9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Take babies. Smash them against rocks. Be happy.
Gotcha.
Nice book.
I suggest you do some research as to the meaning and intention of these verses. What context were they written? What was the circumstances surrounding them? I doing so you might gain some insight.
An excellent suggestion. One I took upon myself before I began discussing Psalms 137.
The context of this chapter (all nine verses) is that of the Israelites lamenting the Babylonian exile, and their loss of Jerusalem. The closing two verses have devolved from lamentation to a violent vengeful fantasy, telling the women of Babylon how happy the Israelites will be to take Babylonian babies and smash them on the rocks.
My point is simple: those who make the claim that the Bible can be considered a good source for civilized morality and ethics is very probably not familiar with the Bible.
eschew obfuscation
"I'll let you believers in on a little secret: not only is the LDS church not really true, it's obviously not true." -Sethbag
I am for Evolution, but it feels more cosy to think that a Creator was in charge.
We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T.S.Eliot
Andy wrote:I believe God created man but that he did so millions of years ago
I believe that man created God but that he did so thousands of years ago.
when believers want to give their claims more weight, they dress these claims up in scientific terms. When believers want to belittle atheism or secular humanism, they call it a "religion". -Beastie
yesterday's Mormon doctrine is today's Mormon folklore.-Buffalo
Malcolm wrote:I am for Evolution, but it feels more cosy to think that a Creator was in charge.
All God needed to do was start the Big Bang (or whatever mechanism) in motion and then let the Universe sort itself out. Evolution could be seen as a resulting process from that spark.