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Originally posted by IgnorantSpecies
I don't mean to offend, but I am sure some of you will be offended..
In the bible god apparently flooded the entire earth to drown everyone and eliminate corruption and sin.
But later rather than drown the entire world again he sends down Jesus to absorb the world of sin.
Why did he drown the entire world in the first place when he could have just sent down Jesus?
Was this brutal slaughter of mankind necessary? And why doesn’t he use the same method on us?
Does this prove that the god of the bible is not all knowing and clearly makes mistakes? Because if he was all knowing he would have known that drowning the entire world was not effective.
Originally posted by IgnorantSpecies
Why did he drown the entire world in the first place when he could have just sent down Jesus?
Was this brutal slaughter of mankind necessary? And why doesn’t he use the same method on us?
Oh a friend reminded me of another uncommon theory I had forgotten about, but is interesting to think about. That the flood story wasn't literal. It was just an allegorical story about what Jesus would eventually do.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by tinfoilman
Oh a friend reminded me of another uncommon theory I had forgotten about, but is interesting to think about. That the flood story wasn't literal. It was just an allegorical story about what Jesus would eventually do.
Nope, it was real, AND like everything else in the OT is a picture of Christ or His atonement. It's both. And it's NOT a new idea, Jesus said the OT was all about Him. It's been said for 2,000 years.
edit on 8-4-2012 by NOTurTypical because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by tinfoilman
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by tinfoilman
Oh a friend reminded me of another uncommon theory I had forgotten about, but is interesting to think about. That the flood story wasn't literal. It was just an allegorical story about what Jesus would eventually do.
Nope, it was real, AND like everything else in the OT is a picture of Christ or His atonement. It's both. And it's NOT a new idea, Jesus said the OT was all about Him. It's been said for 2,000 years.
Yeah yeah, I'm with you. My friend is with you too, but it was just an idea someone was kicking around on the web a while ago and so I thought I'd just throw it out there.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by tinfoilman
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by tinfoilman
Oh a friend reminded me of another uncommon theory I had forgotten about, but is interesting to think about. That the flood story wasn't literal. It was just an allegorical story about what Jesus would eventually do.
Nope, it was real, AND like everything else in the OT is a picture of Christ or His atonement. It's both. And it's NOT a new idea, Jesus said the OT was all about Him. It's been said for 2,000 years.
Yeah yeah, I'm with you. My friend is with you too, but it was just an idea someone was kicking around on the web a while ago and so I thought I'd just throw it out there.
Amen, Glory to God.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by PuppyOnTheRadio
Yes and no.
Originally posted by PuppyOnTheRadio
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by PuppyOnTheRadio
Yes and no.
Succinct. And uselss. Also contradicts 2 Timothy 3:16. Unless that's one of the "not true" verses.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
I didn't say any verses were wrong. Remez.
And there are known fuzzy things in translation because English is such a terribly lazy language.
Originally posted by IgnorantSpecies
I don't mean to offend, but I am sure some of you will be offended..
In the bible god apparently flooded the entire earth to drown everyone and eliminate corruption and sin.
But later rather than drown the entire world again he sends down Jesus to absorb the world of sin.
Why did he drown the entire world in the first place when he could have just sent down Jesus?
Was this brutal slaughter of mankind necessary? And why doesn’t he use the same method on us?
Does this prove that the god of the bible is not all knowing and clearly makes mistakes? Because if he was all knowing he would have known that drowning the entire world was not effective.
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000]
He didn't kill man, he killed the Nephilim. By the time Noah came around he and his family were the only pure humans left without any angel DNA in them which was why Noah was chosen because he was "pure in his generations". Humanity had been driven nearly to extinction when the Nephilim made war on humans, and then began eating the antediluvians like food and drinking their blood which is why cannibalism and drinking blood is forbidden to jews and christians. The demons and hauntings that take place on earth are caused by the spirits of the nephilim who cannot be redeemed.
1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with(a) humans forever, for they are mortal(b); their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
5 The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
9 This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.