[Replying to people who don't understand how killing every firstborn infant in Egypt could possibly be justified]
God has justification and I am owed no explanation. Thats the part of humility which Christians must grasp.
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Well, that's honest. Belief in the Bible is inane enough but Christians who say they don;t understand Gods myserious ways are easier to take then the ones that say the Noachian flood or the Egyptian slaughter make sense.
Also these people are less likely to go into ridiculous arguments trying to support such insane scenarios
You must understand the primitive mind. To the primitive mind, if an enemy kills a member of your family, you kill a member of his family. Vengeance is from group to group. The idea of individual rights and justice simply did not exist in those days. The myth of the "Ten Plagues" was the ancient Hebrews way of getting symbolic revenge against their former captors, the Egyptians. Of course, it never happened, so there is really nothing to explain outside of the motivations of those who created the myth.
Knuckling under a brutal, tyrannical leader isn't humility. It is an act of common fear.
Knuckling under an invisible, insubstantial leader whose very existence must be taken on faith isn't humility or even common fear. It is abject cowardice.
The Tau would disagree with you. Also, the Abh (basically a cross between the Tau and Eldar; genetically engineered space elves who became superior to their human creators).
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...and Admiral Spoor can conquer me for the Greater Good! :9
Okay, time to fess up.
That was about the time I'd gone back to collage. I'd hit a bit of a low spot, and was looking to turn my life around. So anyway, while I was back in collage I met this guy, Bacchus, head of the local frat. The rest of the century is a bit of a blur, to be completely honest.
In the story, Pharaoh was going to let Moses and the Jews leave Egypt the first time he was asked.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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