Comments on: Psalms 137: Dash the Babies?

By: Q: God kills? | Splat

Q: God kills? | Splat — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:05:04 +0000

[...] Another example: Isaiah 13:16; Psalm 137:9 and Hosea 13:16 all talk about babies being thrown against rocks. What the authors fail to understand is that these verses were spoken by prophets. Prophets were charged with telling the hard truth to people and to call them to change their evil ways. If people did, judgment would be averted. A similar story is found in Jonah. Jonah is told to go and tell Ninevah they are doomed. The people repent and are spared. Jonah is even upset because of God’s mercy (for more on this particular topic, read this thoughtful post). [...]

By: Should Homosexuals be Harassed and asaulted? - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Atheism, God, Universe, Science, Spirituality, Faith, Evidence - Page 12 - City-Data Forum

Wed, 25 May 2011 04:58:57 +0000

[...] excerpt But this bringing into balance is something that can only be fully understood by a person who has been in this sort of situation. This isn’t the cursings and railings of a merely upset person but it is the begging for judgment for the wrong done. The Jews in Auschwitz, peering out at falling ash demanding that there is an equivocation: that the same is done to their captors. The Russians starving behind a siege: demanding that the same occurs to those holding the siege. This is the petition of a human being, the image of God, who has suffered the very worst at the hands of another Imago Dei bearer: there must be a balance or else the very fabric of God’s order becomes unhinged. Psalms 137: Dash the Babies? [...]

By: Basic Breakdown of the Psalms: A Book Review

Basic Breakdown of the Psalms: A Book Review — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:41:59 +0000

[...] Psalm 137 (one I touched on here in the Bible Archive) gives us the historical background of the Psalm (Judah has been sacked by Nebuchadnezzar; Edom is [...]

By: Should Christians Rejoice Over The Death of the Wicked?

Should Christians Rejoice Over The Death of the Wicked? — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:23:52 +0000

[...] seen it being done. I think it would also be helpful if the reader references my examination of an imprecatory Psalm (that is, when the Psalmist prays for the destruction of his enemies) and the post on Christian and [...]

By: Bible Study

Bible Study — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:34:47 +0000

I would say there were some who interpreted the old testament as I do. Those who had God’s holy spirit. There is one mind that has lived through all generations as well as those to come.