Jerubbaal

Let any true God contend for him/her/itself.

An example of punishment for blasphemy in the Bible. In case anyone is interested.

Leviticus 24:11-14 (NASB) (from BibleGateway.com)
"11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the (A)Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

12They put him in custody so that (B)the command of the LORD might be made clear to them.

13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

14"Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him (C)lay their hands on his head; then (D)let all the congregation stone him."

They claimed that God said to stone the boy, but apparently he could or would not do it himself. Besides the absolutely morally-horrifying nature of this story, why couldn't God take care of the blasphemer himself? Baal can contend for himself when someone tears down his altar, but all-powerful Jehovah needs his people to stone a boy to death for mere words?

I thought this vid and commentary would not involve any moral attrocities from the Old Testament, but I guess I was wrong.

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[MikaylaStarstuff]

Pretty much my whole point in this video is this:

Why should I believe in God when everything good I've ever seen attibuted to the action of God can be accounted for by chance event, or by human action? I believe in the power of humans to achive great things on their own but why attribute any of this greatness to an unseen and unknown power?

Thanks for the reply!

[MikaylaStarstuff]

1. Not necessarily ALL cases. But at least one :)

2. I don't see what this has to do with God speaking for himself.

3. If I remember my Sunday School, it was supposed to be a historical book. Is this what you mean?

4. Fine, but how would you distinguish a Christian working on their own from one working though the power of God? I think there is no distinction.

5. Ok...

[SuperMalario7]

Did you read the verse where Elijah was testing the prophets of Baal,and said,"If baal is real,then he will light his offering,if my God is real,He will light His offering"Something along those lines,and he did,and baal's offering was not lit.

[Antisyncretism]

..so Jesus doesnt count huh..pfft

[MIKNITRAM]

This story contains a lot of help for us... if we look closely.

[5thWatcher]

I'm just now seeing this, thanks for the reply.

I think that these days God has largely left man to his own devices, and is pretty well done with any major scale interference. I think the story you read was an account of a man cleverly avoiding the wrath of a town, but and I wouldn't expect the all-powerful God of the bible to be overly concerned with what every individual on this planet thinks of him, and as a result, I don't think God's pride is very often hurt by our petty squabbles on him.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

"our God"

It was used in reference to the video, as from the perspective of who I was referring to.

"Your still so obsessive! "

How am I obsessive, I'm not the one following your every post.

I'm sorry that I feel I have the same rights that others do to voice my opinion.

"who believes in God"

Honestly, I don't believe in God, but that doesn't mean I can't use the concept in a poetic and imaginative way. It is entirely possible God exists, I have never claimed knowledge on the matter.

[JonahTorn]

our God? Do you include yourself as one who believes in God. I had not caught that from your posts on other sights where you were just curious "TheReasonWhyGuy". Your still so obsessive!

[boofind]

NERD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

LOL

Let your God defend himself but our God needs help.

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