How do Christian apologetics explain Numbers 31:17-18?https://www.biblestudytools.com/numbers/passage/?q=numbers+31:17-18
Uhhh lucky God?
>>18738315"Old testament is the shadow of the new testament" or sum bullshit like that.
>>18738315Usually they will cope by saying it was to prevent the boys from growing up and rebelling against the Israelites who just massacred their parents. Obviously ignoring the fact how fucking despicable that is, the most unapologetic will mask it as being super based/manly to end an enemy tribe's paternal lineage while the least will try to say that it was necessity since that's how things worked back then. But none of them want to touch the fact that little innocent girls were checked for their virginity before they decided if they were to become war brides or end up in a ditch with their mothers.
>>18738315What part of it don't you understand?
>>18738315They insist you are wrong for thinking rape is implied here even though they are literally divided as spoils and Deuteronomy outlines how you can rape captives and make them into war brides.
>>18738620The part where people who take whoever wrote this seriously shouldn't be clubbed in the head.
>>18738315Their response is probably "goddamn I wish Marcionism had become the standard"
>>187386201. Why is it okay to genocide little boys and capture little girls to rape them (rape by modern, statutory definitions)? 2. Why is one tribe genociding another tribe in the first place? Couldn't God just appear in front of everyone to prove he's real and prevent unnecessary bloodshed caused by religious disagreements?3. If God isn't intervening to prevent (2) because he's testing their free will, what about the free will of Canaanite during the battle prior where God 'did' intervene to win with magic? Where was the free will for the little boys getting killed and little girls captured, assimilated and raped?I don't think these are difficult or interesting questions with hard answers: Sand people told themselves that a deity favored their tribe in their brutal conquests, just like every other tribe out during that time. The only reason we're having this discussion is because billions of people (jews, christians and muslims) believe in it today due to a series of circumstances unrelated to divinity.
>>18738315All belief is compartmentalised. To engage with it through Weberian understanding is to measure noise. The signal is in measuring how belief is compartmentalised in humanity in general or among adults with religious upbringing in particular.
>>18738648Can you verbalize why the God of Israel owes the accursed brats of Moab anything, or are you operating based on vague vibes?
>>18738667I have no real complaints if you're a fundamentalist.
>>18738633>goddamn I wish Marcionism had become the standardChristians absolutely hate the God of the old testament and they think themselves to be more moral than him
>>18738315This is morally wrong according to.............
>>18738626Two wrongs don't make a right
>>18738667This is not about god having to owe them anything, thisnis about god actively orderikgng fortl their slaughter and rape
>>18738648Why don't you just read the rest of the Book Numbers-I'm sure it explains it to you
>>18738762>thisnis about god actively orderikgng fortl tAre you speaking Norse?
>>18738768kek
>>18738754You can say it’s immoral and still believe in God bro.
>>18738667>thinking that raping young girls is wrong is “vibes”And you wonder why your religion is dying
>>18738754According to assholes!You're the ones constantly going on about how Christianity is the basis for Western values.
