MichaelJ
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| Quote (Texas Teach @ Aug. 31 2011,08:19) | | Quote (JohnW @ Aug. 30 2011,16:50) | | Quote (Ftk @ Aug. 30 2011,14:16) | | Also find it interesting that you take into consideration "(complex) cultural, tribal and historical precedents" when discussing this issue, but when I state the same considerations when making my case that God is not immoral because of instances in ancient Israel where He commanded battle between tribes, you toss them off as not particularly relevant. |
We're not the ones arguing that morality is invariant and comes from God, F. |
But you see, poor Yahweh was a product of the culture that raised Him. His parents taught him to keep slaves and order his creations to commit genocide. It's society's fault. |
Exactly, the Jews were behaving pretty much the way everybody else was behaving at the time. King David was a cross between a Mafia boss and a mercenary.
You'd think if they were his chosen people, Yaweh would have at least taught them at least one thing that wasn't known by anybody else at the time.
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