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Maybe you don't know the reasons that all those 'evils' were
performed.

Enlighten me. Please, it will tell us so much about you to
hear how you justify slavery, slaughter and such.

Where was adultery mentioned as acceptable in Israel?

So you've given up on trying to justify slavery and genocide?

??????? What makes you think I am concerned with the past so much?

You're the one basing his morality around the collected
myths

Myths? Why do you tend to act as if what you call a myth is so real?

I act as if *you* and your ilk believe the myth is real. Major
difference there.

Nah. If you want me to justify something to you then you won't get
anything
if you contend it is a myth; for, no one is obligated to prove to you
anything that you yourself contend is a myth.

You and yours want to arrange the world in accordance
with your myth being real

Myth?
If it is a myth to you you deserve no proof.

- that makes your understanding
of your myth relevant. You've been either taught around
your myth's inconsistencies or brainwashed through them,
I'd like to find out which.

of stone-age shepherds. Is what is written in your
bible important to you or not?

Of course it is important, but I do live in the year 2006.

Would you like some lettuce with your christianity?

What?

It refers to the likelihood that you are what is known as
a "salad bar christian". Look it up.

You don't like salad?
Are you telling me that Athiests don't like salad?

I do not know why you are so concerned about the early days of
Israelites'
freedom from captivity and their subsequent taking over of lands that
were
occupied by persons who were considered worthy of death by Israel's
own
laws.
Now, if David killing Goliath also pisses you off, maybe you should
read
the
Bible and learn what really does ***** people off and learn how to stop
pissing people off.
fair enough?

Have you actually read your bible?

Yes.

Read it, or had highlights of it fed to you?

Do you normally ask the same question twice after getting an answer even if
you are rephrasing your question?

The Canaanites weren't
killed because they did anything wrong, they were killed
because your god said so.

Give me a break. What makes you think God would have ordered such on a
people if those people did not deserve what happened to them?

The only reason they "deserved it" was "your god said so".

Wanna read those passages again and any supporting documentation in there
about the Amalekites and Hittites, etc.

Note
that your entire religion is based on "your god said so".

What you got to say about 'worked for they who obeyed'?

Some
of the things your god said, if a real human being had said them,
we'd call that human being a monster.

Who woulda called that person a monster?
Wimps?
Adulterers?
Faggots?

Show me that you've read your bible. Identify for me what
things the Canaanites did that deserved genocide.

So, if you know then why are you asking me?

So far,
all you've got it "god said they were bad, so they must
have been", and that's the words of a sheep.

You think you are quoting me there?

Check out
http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2006/06/bibles-war-on-marriage.html,
if you're really curious about adultery.

I read there.
Where was adultery mentioned?
That was dealing with marriage.

Take a look at the section titled "Encourage Adultery".
Then there's the bits on polygamy, but you apparently
don't have any problem with that.

How is polygamy adultery?And, how did Hosea commit adultery by what he
did?

He was told to go and marry an adultress.

Where did it say marry in that part?
It said "Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her
friend, yet an adulteress.... "
Where did it say marry?

Dodge and weave, Johnny, dodge and weave. Check Hosea 1:2.

Does it say marry?
In 1:2 it said something about a daughter of whoredoms, right?
Where did I dodge?
Where does it say marry?

How do you feel about Lot's daughters?

They were obeying "be fruitful and multiply"; and, there were no men
other
than their father around at the time.
It was a necessary thing they did to conceive children.

Following your god's commands trumps all. Interesting.
If your god told you to kill your son, would you? I recommend
you read your bible (esp. Genesis 22) before you answer.

Why are you so testy?

When you ask from such ignorance

you sure show me why you have little faith.

Maybe if you really understood life and love you would understand something
about why things happen as they did in the Bible.

Or the way Noah
treated Ham?

Ham saw Noah's nakedness, and Noah cursed him for that.
What do I make of that?
Who knows?
Wasn't Noah drunk at the time?
What if Ham was lazy and/or he was being a voyeur, or nosey spy, while
his
brothers were working?
What if he didn't knock before entering, etc.
Why else would Noah have become angry at Ham?
I guess Noah got pissed and cursed Ham to be the servant of Shem and
Japheth.

I didn't ask you *what* happened - I asked you *how you
felt about it*.

Why should I feel about it?
Knowing is better than feeling.

Noah is described as a true and righteous
man, if you want to be true and righteous should you
treat people the way Noah treated his own son? What
message do you take away from these passages?

What about what Elisha did to the children of Bethel?
How does contemplating that biblical event inform
your moral decision-making?

A better question is how should you treat people who can destroy you or your
children.