An Atheist Reads the Bible - 3 - Jephthah

[MrObama]

Run time: 03:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REJ0Qc10iV0   Posted on YouTube: March 31, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 14, 2009 By DU Member: MrObama Views on DU: 488

 

[Aslanspal]

1. This is a home run...should watch the Fundies do a double take and stutter .....

trying to explain this away.

First time I heard this teaching was the title "Did God Change His Mind"

Fundies hate that as well because they like to think 'God never changes' or 'changes His Mind'

they cannot stand Jephthah thrown into their face because they are damned if they do and damned if they don't.


I wish this video would go viral, because Jephthah really defeats Killer bee Religion that is so rigid and that is based on extreme fear.

[jberryhill]

3. Are you kidding?

In the New Testament, Paul names Jephthah among a roster of heroes of faith in Hebrews 11.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hebrews%2011&version=NIV

17By faith Abraham, <...>

20By faith Isaac <...>

21By faith Jacob, <...>

22By faith Joseph, <...>

23By faith Moses' parents <...>

24By faith Moses, <...>

32And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, 33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised...


Good old Jephthah the Gileadite. Daughters are cheap. Good men of faith are hard to find.

[DrGee5]

2. Christian ethic and moral values in a nutshell

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