Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks! Psalms 137:9...and the bible is meant to be a standard for morality? [Spirituality & Religion]

@Pikachu yeh they cherry pic whatever , to serve whatever interets

Check out leviticus, with the addmonision against poly-cotten T-shirts, companion planting and football.

I saw a verse from it tatooed on some guys arm.
'its about how god curses fags' he told me.

Then i showed him where, a few lines later it sais tattoos are an abomination.

So yo gonna burn that off then?

@SatyrService

[quote]Then i showed him where, a few lines later it sais tattoos are an abomination.
[quote][/quote][/quote]

lolololol😂

@Pikachu i can do this kinda shit easy.
Too easy

@Pikachu a "divinely inspired" book written by men, for men. The messages are all over within the book, for those who want to find, learn from, and live by those messages. Taking it out of context does no good to anyone.

@easterniowegin

I agree that it is a book written by men for men. It has always seemed so to me.
But when people think that god's will permits smashing the babies of your enemies or even oppressors...that's problematic from a moral standpoint.

And i don't want you to think that i just plucked this verse out of a search engine. I came across it in my reading of the ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PSALMS😂🤪🤬😵 and bookmarked it because it stood out. Happy are those smashing babies on rocks? That's not a good thing to have in a book that people take as the foundational guide to morality.

@easterniowegin [quote]You cannot take individual verses out of context and say they are the building blocks of morality until you put them into context.[/quote]
If this god thing was anything like what it's cracked up to be, that wouldn't be possible.

@helenS

I'm not sure what you mean.

@Pikachu I tried to say that the early books of the Bible are terribly violent, and sometimes genocidal, whereas the later books are governed by love and peace.

@helenS

Oh yeah it's a pretty dynamic tonal shift for sure.
Ad yet all the apparent will of an unerring god.

@Pikachu [quote]Excuse noted and rejected.[/quote]

So, now go and do your research, Pikachu, and this time, no excuses.

@GodSpeed63

You claim to give straight answers to straight questions. "Go read and guess what my answer is" is not a straight answer.
It's an excuse and it makes you a liar and this conversation is over until you show a little honesty.

Your move.

@GodSpeed63 Very strong, wise words

@Coralmist

Wow indeed.

@Pikachu Lol, here comes the racist card 😂 Bye & enjoy arguing with yourself 👋

@BalmyNites

Oh i'm sorry.
I wasn't trying to say you were racist, i was just using that as an example for being complicit even if you weren't the first to voice the idea.

Next time we meet i hope it will be with less antagonism.
Talk to you later!🙂

@Pikachu Sure! 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

@Powderflask

I agree that it's just a book. The problem arises when one believes that it's the word of god and the word of god tells you things like smashing babies on rocks is cool.