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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
The first thing I'm going to say is "Read the Bible".
All right, now that I've got that out of the way I'll actually respond to your points (Or lack thereof). The proof which you require isn't the same proof as I require. I believe the Bible to be the work of God, therefore I believe it. You, on the other hand, require scientific proof. Scientific proof is can only disprove the known and not the unknown (I've written this about a hundred times on multiple threads, so I don't feel like re-typing out the entire thing. You can go find one of those posts and read it). And where does the Bible say that you must devote 100% of your time to worshiping God? Are you just making things up as you go along? And, as I'm sure you're well aware, the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" has been translated to mean "Thou shalt not commit murder". Could you find me a place in the Bible where God commanded killing outside of wartime? >_<
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1)And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, `and' fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter. And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us? (1Samuel 6:19-20 ASV)
2)The ark of God was placed on a new cart and taken away from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab guided the cart, with Ahio walking before it, while David and all the Israelites made merry before the Lord with all their strength, with singing and with citharas, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
When they came to the threshing floor of Nodan, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God to steady it, for the oxen were making it tip. But the Lord was angry with Uzzah; God struck him on that spot, and he died there before God. (2 Samuel 6:3-7 NAB)
3)The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will die at birth or perish in the womb or never even be conceived. Even if your children do survive to grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone. I have watched Israel become as beautiful and pleasant as Tyre. But now Israel will bring out her children to be slaughtered." O LORD, what should I request for your people? I will ask for wombs that don't give birth and breasts that give no milk. The LORD says, "All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels. The people of Israel are stricken. Their roots are dried up; they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children." (Hosea 9:11-16 NLT)
4)Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple." So they began by killing the seventy leaders. "Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!" So they went throughout the city and did as they were told." (Ezekiel 9:5-7 NLT)
5)And at midnight the LORD killed all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn son of the captive in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed. Pharaoh and his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died. (Exodus 12:29-30 NLT)
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
It's only silly to you. To me, it's the absolute truth.
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Do you believe that a woman over 400 years old gave birth?
Do you believe a man lived in the belly of a whale?
Do you believe a woman turned into a pillar of salt because she dare to turn around?
Do you believe that the earth and universe were created in 6 days? That one man was created, then a woman from his rib?
Do you believe an old man built an ark that would hold two of every animal/living creature?
Do you believe a man lost his strength due to a haircut?
Do you think people should be 'stoned to death' for crimes against God?
The thing I find most mind-boggling about the religious is that they pick and choose what's 'true' and what isn't. If a man can't live in the belly of a whale, then a man can't die and come back 3 days later. If a 400 year old woman isn't possible, let alone giving birth, why is a virgin birth to be believed?