tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post4704857784222407252..comments2023-05-07T00:48:54.638-07:00Comments on Incongruous Circumspection: My Kind of RighteousnessIncongruous Circumspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-5084422002247051572012-02-23T19:35:47.986-08:002012-02-23T19:35:47.986-08:00Rebecca said: "And when I get the same lines ...Rebecca said: "And when I get the same lines that I used to hand out myself - that who am I to question God, that if it strikes me as cruel that God commanded, nay, endorsed genocide and sexism, I get so frustrated. And then they can always resort to, well, you apparently just don't understand the Bible. What an obvious cop-out! Is it such a horrible thing to think for yourself? Why froglahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285825751301910324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-55506608042174952382012-02-23T11:27:08.290-08:002012-02-23T11:27:08.290-08:00Tragedy 101, I have rejected a few of your comment...Tragedy 101, I have rejected a few of your comments and I will do more. I have no interest in watching what I consider a fairy tale argued over with assertions that the people who believe differently than you are either simply stupid, or somehow an exact replica of the fairy tale they....oh whatever. <br /><br />Who cares what I want to say. I just deleted a few comments.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-70875292327389470012012-02-22T23:13:34.290-08:002012-02-22T23:13:34.290-08:00Hey tragedy101, he isn't asserting authority o...Hey tragedy101, he isn't asserting authority over anything, he is making an observation. Your argument is so full of holes I don't know where to start, are you insane or just stupid?Paul11Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924743352011672643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-17600810746738615672012-02-22T22:02:11.291-08:002012-02-22T22:02:11.291-08:00Very very curious. I decry a murderous God and so...Very very curious. I decry a murderous God and somehow that makes me evil and dangerous. Very curious. One day, I'll understand how the world REALLY goes around.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-91608154237722510092012-02-22T20:00:50.277-08:002012-02-22T20:00:50.277-08:00Is this argument something you would tell (or have...Is this argument something you would tell (or have told) your children and your wife?<br /><br />Because if it is, I feel very concerned for their spiritual, mental, and emotional well being. This argument is abusive in those three aspects.<br /><br />The author of this argument first begins by asserting his authority to give law and judgement: [In the Old Testament, t]<em>here is a lot of death Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-21689290433823405652012-02-22T17:19:27.070-08:002012-02-22T17:19:27.070-08:00That would be a fun battle. But then, after a whi...That would be a fun battle. But then, after a while, playing by myself would get old.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-29175199375747784172012-02-22T15:52:50.871-08:002012-02-22T15:52:50.871-08:00SS,
What is the "test of credulity"?
I...SS,<br /><br />What is the "test of credulity"?<br /><br />I do not know anyone who has read the Bible and not found it fantastic and bizarre.<br /><br />The whole lot of you sound like Vizzini in <em>The Princess Bride</em>, "Inconceivable!"<br /><br />What will you do next: Have a "battle of wits to the death" with God?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-9095929681209716752012-02-22T08:07:21.548-08:002012-02-22T08:07:21.548-08:00Or is the Bible NOT REALLY the inerrant text you w...Or is the Bible NOT REALLY the inerrant text you were taught, frogla? Don't leave out that possibility.<br /><br />I follow Jesus, what I know of His life, what I know of His words. That is more than enough to keep me busy the rest of my life. <br /><br />I am not bound by my faith in Christ to accept any more of the OT (or the epistles, for that matter) than "Love the Lord your God, shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-57887484486061824762012-02-21T21:09:01.555-08:002012-02-21T21:09:01.555-08:00So, why was God such a hardass in the O.T killing ...So, why was God such a hardass in the O.T killing ppl and children. Even one of the 10 Commandments said "Don't kill" but God killed? Was God softer & less of a hardass in the N.T or the same God?froglahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285825751301910324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-31460354682349346662012-02-21T19:01:12.404-08:002012-02-21T19:01:12.404-08:00This was one of the lessons we kids heard in Sunda...This was one of the lessons we kids heard in Sunday School more than once, with the usual tagline of, "Isn't that wonderful?" I found it horrifying. Having a father wo did not care for me made it doubly so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-23328092498822883672012-02-20T11:16:57.758-08:002012-02-20T11:16:57.758-08:00Retha,
You mean this part?
"The big moral i...Retha,<br /><br />You mean this part?<br /><br />"The big moral issue is why would God ask Abraham to go kill Isaac to teach him not to kill his babies? I don't know."<br /><br />You're saying, "I don't know" why God told Abraham to kill Isaac. <br /><br />I'm saying "I don't know" that God DID ask that. <br /><br />IC might be saying, "I shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-43355334471324272392012-02-20T07:56:58.479-08:002012-02-20T07:56:58.479-08:00Or, better said: What are brains for, if not for ...Or, better said: What are brains for, if not for thinking?Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-38447288249023605312012-02-20T06:06:56.446-08:002012-02-20T06:06:56.446-08:00My sentiments exactly, Incongruous/Shadowspring! I...My sentiments exactly, Incongruous/Shadowspring! I've had to frequently defend my position to the dubious evangelicals in my life and the errors are so glaring I can't believe I never saw them before! And when I get the same lines that I used to hand out myself - that who am I to question God, that if it strikes me as cruel that God commanded, nay, endorsed genocide and sexism, I get so Rebecca Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03935383254039552080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-69065437704013079002012-02-19T20:59:02.295-08:002012-02-19T20:59:02.295-08:00Perhaps this is a way to think about it: http://ca...Perhaps this is a way to think about it: http://carlyjo02.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/genesis-abrahams-sacrifice-nt-jesus-is-lord/<br />RethaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-23551526957171027142012-02-19T16:54:45.699-08:002012-02-19T16:54:45.699-08:00Right on ShadowspringRight on ShadowspringEdelwiesshttp://www.facebook.com/heidi.sandovalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-62398647217344851562012-02-19T12:05:04.831-08:002012-02-19T12:05:04.831-08:00I personally do not get that idea either.
I hav...I personally do not get that idea either. <br /><br />I have come to believe that the Bible was written by people who encountered the Divine, and wrote about it. Everything they claim to have happened is only that, a claim made by a person who had an experience with the Divine. <br /><br />The story of Abraham figures into the three big monotheistic religions. The story has significance to shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.com