Israel to re-occupy Gaza

[Oscar_Kipling]

Oscar, if you worked for a company and disagreed with the way the boss did certain things, that would be fine. But if you were to dispute and challenge the propriety of his actions, that's a different matter. The boss does as he pleases with what belongs to him, whether you like it or not, and your insubordination would more than likely result in the termination of your employment. In a similar way, as the sovereign Creator and Supreme Being, God owns the universe and everything in it--including mankind, who was created to serve Him without question. He does not need to justify Himself to you or anyone else. He has a valid reason for everything He does, whether we understand the reasoning or not, and people are free to serve and obey Him or not. But know that either way, you will one day stand before him in judgment, at which time your eternal destination will be determined. Like it or not.

I already understand the rationale and the context, and i'm not even trying to debate whether or not the genocide that God ordered and the Israelites supported and heeded was good or bad. That is all beside the point.

Lets try it this way. Do you have a problem with any of the following points:

-God ordered genocide in the bible and the Israelites more or less supported and heeded those orders. This is recorded in the bible.

-There is a context under which God ordered genocide (that is God's sovereignty, the behaviors of the genocidees and so on)

-If a person ignores that context then they cannot understand the genocide that God ordered in the bible. IOW ignoring the context is to fail to apprehend the totality of the genocide that God ordered in the bible.

-Understanding the context of the genocide that God ordered does not mean that you support or repudiate the genocide that God ordered in the bible or genocide in general. It is not about agreement on ethics or morality, it is about agreeing that we are pointing to the same collection of events.

[Athanasius]

Let's all take a break as Tim and I do some reading.