my mom to flush my turtle down the crapper.
You're shut down, better go ask your Pope what to say to that one.
Actually, I'm not bailing, I'm bored.
Go check out my previous posts, dude. I've answered every question a dozen times or more. There's nothing new in your posts. I was just impressed that you had the balls to answer the questions even though it means you look, well... irrational.
I'm always amazed how theists can say something completely irrational and then demand that rationalists justify their positions in light of the completely irrational. That is, by definition... Irrational.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
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Actually, I think I will make fun of you for one thing...
Interesting hedge on the original question. So you admit you didn't answer the question with a yes or no answer? "They don't sound loving" isn't the same as "They aren't loving."
I see what you're doing, and it's not nearly as clever as you think.
(Now picture me waiting for the inevitable: You asked whether I believe them to be loving, and my belief doesn't influence the truth of their inherent goodness.)
This is boring.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
Books about atheism