Jehovah doesn't really want to kill the unrighteous?

by nvrgnbk 23 Replies latest jw friends

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  cognizant dissident

  But Jehovah was the originator of the first sword placing it at the entrance to the garden of eden blocking adam and eve's return(gen. 3:24.)

  This is a very interesting point! Now just why would God choose a sword as his symbol of death? What possible significance could it have had to Adam and Eve? They had never seen one before. They didn't know what it was for or even what it was capable of. Did he demonstrate it on some animals first to scare them? What was his sword made of? Steel? They wouldn't have seen anything made of steel before. Nothing else in God's supposed creation is similiar in structure or form to a sword. Why not put a sharp jagged stone? Or just fire by itself? They at least would already understand that is hot and burns.

  You know, it is almost as if the story was made up after the fact. Made up by someone who wasn't even smart enough to think of litle details like that to make his story more credible! (Like me!)

  Cog
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  nvrgnbk

  Marmot recently brought up the matter of the sword in Genesis 3:24, Jehovah invented the sword, according to Genesis.

  As you'll note in his thread, the illustrious Watchtower has already addressed it.

  Karvel supplied the quote...

  ***w942/1p.31QuestionsFromReaders***After Adam and Eve sinned and were expelled from the garden, Jehovah prevented them from returning. How? Genesis 3:24 says: "He drove the man out and posted at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flaming blade of a sword that was turning itself continually to guard the way to the tree of life." Notice, "the flaming blade of a sword." Did God invent swords?

  We need not conclude that our loving Creator was the first one to make what we know as swords. Adam and Eve saw turning in front of the angels something that was blazing. What exactly was it? By the time Moses wrote the book of Genesis, swords were well-known and used in warfare. (Genesis 31:26; 34:26; 48:22; Exodus 5:21; 17:13) So Moses’ words "the flaming blade of a sword" enabled his readers to visualize to a degree what existed at the entrance of Eden. The information known in Moses’ day contributed to the understanding of such matters. And the language Moses employed must have been accurate, for Jehovah had it included in the Bible.—2 Timothy 3:16.
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  sweetstuff

  So the watchtower admits Moses was adlibbing it, used something that he thought would fit the scenario. Now that is interesting. It's "God's word" but yet, they just admitted wait a second, Moses wrote something that made sense to him and the people. Is it just me, or is that a very profound find?

  If we use that logic, Moses wasn't directly told what to write by God, but shown a sort of picture book, early 20's mime movie. He was left to sort out exactly what it meant. God really has a twisted sense of humour. It's like Sharades...The GOD version.

  Is it a bird?

  Is it a plane?

  Is it a sword?

  Bingo God touchs his nose and Moses, writes the answer down in stone, as God's "word". LMFAO
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  cognizant dissident

  This answer by the society reminds me of another recent thread on God testing people. The Bible says God tests, but it doesn't mean God tests, it means God allows testing. Now, the Bible says it was a flaming sword but it doesn't mean it was really a flaming sword. It just was "something" that looked like a flaming sword. Oh, well, then, OK.