The Blog Of Dysfunction

“Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones. This is what you shall do: every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction.” And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.And Benjamin returned at that time. And they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead, but they were not enough for them.

And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in ambush in the vineyardsand watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and snatch each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.And the people of Benjamin did so and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off.
Do I belive in a God who approved of rape, murder, and marriage by force?

Did the same god utter these words

28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Is the God of the bible the ultimate standard of morality or the human will? How can he be when he approved rape, pillage, and murder.

Can the God who gave the ten commandments be justified in ordering his people to break them?

If Jehova has changed his standards with time, can I?

I wonder as I wander.

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Schizo

Verses from ESV Judges 21 and Matthew 5