Anyone who advocates the bible, 'god's law', (including the '10 commandments' or any Jesus is alleged to have said) is advocating slavery, genocide, and stoning disobedient children to death by advocating that which demands it. "
The Bible is a book of spiritual growth. It took people from spiritual infancy to spiritual adulthood. There are all the stages represented. There are examples mistakes as well as how to be blessed.
The 10 Commandments are the only rules given to man (if followed) would keep peace between all peoples. They did not discriminate, they applied to every person.
It is true the Lord told His people to commit genocide; it was for peoples that were evil and that broke the laws. The story of Sodom and Gamorrah (sp) demonstrated that those peoples had no problem with raping total strangers and telling people that were sheltering them to be cooperative.
Slavery (manmade) was given rules to protect the slaves (at that time, people would give themselves into slavery to pay debts or if they could not survive on their own), in some cases there was a time limit on how long a slave could be owned.
Children that did not listen to their parents were a danger to their family and their community (this is also true today, but we choose to overlook it). It was a matter of survival that a family, a community lived and defended itself together as a unit. If one betrayed them it could mean destruction for all.
Yes, there are terrible things in the Bible. They are there to demonstrate the influence of evil, how it can hurt men and the power of the LORD. You cannot read a story from the Old Testament that displayed the LORD's wrath and NOT appreciate the absolute power and glory of the LORD. If you want to see the LORD treat a man like a tempermental child, read Jonah. If you want to see examples of his gifts and blessings read Daniel or about Joseph Jacob or Israel's son). If you want to see the influence of Yeshua, look at the formation of this country and the rights that were guaranteed by "the Creator".
Yeshua, made the new covenant, when men were born with the knowledge of the LORD on their hearts. He made it easier to be forgiven (just ask, sincerely), he made it easier to gain eternal life. He not only performed miracles and spoke with authority on spiritual matter; He gave that gift to his apostles thru the Holy Spirit to do the same thing. What human leader ever did that??? If He was just a man, why did people believe his teachings for centuries, even today? Charles Manson declared himself 'the son of man', why don't people follow his teachings? In all the examples of a person declaring themselves a diety, why do they no longer having anyone following them? The knowledge is on the heart, it is not in the head. Today, evil tries to seperate a person from their heart and distract them with entertainments that leave them empty and longing. Only the LORD will fill the void and make them whole. Every knee will bend before Yeshua when He returns to rule. How would you be judged (by HIM, we have no power to judge life)?
If you want to see what the world looks like without Christianity, look at the treatment of people in the USSR, China, Cambodia, Cuba, and currently Venuzuela. More people were killed in those countries in a few decades, than were killed "in the name of"/by Christianity over centuries and centuries.
