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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:11:22 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:11:34 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:11:43 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:12:04 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:32:38 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:32:46 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:32:56 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:33:55 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:55:46 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:55:54 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 15:56:26 GMT -5
QUESTION: Does the bible advocate the dashing of babies against rocks?
An oft repeated accusation against the bible is that apparently it pronounces a blessing on those that kill babies. This conclusion is based on a quotation from Psalsm 137 which reads
The conclusion that this is either a blessing or an instruction/command from God, can be drawn only if one ignores the words in context. The above is actually part of a Lament, pronounced by the exiled captive Jews that survived the Babylonian destruction of their capital city Jerusalem in the 6th century BCE. Evidently they were subject of much brutality and the song includes a call for revenge, first on their neighbour nation the Edomites (Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell."Tear it down," they cried,"tear it down to its foundations!" ) and of the Babylonians.
Regarding the latter, notice the words: "happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us". This implies that what was 'done to them' included the detail that is to follow, namely the brutal murder of their children. And the exiles that witnessed this brutality state: " happy is ... he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks").
CONCLUSTION: It is reasonable to conclude that, read in context, Psalms 137v 8-9 is not a divine command or instruction but actually a report of the words of the Jewish captives. The quotation therefore does not constitute a divine blessing on those that kill babies but rather a curse by the Jewish exiles that their captives be submitted to the same treatment they suffered. The report of words or actions do not constitute approval or endorsement.
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 16:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 16:23:24 GMT -5
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