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Battle with the Pharoah
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Why did god need to visit the ten plagues on the Egyptians in order to force the Pharoah to set the Israelites free from slavery? If he is all powerful and almighty, couldn't he have just freed them instantly without going to all that trouble?
Also, when he killed all the first born with the final plague, why did the Israelites have to sacrifice a lamb and mark their doors with its blood so that the Angel of Death would pass them by? Didn't god know where the Israelites lived?
Also, when he killed all the first born with the final plague, why did the Israelites have to sacrifice a lamb and mark their doors with its blood so that the Angel of Death would pass them by? Didn't god know where the Israelites lived?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Quite. I'm reasonably sure there's a big difference between being on a low wage but free to change your employment at will, and being condemned to spend your entire life in servitude without possibility of bettering your position in life as someone else's legal property.
Some consistancy would be nice, that's all. Either slavery is bad, or it's not.
Some consistancy would be nice, that's all. Either slavery is bad, or it's not.
I doubt it. You say that the egyptions were wrong to enslave the israelites so god punished them and yet it was ok for the israelites to have slaves because that was the custom.
With this kind of double standards and wooly thinking it is impossable to have a reasoned debate so I will bid you goodnight.
With this kind of double standards and wooly thinking it is impossable to have a reasoned debate so I will bid you goodnight.
Hi chaps, I've hosted a great dinner tonight, my lovely guests have now departed and it's gone 1.30am, but since copious amounts of red wine have taken their toll, I am not exactly au fait with what's going on here. However, the point of the question is why would an almighty, all powerful god have needed to rely firstly upon envoys, and secondly upon the cruelest of methods to free the slaves? Why? It makes absolutely no sense at all. In my opinion this being was neither almighty nor all powerful, - he couldn't have been - and if he needed to demonstrate his greatness, then at the very least he was guilty of at least one 'sin' - that of pride. This god was not a supernatural being, but simply someone from a more advanced civilisation who possessed technology unknown and not understood by the people in that area of the world of that time. Unfortunately though, he was not that advanced mentally, because he still got a kick from the adulation of people who knew no better, and from blowing his own trumpet. What an arrogrant, sick creature he was!
God demonstrates His greatness, because He is great, and He is a jealous God. We should beware of that fact and keep it in mind.
God refuses to share His glory and worship with anybody else or anything else, and He will see to it that His will is carried out.
He will not tolerate a rebellious people, but He gives us time to repent of our rebellious ways. Thank God for that!
God refuses to share His glory and worship with anybody else or anything else, and He will see to it that His will is carried out.
He will not tolerate a rebellious people, but He gives us time to repent of our rebellious ways. Thank God for that!
Theland, good morning. Ok, so let's look at your description of god and assess his personality rationally. He's a show-off, he's selfish, he's jealous, he's a killer, his followers are terrified of incurring his wrath, and he sends anyone who doesn't toe the line to burn in hell for eternity, so he's far from perfect - he has his share of faults. Would you agree?
By your own admission, this is a dangerous, supernatural entity whom we should beware of. Therefore the only reason I can see for you to kowtow to such a creature, is that you're too afraid not to.
By your own admission, this is a dangerous, supernatural entity whom we should beware of. Therefore the only reason I can see for you to kowtow to such a creature, is that you're too afraid not to.
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