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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (27780)	10/26/2009 3:05:07 AM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

"We have discussed the rapes between Lot and his daughters" No; you made claims that were not substantiated by the texts and when I pointed that out you ignored it and are attempting to move on before someone notices that you have no case. Lets look at your claim again (just so we are clear) Message 26041010 that there are "rapes commanded through "God"" If you had bothered to take the time to read the passage You would have noticed at least two important things First: there is no "command" to rape anyone certainly not by God. Second: Lot was completely unaware of the incident because His daughters got him too drunk to know what was going on. His daughters were the ones who took advantage of him in order to get pregnant. All this and yet you call him a sick bas----. If anyone could be blamed it would be the daughters. However, it is interesting that you are so incensed by these incidents when first, you deny that they are historical and second, that all your moral condemnations are simply your opinions that are not binding on anyone but yourself. That being the case; what do you care if certain people decided to sleep with their father. Such narrow minded judgmentalism is very becoming of you. "We have noted how Moses had everyone butchered except for young girls with intact hymens who were to be kept "for their own use."" Same thing: what's it to you? Not only that but again, you show no understanding of the context of the passage or the culture of that day. The Girls who were allowed to live either became servants or wives. No rape, because as you yourself noted: Rape was against the Law. "The butchers committing these heinous crimes were doing it in accordance with a covenant of very special treatment." These were not crimes according to the Laws and morality of the day. This was war. People get killed in wars if you haven't noticed. Why are you trying to impose your own subjective opinions onto another society that did what they did according to their own Laws and morality? "One can just imagine these murderous bastards going from girl to girl and checking their hymens.." That's just your fantasy that you are reading into the text.