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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] Okay, here're the first ninteen questions. If you still want the rest, I'll do 'em too. Sorry for the lack of specific scriptures in certain places, finding them would have doubled the time I spent on this. If you want 'em, I'll try and find 'em for ya. Hope this is somewhat enlightening as to what the Bible actually says. :) [i]1. What is the last of the Ten Commandments?[/i] That reading of scripture does invoke some curiousity, but it's (again) purposefully interpreting things in a contradictory manner, when a non-contradictory and equally valid manner is available. Exodus 34 has God say a bunch of stuff that the test-writer has listed. Then He says "Write all this down!" which Moses obviously did, seeing as it's in Exodus. Then it says Moses was there for 40 days, and wrote on the tablets the "words of the promise, the ten commandments." It does NOT say that the words spoken immediately prior are said commandments, and while that might be a reasonable interpretation, it's equally reasonable to assume that it refers to the commandments given earlier. [i]2. What is the penalty for working on the Sabbath?[/i] Correct question: what was the perscribed penalty for Jews who worked on the Sabbath? The question makes it seem as if the commandments apply to everyone. [i]What is the harm in working on the Sabbath? It seems the only harm is to the ego of the Sovereign, who demands respect with no respect to human needs.[/i] HAR! The Sabbath existed to give REST, not to stroke God's ego. (Or would that be Ego?) Yes, the rest is a great opportunity to reflect on God's blessings and should be taken as such, but it existed as a service to man. He didn't have to work, nor could he make anyone work for him. Thus even servants and slaves rested. As for death being the punishment for defiance of the law, well, there I think I just have to trust God's judgement that in that particular situation, capital punishment served as an effective deterrent. [i]3. What is God's name?[/i] [i]Jealous. --This is a petty self-described insecurity from a supposedly all-wise leader.[/i] Ah, the joys of 16th century translations. Jealousy hasn't always implied insecurity. More modern translations render the same concept as refusal to tolerate rivals, which fits perfectly with everything else God commands. Our concept of a jealous husband would be a paranoid one, whereas this is more one who just doesn't want his wife running around on him. [i]4. How should parents treat a stubborn and rebellious son?[/i] Corrected question: what did God say to the Jews about how to treat consistantly unruly children? Again with the mistake that these laws apply to all people in all situations. Once again, I can only trust that God knew that for the legal-minded Jews of the time, the deterrent of capital punishment was appropriate. [i]5. What happens if you are not a virgin on your wedding night?[/i] Corrected question: yet again, laws given to Jews, we're not Jews, thus laws not given to us. [i]The fact that Christian women who have engaged in premarital sex are not being stoned to death today shows that even believers recognize cruelty and absurdity in their own "Good Book."[/i] Like I say, we recognize that we are free from the law of sin and death. Again, same explanation for capital punishment as above. Of course, the entire thing is based on the idea that extramarital sex is not how God intended life to be lived, which you probably don't accept. But then, it's my argument, I can assume whatever I please so long as I'm consistant. :) [i]6. What does the bible say about witches?[/i] Corrected question: BURN THEM! No, but seriously, you know what I'm going to say here. [i]7. Which of these foods does the bible expressly permit you to eat? (The others are "abominations.")[/i] Yet again, Jewish law, not applicable to me. As for the bit about the coney chewing cud, there are so many conceivable explanations that I don't feel the need to list them here. I will on request, if desired. Just don't ask me to explain the overarching pattern of the Hebraic food laws. :) [i]8. When the Israelites conquered the Midianites, what part of the spoils of war was given to the priest as "the Lord's tribute"?[/i] [i]Of the 32,000 virgins that were kept alive as "booty" for God's warriors, 32 young captives were handed to the priest. The bible brutally sanctifies war crimes against girls and women that continue to this day.[/i] How does someone being given to a priest automatically turn into war crimes? Virgins were able to hold some position in the temple, though I can't remember exactly what they did there. I'd be happy to look it up, if you doubt. Further, I point out that this is another circumstance where God's opinion on the matter is not stated, simply that these things happened. So here we've got the test-maker making TWO unfounded assumptions, when the only reason to make those particular assumptions is to reach the desired conclusion that God approves of rape. [i]9. What is the origin of the "mighty men" giants known as nephilim?[/i] [i]The "sons of God" were angels: "the expression clearly refers to divine beings."[/i] If it's so clearly refering to angels, then why is there still debate about it to this day? The referred group could have been anyone. Further, even if these were angels in question, God doesn't control angels any more than he controls us. Angels either follow God's will or don't. The ones that don't could easily have fathered children, though why they'd bother I'm not sure. :) [i]10. What happened to Korah and his family, Israelites who thought they could talk directly with God without a human intermediary?[/i] They didn't want to talk to God, they wanted power. Korah wanted to depose Moses, which God obviously found unacceptable. Again with the capital punishment. [i]11. According to the bible, who created evil?[/i] [i]"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." (Isaiah 45:7) The word "create" above is bara, the same word used in Genesis 1:1. The word "evil" is ra, such as in Genesis 2:9, "the tree of knowledge of good and evil." Some versions, such as the NIV, have unjustifiably softened the implications of this verse by translating ra as "disaster" or "calamity," although ra is used repeatedly throughout scripture to refer to moral evil.[/i] Frankly, I think I trust the makers of multiple translations as to what's a justifiable English rendering more than I trust this one man who isn't definitely identified on the page. [i]12. According to the bible, what is God not able to do?[/i] Judges 1:19 says that Judah and his men couldn't drive out the chariots, not that God couldn't. [i]13. According to the bible, where does God live? In darkness[/i] Every verse referenced talks about God in a stormcloud. Reasonable imagry. [i]The Mormon religion, in fact, considers God to be a natural being living on a planet.[/i] And we've come full circle... [i]14. According to biblical biology, what is a bat? A bird[/i] Ooh, they used a different arbitrary classification scheme than OUR arbitrary classification scheme! They MUST be wrong! Dropping the sarcasm for a moment, we define "bird" to be any egg-laying critter with feathers and hollow bones, to be simplistic about it. But that's a man-made definition. We could just as easily define bird as "warm-blooded thing that flies", and draw the arbitrary line slightly differently to include bats. [i]15. According to biblical anatomy, where does thinking happen? The heart[/i] This is the very definition of nitpicking. The Bible isn't trying to say "Okay, you know that beating thing in their chest? That tells you a lot about a person's mind." We use the language the same way today, talking about the heart of a matter being the key aspect, that which determines how all else goes. [i]Tellingly, the word "brain" appears nowhere in the Bible. The bible was clearly not inspired by an all-knowing god.[/i] The words "quantum physics" don't appear in the Koran. Thus the Koran is not divinely inspired. Non-sequitor. [i]16. How did Gideon demonstrate his family values?[/i] Was Gideon ever held up as an example of family values one way or the other? [i]17. After Jephthah was victorious in battle, what sacrifice did he burn on the altar, as he had vowed to the Lord? His virgin daughter.[/i] Jephthah MAY have burned his daughter. However, if she was going to be burned to death, why would she have wandered around in the wilderness for weeks bemoaning her dying as a virgin? Wouldn't she have been a little more concerned about dying AT ALL? Many consider it more likely that she was dedicated to temple work for the rest of her life, requiring her to remain a virgin, and thus fulfilling Jephthah's promise to sacrifice the first thing that came to meet him, so long as the "burnt" part wasn't too important. Further, even if Jephthah did burn his daughter, God expressly forbade any such practice, a fact apparently unknown to the maker of this test. God also provided rules for escaping from vows made in haste such as this one. If Jephthah did physically sacrifice his daughter, he didn't have to, and it was only his ignorance of the word of God that resulted in his doing so. [i]Notice how everyone assumed the correctness of Jephthah's actions: there is no denunciation of this pointless murder from God, or from anyone in Jephthah's community, or from the biblical writers. It was the right thing to do.[/i] Notice how this writer makes exactly the assumptions he wants to make? The Bible doesn't record everything that went on. There may have BEEN denunciations. Shoot, God may have fried the man on the spot for all we know. Just because nobody in the Bible expressly says "Hey, see this specific action? This is wrong," doesn't mean it's RIGHT. [i]18. What price did David pay King Saul for his first wife? The foreskins of 200 Philistines[/i] [i]David is supposed to be a biblical role model; but how does massacre and mutilation show moral leadership?[/i] Again, not everything done by Biblical figures is to automatically be accepted as a-ok. And Saul making him kill 200 Philistines was probably intended to be a sure way of getting David killed without marrying his daughter. :) [i]19. How many regular sexual partners did King Solomon have? At least one thousand. Another fine example of family values from one of God's favorites.[/i] Yes, and he later lead Israel into idolatry due to those wives. Obviously God didn't approve of THAT, wouldn't you agree? And while God never expressly banned polygamy, it's obvious from many texts that marriage is INTENDED to be a one-to-one male-female relationship. I believe He also said that when Israel decided they wanted a king, he should NOT have many wives, so Solomon was in technical violation of the law. Of course, if you worry about technical violation of the law, you're in the wrong mindset anyway. :) God allowed for polygamy for the same reason he allowed for a king: they were gonna do it anyway, so he put rules on it. At one point in... I believe it's Deuteronomy, God says "Don't have a king. But when you DO have a king, make sure of x, y, and z." The Israelites could only handle so much, and God knew it. Shall I continue, or shut up? :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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