Yahweh apparently demonstrated kindness to Abraham by changing his mind about whether he wanted Isaac sacrificed. What happened when it was Jephthah's daughter's turn under the knife?
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Yahweh apparently demonstrated kindness to Abraham by changing his mind about whether he wanted Isaac sacrificed. What happened when it was Jephthah's daughter's turn under the knife?
I made this new video to remind everyone of what a lovely character the god of the bible is. I'm sorry, folks, it is just too easy to pull out verses, chapters, and even books, to show him up as an insane psychopath.
And in case you're wondering - yes, I read all of the arguments that claim that Jephthah's daughter wasn't sacrificed at all, whilst I was researching the video. Sorry, apologists, those arguments just don't hold water. If they did, you'd think at least ONE team of biblical scholars would have come up with a bible translation that suggested as much. None have. Take it up with THEM before you bother with me. And in the meantime - please inform the christians and jews of the world that their bibles are inaccurate after all, if that's what you believe.
In all my videos, I'm going on what the words on the page of the bible actually say.
Music: Stravinsky - Firebird Suite Holst - The Planets (Venus, and Uranus) Wagner - Der Fliegende Hollander, overture.
Sound Effects from The Freesound Project (www.freesound.org) (No, that wasn't me screaming, nor was I the king who gets stabbed in the guts).
DAMMIT. Typographical errors. I know that the book of the bible is called "Hebrews" (as in plural hebrew), but I cited it without the "s" in two cases (but correctly in one case). I don't know why. Sorry.
Chronology is all over the place, for the sake of a coherent script, and for this I don't apologize. After all, we are told that Yahweh is eternal and doesn't change. "The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever" (Isaiah 40:8) "Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, He never changes or casts shifting shadows" (James 1:17). "I, the Lord, do not change." (Malachi 3:6) So, I don't care if the events that I mentioned apart from Jephthah's narrative (such as Joshua, and King Menahem) are out of order.
I put words into Yahweh's mouth in the first half, but only along the following guidelines: He has an intense interest in virgins and virginity. Indeed, the most important thing we are told about Jephthah's daughter is not her age, not her name, not her star sign, not whether she had a high or low IQ, but that she died having never had sexual intercourse. That's what she was: a virgin - and thats all she was.
I made Yahweh more interested in the sacrifice than the biblical account includes. However, keep in mind that Yahweh acted in Jephthah's favor after he basically offered to make a human sacrifice. The fact that Yahweh accepted this deal, rather than declining to accept on the grounds that it was immoral, is hardly made any worse by having him take an thinly veiled interest in receiving the human sacrifice.
The presence of servants is assumed, but SOMETHING has to explain Jephthah's obvious surprise and severe disappointment that it was his daughter who came out of his home first. If you'd like to argue that it was wrong of me to invent characters like that, and that the deal was struck with the only possible candidates for the sacrifice having been only a wife and a daughter, then feel free - I don't think it will get you very far. Some suggest that he expected an animal to walk out of his house first. Really, c'mon. I gave you the list of the numbers of animals slaughtered by Moses, do you think Yahweh would be satisfied with a single goat wandering out of Jephthahs front door?
So that's that. Dear friends, this is the best I can do. Please expect nothing like this any more, its all downhill from here! Once again, a great pleasure. I wanted to wait until next weekend to put this out but once I found the music for it, I got all excited and just had to get it out there as soon as I could. Now I guess I should get back to work on the final assessment for the current Masters subject I'm on. Oops...!
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What D'Souza (and you) can't grasp, is that: Atheism describes what a person DOESN'T believe, not what he does. When people act, it is based on what they do believe, not on what they don't.
The idea of "Because I don't believe in God, I will do bad" makes no sense. It is no different than "Because I don't believe in [insert random mythological creature], I will do bad."
There is no central atheist dogma dictating fate for the faithful.
Lets see a person living their life for God and loves their enemies is not more likely to treat their enemies better than someone the does not believe and God and has not reason not to kill their enemy Sure that's how it works
Where does Chrstianity teach violence? For one thing Christians see the Jews as follow children of God so they would not do violence on them. also love your enemy not to mention love your neighbor would mean either you are not a christian or you are not commiting violence.
I think you have been reduced to making things up!! You fail
Said nothing about teaching it. It can in fact support it. Such as the crusades, the multiple blessings of wars, warrior popes, support for capital punishment, justifications of slavery, world-wide colonialism in the name of conversion to Christianity, the systemic violence of women subjected to men, and more.
The (german) christians German Christians supported the Nazis whom did harm to the jews.
Geman Christian were put to death and 10 million Christian and preist were murdered by Hitler. Anyone who spoke against his rule were killed. Look at any country where christianity was introdeced and you will find women right have increased. Israel had one of the first woman leader. the systemic violence of women subjected to men
the systemic violence of women subjected to men What are you crazy where do you see this happening in chrsitian cultures Again you are reduced to making things up.
A Protestant pastor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, emerged as one of the leading resistors to the Nazi regime. He forged contacts with the British during the war and also communicated with other resistance groups, such as the Kreisau Circle, in an attempt to facilitate the overthrow of Hitler. He was arrested in 1943 and executed in April 1945. Numerous other priests and ministers spoke out against the Nazis, and 400 Catholic priests were incarcerated in Dachau concentration camp alone by 1945
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You're one hardcore dude, God. Don't ever change. <3
What D'Souza (and you) can't grasp, is that: Atheism describes what a person DOESN'T believe, not what he does. When people act, it is based on what they do believe, not on what they don't.
The idea of "Because I don't believe in God, I will do bad" makes no sense. It is no different than "Because I don't believe in [insert random mythological creature], I will do bad."
There is no central atheist dogma dictating fate for the faithful.
Sure that's how it works
What are you talking about?
Where does Chrstianity teach violence?
For one thing Christians see the Jews as follow children of God so they would not do violence on them. also love your enemy not to mention love your neighbor would mean either you are not a christian or you are not commiting violence.
I think you have been reduced to making things up!! You fail
The (german) christians German Christians supported the Nazis whom did harm to the jews.
How do I fail again?
Look at any country where christianity was introdeced and you will find women right have increased. Israel had one of the first woman leader.
the systemic violence of women subjected to men
What are you crazy where do you see this happening in chrsitian cultures
Again you are reduced to making things up.
You fail when you give false statements.
Fail again son