My Murderous Challenge

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Hey, Lamb, good to see you back posting again!

Yes ... same God ... different context.

The answer to this challenge is: CONTEXT.

It is the context that reconciles the two [seeming] contradictory passages.

Ecclesiastes 3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

So it's OK to massacre children in some contexts?

 

[Blaise N]

The entire point is that the two passages can't be reconciled, because the Bible is full of contradictions.

The Bible has no contradictions,it’s completely infallible.Perhaps I could help with the “contradictions” you see and help

 

[Larniavc]

If you are an atheist that believes God sactioned acts of genocide in the Bible, this challenge is for you.

Reconcile ...

Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

... with ...

Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

The Bible was written by many different people over centuries and is internally inconsistent.

 

[AV1611VET]

So it's OK to massacre children in some contexts?

Are you talking about abortion?

If so, according to science, yes it is.

But according to the Bible, abortion is murder.

 

[AV1611VET]

The Bible was written by many different people over centuries and is internally inconsistent.

Then why does the NT quote from it often?

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Are you talking about abortion?

No, massacres of the kind in Jeremiah 18:21.

 

[Larniavc]

The writers had not read the previous books in the Bible and there was no editor for the Bible as a whole at that time.

 

[AV1611VET]

No, massacres of the kind in Jeremiah 18:21.

Read the context, chief.

Jeremiah is asking the LORD to do those things mentioned in verse 21.

The LORD's reply is in the next chapter, in which He says He is going to withdraw His protection and let Israel's enemies do that.

And don't overlook the point I made in my first reply to you.

It's ... ironic ... that science sanctions the massacre of millions of children per year in peacetime, while railing against massacres in the Bible, during wartime.

 

[dlamberth]

Read the context, chief.

Jeremiah is asking the LORD to do those things mentioned in verse 21.

The LORD's reply is in the next chapter, in which He says He is going to withdraw His protection and let Israel's enemies do that.

And don't overlook the point I made in my first reply to you.

It's ... ironic ... that science sanctions the massacre of millions of children per year in peacetime, while railing against massacres in the Bible, during wartime.

The context as I read the OP that you laid out is that this is about reconciling the genocide of Jeremiah 18:21 with the Exodus 20:13 statement "Though shall not murder".

It appears to me that your changing the subject.

 

[AV1611VET]

The context as I read the OP that you laid out is that this is about reconciling the genocide of Jeremiah 18:21 with the Exodus 20:13 statement "Though shall not murder".

It appears to me that your changing the subject.

That word "genocide" can fool a person, can't it?

 

[dlamberth]

That word "genocide" can fool a person, can't it?

When genocide is so clearly spelled out in the Bible such as in Deuteronomy 20:16-18, I've wondered about it's sanitizing by believers.

 

[AV1611VET]

When genocide is so clearly spelled out in the Bible such as in Deuteronomy 20:16-18, I've wondered about it's sanitizing by believers.

Do you spell abortion G-E-N-O-C-I-D-E?

If not, I don't want to hear it about your view of genocide in the Bible.

 

[dlamberth]

Do you spell abortion G-E-N-O-C-I-D-E?

If not, I don't want to hear it about your view of genocide in the Bible.

Read the OP for context.

 

[Kylie]

The Bible has no contradictions,it’s completely infallible.Perhaps I could help with the “contradictions” you see and help

How long did Noah's flood last?

Were the waters on the face of the earth for 40 days, as stated in Genesis 7:17? Or were the waters of the face of the earth for 150 days, as stated in Genesis 7:24 and Genesis 8:3?

 

[AV1611VET]

How long did Noah's flood last?

Were the waters on the face of the earth for 40 days, as stated in Genesis 7:17? Or were the waters of the face of the earth for 150 days, as stated in Genesis 7:24 and Genesis 8:3?

The Flood, including cleanup, lasted one year.

 

[Kylie]

The Flood, including cleanup, lasted one year.

Answer the question that I actually asked please.

 

[AV1611VET]

Answer the question that I actually asked please.

Sure.

Kylie: How long did Noah's flood last?
AV1611VET: One year.

Kylie: Were the waters on the face of the earth for 40 days, as stated in Genesis 7:17?
AV1611VET: Yes.

Kylie: Or were the waters of the face of the earth for 150 days, as stated in Genesis 7:24 and Genesis 8:3?
AV1611VET: Your question lacks proper English. I don't understand it.

 

[Blaise N]

How long did Noah's flood last?

Were the waters on the face of the earth for 40 days, as stated in Genesis 7:17? Or were the waters of the face of the earth for 150 days, as stated in Genesis 7:24 and Genesis 8:3?

Genesis 7:17 speaks of the rain raining continuous downpour for 40 days straight relentlessly,and the waters rose for 150 days and took 150 days to recede

 

[Kylie]

Sure.

Kylie: How long did Noah's flood last?
AV1611VET: One year.

Kylie: Were the waters on the face of the earth for 40 days, as stated in Genesis 7:17?
AV1611VET: Yes.

Kylie: Or were the waters of the face of the earth for 150 days, as stated in Genesis 7:24 and Genesis 8:3?
AV1611VET: Your question lacks proper English. I don't understand it.

How does it lack proper English? The phrasing is identical.

Were the waters on the face of the earth for X days, as described in passage A?

Stop avoiding the question and answer it please.

 

[Kylie]

Genesis 7:17 speaks of the rain raining continuous downpour for 40 days straight relentlessly,and the waters rose for 150 days and took 150 days to recede

No it doesn't.

It says the FLOOD was on the Earth for 40 days.

People don't say the flood has gone just because it's stopped raining. "Flood" means there's lots of water covering the ground.