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Voltaire2

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1. See the problem is that you are accepting that fairytale
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 09:30 PM
Feb 2018

as if it was intended to be literally true. Instead it is an allegorical story about how a very angry god slaughtered everything on earth because rev 1 was just a terrible mistake.

What we are supposed to understand from this story is that His Perfectness botched his first try at life on earth, that we mean about as much to Yahweh as a lego set means to a six year old brat, and that if you don’t like the way things are, destroy everything in sight.

Just don’t make the mistake of thinking the story is literally true and you can’t go wrong.

See the problem is that you are accepting that fairytale Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #1
Uh, don't worry about me believing ProfessorPlum Feb 2018 #2
And yet edhopper Feb 2018 #6
A slight mistake; or am I mistaken? Revelations is a PREDICTION (prophesy) of worldwide destruction. Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2018 #13
Rev 1 as in version1. Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #14
Verion 1 of the Bible, which includes only the "Old Testament," does not include Revelations, Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2018 #17
you may enjoy this video ProfessorPlum Feb 2018 #22
Numbers 5, 11-31 safeinOhio Feb 2018 #3
I never thought of it put that way. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #4
Yep, best argument in the world. mountain grammy Feb 2018 #5
They "explain" this in one of two ways: trotsky Feb 2018 #7
#2 is a nice cop-out used to rationalize lots of nuttiness. progressoid Feb 2018 #8
The euthyphro ProfessorPlum Feb 2018 #10
But but but that's different because Gawd is choosing who to kill. progressoid Feb 2018 #9
You keep hearing edhopper Feb 2018 #11
It really is true ProfessorPlum Feb 2018 #12
How about Genesis? Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2018 #15
They completely accept edhopper Feb 2018 #16
I lack the time or inclination to check Genesis, but I remeber they had two sons only. Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2018 #18
It is harder to make the Bible work as real edhopper Feb 2018 #19
The "Cain's Wife" mystery is longstanding in biblical debate ProfessorPlum Feb 2018 #21
Relax. I talked to Jesus. He knows a guy who knows a guy... Freelancer Feb 2018 #20
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