Is it moral for God to punish us?

Originally posted by Surtur
Here is another question: although I'm shaky on the specific details, Moses was supposed to have been all about freeing people from slavery, right? With God apparently on his side. Yet the bible seems to also be pro slavery. So was this just about the specific treatment of slaves and not the idea of slavery itself?

That there is no historical evidence the Hebrews were actually slaves in Egypt aside, in the context of the story, God was not against slavery in general, so much as He was against the slavery of the Hebrews in particular, because they were His chosen people.

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
That there is no historical evidence the Hebrews were actually slaves in Egypt aside, in the context of the story, God was not against slavery in general, so much as He was against the slavery of the Hebrews in particular, because they were His chosen people.

I see, so in this sense God is more or less a bigot? Or racist? Or whatever.

Also if God created everyone, why would there be a specific group of "chosen" people? What set them apart from everyone else?

Originally posted by Its2016
because science wasnt invented back then. Archimedes tried science, Gallileo tried science. People werent ready. They did however not like getting ****ed in the ass and getting STDs. Makes sense to discourage it.

So an all-powerful deity couldn't figure out how to teach people the scientific method? Carl Sagan > God? Oh, wait, we already knew that. 🙂

Plus I mean, what kind of cruel god creates honey badgers? That shit just ain't right.

Or sea creatures that can't breathe water. mmm

I'm pretty sure some kind of sorcery is afoot.

Clearly God exists, because his creations are so f*cked up, and the Bible says that original sin f*cked us up, so that means it got it right. 👆

Originally posted by Surtur
It's this simple: you practice what you preach, period. To me there is no "his cosmic powers give a special pass".

Practice what you preach. If you tell people it's wrong to kill? Yeah, you kinda don't kill. You simply can't set down a standard of morals and then act like an utter and complete monster with the excuse being "I'm complex". That isn't complexity, that's just a psychopath who is also bi polar.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
So an all-powerful deity couldn't figure out how to teach people the scientific method? Carl Sagan > God? Oh, wait, we already knew that. 🙂

Originally posted by The Ellimist
Clearly God exists, because his creations are so f*cked up, and the Bible says that original sin f*cked us up, so that means it got it right. 👆

No man God got real meta on us. You see God is God, and Jesus is his son..but Jesus is also God. So God gave birth to himself, and sacrificed himself, to save his own creations. He banged his own mother, for us. Got her spiritually pregnant.

But wait, if God created us all he is technically like our father, so Mary wasn't just his mother, but in a way his daughter as well.

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Originally posted by Its2016
I dont think Carl Sagan could have explained the scientific method to Romans.