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]

[b]Just one more of the examples of brutal degeneracy lauded in the bible. With stuff like this, how can we take the bible as a guide for morality?[/b]

If "happy is the one" who smashes the babies of their enemies on rocks..what kind of morality is the bible offering us here?

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easterniowegin · 51-55, M

So you quote a verse without any context???
This was a song by the Jews who were enslaved and persecuted...their land destroyed. They were singing with strong emotion... remorse and hatred of the ones who had brought this pain upon them.
It's obviously not Godly, but I don't see this is significantly different than the "tolerant" karens who hope for non-mask wearers to be afflicted and die, today. 🤔

Pikachu

@easterniowegin

Well what context makes it cool to be happy about smashing babies on rocks?
These are the words of the bible: god's word, right? This is part of the message he wanted to spread, right?
And let's not pretend that this is not in keeping with the instructions by god to the Israelites.

Sharon · F

@easterniowegin [quote]It's obviously not Godly, [/quote]
It must be, it's "the word of god".

easterniowegin · 51-55, M

@Pikachu it is a vengeful chapter in the bible, for sure. It is pure emotion.
Put it context today where descendants of slaves want to enforce consequences upon people who were born more than a century after their ancestors had been released from the bonds of slavery. Inflicting damage on descendants (babies, even), I would think the emotions can be understood today. 🤷‍♂️

easterniowegin · 51-55, M

@Sharon it is a collection of stories that are meant to convey messages. You cannot take individual verses out of context and say they are the building blocks of morality until you put them into context.

Pikachu

@easterniowegin

Well sure they can be understood in a human context. And i would extend that to the entire bible: all the mass murder, violation and slavery is perfectly understandable from a human source.
The problem arises when we suppose that this is the word of an unerring god and that it can be taken as a moral guide.

easterniowegin · 51-55, M

@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.

Pikachu

@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.

Sharon · F

@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.