The new covenant preceded your modern nation states and their agreements (today’s standards).
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What does that have to do with god changing his mind?
Who says he changed his mind? Because the Hebrews as a specific people and nation had one kind of relationship until the foreordained time when a new and complete relationship was shared with the Gentiles? If that was always the divine plan, there was never a change of mind.
How do we determine which parts of the bible are applicable to now and which parts are to be ignored. Is it because they seem immoral to most?
But, I am not here to represent Christianity. I am just saying, if there is no inherent value of human lives, nor independent moral obligations, the Israelis didn’t need justification.
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Study it and the context around each event. No offense, but I’m not interested in converting anyone through a forum.
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“God, you permitted, at specific instances, the killing of the children of Israel’s enemies (specific people) who were out to defeat, even destroy, them!”
“And you, my creature, permit their killing in the womb because they’re simply inconvenient. You build, and used bombs that can kill more children than I ever permitted the Israelis. You split the atom, and hold it over each other, ready to slaughter each other into near extinction. You judge me?”
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He could and can.
In a purely materialistic existence, there is no objective standard to say that is objectively evil.
In an existence with an all powerful creator God, it is the sorce of moral obligation.
Edit: also obviously it’s not “he could and can.” It’s “he did and does”
Oh absolutely. It’s just that the concept renders your comment laughable and useless.
Obviously I wouldn’t use it to say she explicitly allow abortions, but that’s obviously the case too
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+137&version=NIV&interface=amp
Read through as much as you wish.
Not God’s words, by the way.
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What?
This is worth noting. God’s words don’t exist anywhere on Earth. We simply have flawed humans controlling the masses with the perception of God’s word.
Quite
Wait, really. What?
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Obviously you could say you believe in a God, goddess, or plural that allows it. I’m not sure why it makes my comment laughable. I am explicitly saying a creator diety would determine what, when, and if anything was allowed. It feels like you’ve agreed, while trying to be disagreeable, maybe?
In addition, in the absence of such a being, anything is ultimately permissible.
David’s words, but I thought the bible was supposed to be gods inspired word written through others. I suppose not everyone believes that.
Because God allows all things? Even abortion?
Hence the ‘fix’?
Actually even in the presence of such a being, anything is ultimately permissable. Hence how she allows everything.
Only literalists actually believe the Bible is the word of God. Thankfully they can’t seem to breed very well
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Such a being would be an inescapable judge.
Seems pretty immoral to think something is murder, while being all powerful, and just watch.
I have to admit, I am unsure what your point to me is supposed to be.