What can we do with the violence in the Old Testament?
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We have been visiting some old passages in the Bible at our Public Meetings, pondering old poems and how we can relate to them. When we start reading and thinking about those passages, the violence that God seems to be really into is hard for us to reconcile, especially with our image of a nonviolent Jesus. What do we do with God destroying the prophets of Baal or the Egyptian army? Nicholas Kristof wrote in
What can we do with the violence in the Old Testament?
What can we do with the violence in the Old…
What can we do with the violence in the Old Testament?
We have been visiting some old passages in the Bible at our Public Meetings, pondering old poems and how we can relate to them. When we start reading and thinking about those passages, the violence that God seems to be really into is hard for us to reconcile, especially with our image of a nonviolent Jesus. What do we do with God destroying the prophets of Baal or the Egyptian army? Nicholas Kristof wrote in