tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post114842792196968124..comments2024-03-20T10:47:46.434-07:00Comments on Annotated Skeptic's Annotated Bible: The plague shall not be upon you to destroy you (Exod 11)Bruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-25346021635822911642007-05-10T13:15:00.000-07:002007-05-10T13:15:00.000-07:00Even if the Egyptians could be saved by smearing b...Even if the Egyptians could be saved by smearing blood on their doors (which seems kinda silly to me in the first place.. I know it's a precursor to Jesus and all that but I find all this symbolism rather strange).. well, even if that is true, surely the babies and small children wouldn't have had a say in whether or not their parents smeared blood on their doors. So they didn't have a chance to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1157860007974796632006-09-09T20:46:00.000-07:002006-09-09T20:46:00.000-07:00"Oh, I see. The Egyptian firstborn babies probably...<I>"Oh, I see. The Egyptian firstborn babies probably saw the lice miracle and said to themselves: 'Damn! I better put some blood on my doorposts so that nasty Israelite god doesn’t kill me.' And if they didn’t heed his warning, well, it was their own damned fault."<BR/><BR/><B>No, more like their parents, obviously.</B></I><BR/><BR/>Then the "obvious" thing to do would have been to target the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148942896834362182006-05-29T15:48:00.000-07:002006-05-29T15:48:00.000-07:00"Oh, I see. The Egyptian firstborn babies probably...<I>"Oh, I see. The Egyptian firstborn babies probably saw the lice miracle and said to themselves: 'Damn! I better put some blood on my doorposts so that nasty Israelite god doesn’t kill me.' And if they didn’t heed his warning, well, it was their own damned fault."</I><BR/><BR/>No, more like their parents, obviously. <BR/><BR/><I>"If you read these chapters </I>honestly<I> you will see that </I>Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148941986261005422006-05-29T15:33:00.000-07:002006-05-29T15:33:00.000-07:00"Reading from the King James version Exodus chapte...<I>"Reading from the King James version Exodus chapter 10 verse 20 says:<BR/><BR/><B>But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.</B><BR/><BR/>My point being that there was not any way out, at least as the above verse reads. Also, chapter 11 verse 10 repeats this."</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, but I think I addressed that somewhere in my blog, although it may Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148835826925330202006-05-28T10:03:00.000-07:002006-05-28T10:03:00.000-07:00Brucker: “First of all, God gives a warning. In th...Brucker: “First of all, God gives a warning. In this case, we have a series of nine incredible plagues that occur over the course of several months.”<BR/><BR/>Oh, I see. The Egyptian firstborn babies probably saw the lice miracle and said to themselves: “Damn! I better put some blood on my doorposts so that nasty Israelite god doesn’t kill me.” And if they didn’t heed his warning, well, it was Steve Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796709263034941039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148659142865753372006-05-26T08:59:00.000-07:002006-05-26T08:59:00.000-07:00I may have left my point on Exodus rather vague an...I may have left my point on Exodus rather vague and in my scribbling a few notes, made reference to the wrong chapter/verse. I'll try to clarify things below. Also, Having read through all of your different posts, I may be accidently replying on the wrong one. If so, I'm sorry.<BR/><BR/>Reading from the King James version Exodus chapter 10 verse 20 says:<BR/><BR/><B><I>But the LORD hardened Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148594325308167932006-05-25T14:58:00.000-07:002006-05-25T14:58:00.000-07:00"I'm not sure that I'd say your next to last parag...<I>"I'm not sure that I'd say your next to last paragraph actually addresses it, as in the specifics of Exodus 4:23. This verse appears to be quite clear in its meaning."</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I follow your point on Exodus 4:23.<BR/><BR/><I>"On the one hand you say that God offered 'a way out' while on the other hand you claim he used Egypt as an example. I can go for the example part, Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148557324051356882006-05-25T04:42:00.000-07:002006-05-25T04:42:00.000-07:00I'm not sure that I'd say your next to last paragr...I'm not sure that I'd say your next to last paragraph actually addresses it, as in the specifics of Exodus 4:23. This verse appears to be quite clear in its meaning.<BR/><BR/>On the one hand you say that God offered "a way out" while on the other hand you claim he used Egypt as an example. I can go for the example part, however, the "way out" theory seems like another attempt to "clean up" those Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148500156871766932006-05-24T12:49:00.000-07:002006-05-24T12:49:00.000-07:00"You seem to have ignored the parts of the bible w...<I>"You seem to have ignored the parts of the bible where God hardened Pharaoh's heart so as to cause him NOT to do as he supposedly wanted, therefore allowing him to continue on with his planned course of action."</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, I addressed that specifically in the second-to-last paragraph of the entry.<BR/><BR/><I>"Also, wouldn't you think that if God REALLY wanted everyone to believe Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1148469759976062072006-05-24T04:22:00.000-07:002006-05-24T04:22:00.000-07:00You seem to have ignored the parts of the bible wh...You seem to have ignored the parts of the bible where God hardened Pharaoh's heart so as to cause him NOT to do as he supposedly wanted, therefore allowing him to continue on with his planned course of action.<BR/><BR/>Also, wouldn't you think that if God REALLY wanted everyone to believe in him the proof would be undeniable instead of nonexistant? <BR/><BR/>Afterall, if there really was actual Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com