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NASB | Genesis 6:6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:6 The LORD regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart. |
Subject: questioning |
Bible Note: Beja, The first paragraph of your last post clarifies a lot your views to me, thank you. But I have a doubt: In the process of obeying a wicked government should we, according to your views, do wicked things (with the exception of disobeying God) if the government commands so? Or do you think that by doing wicked things we always would be in itself disobeying God? To your question "are you suggesting that because I can or can not picture myself stoning a man that scripture is false based on that?" I answer negatively, of course. That would be, at least, logically incorrect. I just wanted to know to which extent your certainty about the truth of the Bible would lead you. Because, although you have implicitly suggested the answer to that, you haven't said so explicitly. I should notice here that, with the exception of my reference to the progress of our understanding of justice, I never mentioned any negative thing against the stoning tradition, and surely never applied any negative adjective to it. You are the one who brings the "horrify" word here. Why is it so if the stonings were just applied after God commanding it (equivalent to "right" from your point of view)? And even more important in order to find the exit in this labyrinth, from where do you think our emotions come and what are they for? Bruno. PS: You are right about the passage in the OT. Apart from disobeying parents there is also rebellion. Sorry for my bad memory. Therefore I change my example to a case equal to the one described in the OT. Bruno. |