Please, shut the f@CK up.

1 Samuel is after the Flood events of Genesis. Also rainbows are refractions and reflections of sunlight in water droplets in the atmosphere- they have been around for as long as there was liquid water on earth and a water cycle- probably not that long after earth formed [about 4.5 billion years ago] and temps were cool enough to allow precipitation. This, as always, is just physical matter doing its thing. Rainbows did not originate with some covenant after a flood [a flood btw which is not supported whatsoever by the geologic or historical evidence, and especially the biological evidence].

Free will is a nonsensical concept but off topic....as for the returning and all that...evidence for literally any of this? That's all that matters, and it's not supported by any evidence.




Split hairs? A benevolent god of the universe issuing commands to wipe out and exterminate infants and children.....what? That's a pretty big deal if you want to analyze these books for the moral framework they present [which is suspiciously exactly what some local middle eastern tribe might come up wih 2500 years ago, and not from some timeless god of the universe].

So your point is essentially: "yeah so what, he ordered deaths of babies and children...but SNAP, babies and children cant go to hell. All good!". Do you honestly not see how bizarre and ridiculous this is. Not all good for the children it seems...if you were one of the children being slaughtered you'd presumably have a larger issue with it. According to this nonsensical stance, there'd be no issue with the killing of children since hey...they dont go to hell after all, snap! [a fantasy world of which there is no evidence]. Oh wait...that would be a horrific crime and at times of war, a war crime.

Are you retarded? Is it so hard to believe that someone might actually read the bible? LOL
It is not a hotel bible I bought it here:
https://www.cbuch.de/schlachter-2000...d-schwarz.html

This is dialog huh?

I'm asking a legit question. If salvation is what you say it is, then I'd be a fool not to accept.

Save your time talking to him, he literally knows nothing, makes absurd posts, then when called out his only rebuttal are ad hominem attacks.

Yes Jesus is God, the same God of the OT, the same God of the Jews, it’s just that Jews don’t except Him as their messiah..however many are starting to, they are called Messianic Jews

and that was your first concern & question that you decided to post on the MISC while abortion just happens to be the pressing issue it is today..mmkay

Most of the Bible is not meant to be taken literally.

The purpose of God wanting to destroy the Amalekites was because they were enemies of God, working against him. If you actively work against God, you will be destroyed psychologically in the long run. That’s what the story means. That’s what the entire Bible means. Just because it’s not literal objective history doesn’t mean it’s any less “true”.

I'm asking because all the old Patriarchs never preached this concept of a trinity or redemption. Moses, Abraham, David, etc all believed in one God and that you are responsible for your own sins (which is stated in the O.T.).

Whereas it seemed to change all of a sudden when the N.T. came.

Yes. This was my first concern & question.
And what are you talking about abortion? I have no idea what is going on in USA, I live in Germany and here is nothing going on about abortion.

I started reading the bible some weeks ago for fun.
I am in Book Samuel now and I just read Samuel 15:3 where god orders the death of babies.

Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.

I never heard any priest tell about this in church service when I was a teenager lol.
Do people just ignore the darker parts and focus on the brighter stuff?

It never changed..Jews have always been waiting their Messiah..read Isaiah 53..it’s a perfect description of Jesus..every Jewish Holiday is a representation of Jesus..

If it’s “One” God..whom is God speaking to in Genesis 1:26?

It never changed..Jews have always been waiting their Messiah..read Isaiah 53..it’s a perfect description of Jesus..every Jewish Holiday is a representation of Jesus..

If it’s “One” God..whom is God speaking to in Genesis 1:26?

Yes, I’m aware of what rainbows are & how they are formed. When God flooded the earth, that is when Rainbows first appeared, that is literally the first recording of a rainbow in human history. God flooded the earth by breaking a canopy of water or what we might call another “sphere”/or atmospheric layers that encapsulates the earth..you know of seven currently, hemisphere, stratosphere, ionosphere, etc. However there was believed to be an additional sphere/thin canopy of water which would also explain the tremendous drop in age length after the flood due to water blocking out the harming effects of the sun, besides the fact of virtually every single group of living people that are alive had some written form (those that were able) account of a global flood..I can literally go through them all..

No god could have ordered it. You don’t know that the Biblical events happened or not. You can argue an all loving god couldn’t have ordered such a thing. But that’s because I sit here on my device comfortably believing so, and explanation-less. It’s because we cannot understand the definition of love. Not dictionary. I mean gods description because love goes deeper than Websters dictionary state. Yea I think it’s real despite being some verses I couldn’t justify. Doesn’t matter if the Bible god Is real then we are commanded to obey him. It’s his way or the highway to hell. You wouldn’t submit if you 100% believed the Bible to be true? Or would you rebel because his acts dont fit your definition of what a loving god should be.

Sin is a result of disobedience. Good and evil existed before Adam and Eve. He didn’t create satan he created Lucifer. Who disobeyed god. I believe he is the father of lies. Author of sin. Sin truly was brought on by Lucifer. Tempted first humans to disobey god.

Life was given by god snd it’s his to take though. That is just how it is. If you’re really stumped on a verse pray for understanding of it. Search it. But don’t grasp at the straws. Truly pray and search on it . I am imperfect like all and there’s verses I just can’t explain as said but I bet anything the answer would never be “Because god cruel or was just having a bad day and decided to take it out on some innocent babies herp derp”. Everything he does there’s a divine purpose behind it.

Book of Job the oldest book god took everything from
Him even his family. The lord give and taketh away. Such has always been life.

Yes I’m using the Bible to justify the Bible and as proof of god.

Old testament god is the best. he wasnt in to all this hippy touchy feely love crap.