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Subject:	One of my issues with the god of the old testament
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Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2001 04:02:41 GMT
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is illustrated here: http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament/the_tower_of_babel/gn11_07.html Please! What sort of god thwarts his people out of spite? Not my sort. Brick Testament is absolutely gorgeous work and I think the Rev is to be commended for some very very well done models and pages. Bravo! But I can tell you this, I'll be urging my kids to view this and THINK about what it implies about the god of the old testament.

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		Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament
(...) Okay, this is a troll, but I'll bite, since Larry's my chum... Spite? Hardly. Larry, the picture is taken out of context. Presented by itself, yes, it depicts a spiteful god. However, so would a picture depicting only the scene of a parent (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament
(...) I choose not to believe in any god, but it's not because of the sort of god "he" may be. Especially as described by the OT prophets, whose words many scholars (christian & other) have raised doubts about anyway. BTW, what is your sort (of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		The Nam-shub of Enki (was Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament)
(...) Maybe a god who loves his people does these things, in the same manner that you would stop your children from stepping in front of a moving train -- even if you had to use force to stop them. You've come to the right place to ask your (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament
(...) I'd offer that one shouldn't read a great deal of Old Testament history with a literal eye. Much of the ancient work has a very folklorish quality from which we are meant to learn certain truths (such as the folly of pride in the case of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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