What's your least favorite scripture?

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Really? And then what do we do with "I am God, I change not"? I do not believe that this kind of behavior could have ever been acceptable to a loving, moral being.

I am much more inclined to believe that the Bible is corrupt. That it has been used to further an agenda and altered at the whim of man from time immemorial. Anyone who can not see the the hundreds and even thousands of discrepancies in our modern versions of 'the Bible' lives in denial, IMO. I am sure that that Israel's elite had an agenda that included wanting to be seen as fierce and supported by the most high God in their ferocity and so wrote their stories so slanted in some cases.

I see that God does not today keep anyone from corrupting His 'word' and I have no reason to believe that he did so in the past either. Where we ever got the idea that there is an 'incorruptible' book I am not sure. I would guess that it comes from the same place as nonexistent concepts like the immortal soul, man's imagination.

I believe that a lot of what Jesus Christ spent his time trying to tell us was that traditions, writings (even ancient dusty ones), leaderships opinions, etc. really don't matter in the same way that living this life fully engaged and loving and helping humanity does.

I have no problem admitting that I have never given stories like this more than a cursory glance. I find them repulsive and not a reflection of the God that I know and love intimately at all. I was grossed out and completely freaked by reading them here. Again ewwww....

Not trying to rock anyone's boat, just being honest...

In the past, I've said the same things as you're saying, God can't be like that, the bible is corrupt, Israel was doing these horrible things and attributing them to God, ect. The conflict in the middle east prompted me to reconsider the why's of the OT stories and I found a new understanding of what was going on back then, placing myself in that era of time, living as they were living.

Using America as an example, time and time again if America had not entered into conflict with other nations, America would no longer be America. As bad as war is, it's necessary at times in order to protect the existence and values of a nation, a people. So it was in OT times, war was common, the mindset of the people was different than today and extreme measures were used in order to never have to face their foe again. Completely destroy them, wipe them off the face of the earth, and then you'll have peace.

It's not so much as God changing, as it is society's changing and God interacts differently with them.