tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post4779156168101111445..comments2024-03-21T05:26:37.436-04:00Comments on Hausdorff's Bible Blog: Exodus 9: What Are the Egyptians Eating at This Point?Hausdorffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-26659255197761636962013-11-08T13:37:22.978-05:002013-11-08T13:37:22.978-05:00Yeah, that is a really good point. I went into thi...Yeah, that is a really good point. I went into this in a little more detail the first time in came up in <a href="http://hausdorffbb.blogspot.com/2013/08/exodus-4-free-will-is-overrated.html" rel="nofollow">chapter 4</a>. Looking back though, I thought I had said more, I must have ranted a bit on the podcast :)Hausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-26516779515322579192013-11-08T13:34:55.512-05:002013-11-08T13:34:55.512-05:00Yeah, it is really crazy the things that I found n...Yeah, it is really crazy the things that I found not only acceptable as a believer, but good. "It's good that God wiped all of the bad people off the planet". Thinking back about the way I used to interpret these types of things, I'm quite frankly embarrassed. <br /><br />According to wikipedia, apologetics is named after a greek word that means "speaking in defense" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics, although the fact that it sounds like they are apologizing does make me chuckle sometimes.Hausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-48122452431566166692013-11-08T12:31:32.085-05:002013-11-08T12:31:32.085-05:00And therein lies the problem with unquestioning ob...And therein lies the problem with unquestioning obedience to an authority, whether than authority is human or divine. Rules and obedience become more important than human lives, with horrifying results.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-60811837601195394662013-11-08T09:05:26.495-05:002013-11-08T09:05:26.495-05:00The free will argument I have been learning about ...The free will argument I have been learning about the way to twist from the William Lane Craig perspective. Apparently God did harden Pharaohs heart(and thus take away his free will), but not every time so in effect God was just helping Pharaoh get his true hearts desire.<br /><br />OK,now that you have read that twice. Yes this is one of the acrobatic excuses.I was shocked.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-10694193235080487952013-11-07T22:54:36.945-05:002013-11-07T22:54:36.945-05:00When I read these stories now after becoming a non...When I read these stories now after becoming a non believer, I feel like I was so calloused to others' sufferings. Not so much on a personal level, or people living in the world but the masses of people and nations that "God" commanded his followers to destroy or supposedly destroyed himself. It was "well they we're bad people" or "it was God's will. Reading some of the commentary that you posted on this story just sounds insane! I might be a little dense, but is apologetics called that because Christians are constantly apologizing and justifying the horrendous things he's done? Horrendous isn't even the word here. When people do these sorts of things, they are fucking awful. Given they take a lot of organization and preparation, but we still try not to forget the awful kinds of things in history so they are not repeated. However, God does these things without any effort all because he is butthurt. The God of this bible is a monster. Plain and simple. <br />Btw, as always, I love your commentary.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975326369897973387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-91498430617970504512013-11-07T12:49:06.690-05:002013-11-07T12:49:06.690-05:00That's true, but neither did the Egyptian peop...That's true, but neither did the Egyptian people :)Hausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442584566219442310.post-78334821441802370672013-11-07T10:05:00.467-05:002013-11-07T10:05:00.467-05:00Jeez! The livestock didn't do anything wrong!Jeez! The livestock didn't do anything wrong!Ahabhttp://republic-of-gilead.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com