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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (34579)4/12/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Okay Sidney, here's a simple one: go to Genesis 22. Now tell me after reading that, that God didn't lie.

Now this one is a real stretch:

The covenant with Abraham was fulfilled in Jesus Christ. God kept His word again.

Seems to me that here we have a bellicose God making a promise he had no intention of keeping for a couple of thousand years (according to your explanation). Here's what it says that God promised Abraham:

1. to greatly multiply your descendants until they are as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand; [clearly unfulfilled]

2. your descendants shall possess the cities of their enemies; [what cities are those? who were the enemies]

3. all nations on earth shall pray to be blessed as your descendants are blessed. [another clearly unfulfilled promise]

So what was in it for Abraham? Not much of a covenant. It didn't stop the Diaspora. It certainly didn't help European Jewry.

Now suppose you came across a man who had tied his son up and was preparing to kill him with a knife. Would you accept this fellow's explanation that God told him to do it, and it's okay. Would you just walk away and say to yourself: "Sure, it's okay." I bet not.

I bet you'd wrestle the knife from the hand of that lunatic and call the nearest cop. I bet you would outraged if a judge let that lunatic out on the street.

TTFN,
CTC

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