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Russ, re the red mineral in the nile, it happens to this day as well.
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I'm sure it does but in the Biblical incident, I believe it was blood.
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re the Noah story, literary evidence shows when it entered hebrew culture, and that it was in messopotanian culture long before, ergo the hebrews adopted it from them (it can be pinpointed to when they were their slaves).
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Yep, one point of view
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Now, you said that many things in the OT are wrong or incorrect, but how can this be if the words were given to the writers from god?
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No, the way it was acted upon was misinterprited. I don't see stories of Jesus stoning homosexuals.
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Prepare to wince. In genisis, god says that to show you are one of his people you must be circumsised
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I've got no problems there then
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Was this decision ever revoked? If so, what are we to make of a god who can't make his mind up?
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It's not that He can't make up His mind, it's just we continuously failed to live up to His standards. In any case IIRC that was for the Jews, not us Gentile-types
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If it wasn't revoked, then if you are uncircumcised, then you are not one of gods people and therefore not following his teachings, therefore failing him.
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To be a Christian, one must be born-again. As found in the NT, plain and simple!
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Can anyone put a case forward showing that (by his own actions) god is not a genocidal tyrant?
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He gave me a daughter.