Monday, June 23, 2008

Questioning the Bible (II): Moses! example of Gods moral code? or the most evil hearted man in the Bible?

In the book of Numbers, God instructs Moses to tell the children of Israel to take up arms against the Medianites. When victory is achieved, the Israelites return to camp to tell how they had killed all the Kings and men of Median, as according to Gods will; but this apparently was not enough for Moses.
Numbers 31:14-18; And Moses was wroth with the officers of the Host, with the Captains over thousands, and the Captains over hundreds, which came from the battle
And Moses said unto them, have ye saved all the women alive?
Behold, these caused the the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a Plague among the congregation of the Lord
Now therefore Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every Woman that hath known man by lying with him
but all the women Children, that hath not known a man by lying with him, keep for yourselves.

Christians try and tell Atheists that they cannot be good without following the Mosaic laws, the Ten Commandments of God given to Moses on the top of Mount Sinai; but what example does Moses give? this is the man you wish to follow for moral guidance? (he laughs out loud). again I push the realism of revelation, if God revealed these laws to Moses, can anyone hearing the Commandments second hand trust the source, for the revelation was to him only, to anyone else it is hearsay, thus the authenticity is based on the character of the witness; does Moses seem to you a good moral character?

I am not judging God ( for how can I judge something of which I do not ascribe too) I am judging Moses and the authenticity of the five books supposedly written by him.

to give you some scale of the debauchery; Numbers 31:35; And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known a man by lying with him.

This verse comes at the end of a long list of spoils that the Army of Israel had reaped from their attack on the Medians.
to any standard that is an immense number.
what detestable debauchery done in the, supposed, name of God. let us not forget that it was Moses who gave the order, one HE says was given by God. What kind of a just man could give such an order?
do you still think Moses is the right man to base your ethics, principles and morals on? I do not!!
The christian community should question the revelations in the Bible. The books of the bible were not written by the people to whom they are attributed, they are the work of manipulators and heinous men, men that use the fear of God to gain power and money. You do not need religion to find your God! The Bible is not the word of God, it is a gathering of myths, put together to fit an agenda.

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