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Christians: do you believe that the WHOLE bible is the inspired word of god? [Spirituality & Religion]

If so, how do you reconcile the many immoral things in the bible like the owning of slaves, the inequality of women and the murder of homosexuals?

Now, this is a bit of a gotcha question but i am still genuinely interested in how the faithful reconcile these immoral things with the idea that god is unfailingly moral and just or that the bible is the ultimate source for morality.
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PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
It also says it is OK to marry underage children (aka Mary and Joseph).
@PikachuTrainer

hmm true
@PikachuTrainer It also says turn the other cheek - how many times have you done that ? - right I thought so....
@PikachuTrainer Hmm - tell me where does it say that ?
@MarmeeMarch

[quote]It also says turn the other cheek [/quote]

lol never been in a long term relationship, have you?😉
PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch as in the forgive and forget? I'm more of a I'll forgive but I most certainly will not forget type of person, and as the Klingon Proverb goes, Revenge is a Dish best served cold.
@PikachuTrainer Whatever - where does it say that it is OK to marry underaged children as you said ?
PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch let us see, how old was Mary when she married Joseph? Oh that is right, 12.
@PikachuTrainer Dude - I will ask for the last time - where in the Bible does it say that it is OK to marry underaged kids.
PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch I just said, when it states that Joseph married Mary, Mary being 12 at the time.
@MarmeeMarch

No, no. I think you need to acknowledge the point he's making there.

Mary mother of god was a young girl when she was wed to her husband.
Clearly boning a 12 year old was ok.

You can't pretend that that's not the case just because there's no commandment for fucking a kid.

Intellectual honesty, buddy. It's important.
@PikachuTrainer It happened - where does it say in the BIBLE that it is OK ? simple question - cant give it - you could only site one example ? ---Sorry put your dunce hat on and sit in the corner.
@Pikachu Hmm - I dont recall any "Boning" but its ok if you want to dirty up others beliefs.
PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch the fact that God supposedly doesn't get angry at the age Mary is married to Joseph, seems to say otherwise.
@PikachuTrainer Well due to the fact that you cant back up your bonehead statement [quote]t also says it is OK to marry underage children[/quote] I think I am bored with you now.
PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch I already have, if one of the angels of God is willing to silence one man for wanting to name a child any name other than the one God wants, then it is pretty clear by the fact God made no reaction to 2 important characters in the Bible getting married, one being 12, paints a very clear picture.
@MarmeeMarch

Hey, if you want to pretend that they got married and then never had sex, that's your delusion.
Realistic? Likely? Nah.
lol stop clutching your pearls. I mean, we know they fucked at least once because jesus had a brother named james
@PikachuTrainer Oh - ok so you are editing the Bible and redacting things as you read - hmm interesting -- feel free and have fun rewriting the Bible to suit you. .....Yawn
@Pikachu We know that ? - Oh so we were there ? tell me did they have cell phones and MTV there as well ?
PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch I'm not rewriting the bible mate, nor redacting any of it.
@PikachuTrainer You have a very nice day son.
PikachuTrainer · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch I always have a nice day.
@MarmeeMarch

[quote]We know that [/quote]

lol remember what i said about intellectual honesty?

Do you really believe that mary and joseph didn't bump uglies or do you just have too much pride to concede the point?
Do you really believe that joseph never touched her or are you just afraid to recognize that boning preteens and early teens was acceptable in the bible?

Again, jesus did have a brother, remember?

Not sure why you're getting so contentious about this. You've already admitted that the bible is not the ultimate divine source of morality.
So why couldn't joseph stick it in a 12 year old and you can still believe that god is great?
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Pikachu [quote]Mary mother of god was a young girl when she was wed to her husband.
Clearly boning a 12 year old was ok.[/quote]
If her child was "the son of God", presumably god screwed her first. Obviously he thought it was OK for a 12 year old to be pregnant.
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@suzie1960 If God really wanted to impress, he'd have got Joseph pregnant. Nothing impressive about a young girl, happens all the time round here!! 🤷‍♀️
OggggO · 36-40, M
@PikachuTrainer Where in the Bible does it state how old Mary was at the time of her marriage to Joseph?