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Originally Posted by noosab
And according to the bible Jesus is god so therefore we are his children and he has not beat us up.
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Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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If there is a god than he is the only one who can judge me
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I think you need to read about
the most misunderstood passage in all the Bible.
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Originally Posted by noosab
Well I actually don't believe in the bible. I have read it and believed in it at some point. Not literally but metaphorically.
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Are you saying you take it as metaphorical now but used to take it literally? Or do you mean you used to believe it was metaphorical but now believe it is of no use?
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There ate just too many things I disagree with so I chose to be agnostic not an atheist because I believe there may or may not be a greater power above us.
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So you are sitting on the fence. You're not an agnostic in the classical sense. Surely if there was an all-powerful, all-knowing God, He would have left His mark somewhere. Romans 1:18-32 tells us He has revealed Himself to everyone through creation.
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And with regards to the quote you provided about Jesus physically abusing. Again it does not state that it just stated he became angry and flipped the table and told everyone to leave.
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Let's look at that passage again, friend.
Jn 2:13b-15 Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: and when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
A scourge is a whip. The passage says Jesus
drove them from the Temple. They didn't just leave of their own accord.