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Oh look you just worked out why [ SOME] Muslims ignore the obscene passages in the Quran.
But then they are not following the direct instructions of their god and prophet are they you buffoon?
Oh look you just worked out why [ SOME] Muslims ignore the obscene passages in the Quran.
Just like you and the other christians don't follow the direct instructions from the god invented in your holy book.
Muslims are all murderers because the book tells them to be,
even though their book tells them to be.
matthew 10:34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[
matthew 10:34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[
5:32 "whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind".
I can see where you get your sly and devious attempts to discredit the the words spoken by the Christ.
I quoted Matthew because while Jesus did say 'turn the other cheek', he said other things too!
because while Jesus did say 'turn the other cheek', he said other things too!matthew 10:34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
But what he didn't say was go out into the world and kill anyone who refuses to believe in him
It is a major issue when it is said that we were perfect yet defied our father and in so doing caused death to come to all humans being forever.
Do you think these people can realise how wrong they are?If we pretend to believe in god then God could have created Adam and Eve to robotically obey commands given to them. Then God could have programmed them to avoid the tree of knowlege and they would have avoided it, like the good automatons they were.
But what he didn't say was go out into the world and kill anyone who refuses to believe in himHe didn't say not to either.
That Adam and Eve had the same power to choose as we have is no more a major issue than that they could walk as we do.. It is a major issue when it is said that we were perfect yet defied our father and in so doing caused death to come to all humans being forever.Why God created people with free will and not as mindless autonomons is a question above my pay grade!
ok, i'm not a Christian, but after reviewing the text i can't see any reason given why god created mankind at all.
Or indeed any reason for creating anything.
God just does it for his own inscrutable reasons!
If its a version of the longer Babylonian creation myth then mankind was created to serve as labourers in the gods' garden
but Adam doesn't seem to have any work to do until after his fall.
After all, the story is partly about the importance of obedience to God.
YHWH of the OT did not want love... He demanded sacrifices and obedience - and got angry if they were not forthcoming.
But what he didn't say was go out into the world and kill anyone who refuses to believe in himHe didn't say not to either.
looks down on emotionalism and instead sees disspassion as a state to strive for.
It is no strange thing that God can know what it is that we have freely chosen without having dictated what we chose.
It is God's will that we can choose to embrace Him or reject Him.
because to reject The Truth is to choose death over life.
And as God has conquered death by death in the crucifixion and resurrection, to choose death is to die eternally.
There is no true separation from God, who is omnipresent.
Which makes it more interesting as to why he would even dream of giving his creation "free will".
If its a version of the longer Babylonian creation myth then mankind was created to serve as labourers in the gods' gardenNearly right. I think it was in mines.but Adam doesn't seem to have any work to do until after his fall.Then you haven't read the story. Specifically states that god created the adam to till the land and before the fall.