Zzyzx wrote:
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It is not uncommon to hear that the Bible contains universal and timeless wisdom or words to that effect.
My response:
Zzyzx wrote:The Bible is said to contain almost a million words -- perhaps 850,000(?). How many of them constitute 'universal and timeless wisdom'? What percentage? One percent would be 8,500. Are there that many?
A tenth of one percent would be 850 . . . (which I would not contest)
What are examples of biblical wisdom " quoting verbatim without padding or fluff.
Can we list one hundred?
The Bible is full of passages full of wisdom. One can only look with awe at the wisdom, tolerance, compassion present. It just make you feel fuzzy inside and your eyes water.
See, I (God) will stir up against them the Medes ,
18 Their bows will strike down the young men;
they will have no mercy on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.
The Lord promises no mercy, compassion on infants(non-moral agents). So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
"This is what the Lord of hosts has to say : Go, now, attack Amalek, Do not spare him, but kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and asses.
The Lord orders the killing of infants(non-moral agents). So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their ancestors;
Making plans to slaughter children for the sins of another. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
" The LORD says , And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children. "
The Lord promises more slaughtering of children. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
Then I heard the LORD say to the other men Kill them all " old and young, girls and women and little children.
The Lord orders even more killing of little children(non-moral agents). So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
The Bible instructs the killing of homosexuals. So much wisdom and tolerance. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
"'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.'"
The Bible instructs the killing of mediums. So much wisdom and tolerance. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
20 If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young womans virginity can be found, 21 she shall be brought to the door of her fathers house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.
The Bible instructs the killing of non-virgins. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
The Bible instructs the corporeal punishment of children. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
Now kill all the boys and all the women who have slept with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.
The Lord orders the killing of non-virgins and keeping the rest(virgins) as spoils of war. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
Keeping women, children, livestock as plunder after killing their father/husband/brother. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her.
Forcing a woman to marry her rapist for life. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property.
Beating and having slaves. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance."
The Bible instructs how one human can purchase another human being, children; how to treat them like property, children as inheritance. So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.
43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.
41 Then he will say to those on his left, Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.[/i]
They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name
Punishing his created beings to conscious eternal torment for finite sins.
So much wisdom. The kindness and benevolence. I am in awe.
