You go on pretending not to understand that Gen 6:6 explicitly says that God regretted and decided to wipe the human race, which is certainly false. You are just pretending (maybe also to yourself) not to understandthat your literalistic interpretation of Scripture is incoherent and self-contradictoryMmarco:
That verse gives the context for it. So it’s not irrelevant.
And the previous verse says why. Hence the deluge. Only 8 were spared, and they would’ve been swept away had they not obeyed God.
I think I could say that for your “non-literalistic” interpretation, and that it takes divine inspiration out of Scripture.
So you believe in a God who changes His mind; first He regrets creating human beings (which implies that He didn’t know since the very beginning what humans would have done) and decides to wipe the human race; then He changes His mind and decides to save eight people.Mmarco:
And the previous verse says why. Hence the deluge. Only 8 were spared, and they would’ve been swept away had they not obeyed God.
That’s you creating a strawman, not my argument.
That would be describing your Marcionistic position:
No strawman created; you go on pretending not to see the contradictions of your literalistic interpretations.Mmarco:
That’s you creating a strawman, not my argument.
I figured you’d say that and exonorate yourself.
You might want to think about what you said here in light of what the Catholic Church teaches.
I, along with others, have brought Catholic teaching to support what we have said.
I’m sorry, what you said, or at least strongly imply here, flies in the face of explicit Catholic teaching on the nature of Inspiration.goout:
I, along with others, have brought Catholic teaching to support what we have said.
Then you need to show us the hammered metal dome if the scriptures are journalism. You are backed into a corner of non-ecclesial nonsense.Mmarco:
I figured you’d say that and exonorate yourself.
But the fact is your conception of God is more Marcionistic than orthodox. Saying that the Old Testament has erroneous descriptions of God’s decisions invalidates Scripture.
So your thought brings down God while I am merely saying who He is.
Explicit teaching that Scripture has no error, despite you and @Mmarco’s soliloquies?
Totally irrelevant. Because we are discussing God’s clear commands to His chosen nation. So unless you want to bring something to the table to prove support for your Scripture defeating Marcionism, be my guest. Otherwise, don’t judge your Creator.
Now you’re calling the words of scripture irrelevant. How do you justify your contradiction?goout:
Totally irrelevant. Because we are discussing God’s clear commands to His chosen nation. So unless you want to bring something to the table to prove support for your Scripture defeating Marcionism, be my guest. Otherwise, don’t judge your Creator.
Tell us please how much you respect the exact words of God in scripture.
Are we discussing the Creation accounts or God’s command to the Israelites?
Like @Freddy you move the goalposts. And still you cannot score.
Nobody is moving anything, Julius. The question has always been - do you take some of the stories in the bible literally. In my case, do you believe that God commanded the massacre of the Canaanites and in goouts, do you also believe in a literal translation of Genesis. And if only one, why not the other?goout:
Are we discussing the Creation accounts or God’s command to the Israelites?
So if no, then, you are bringing in off topic things to suit your Marcionistic reading of Scripture.
Like @Freddy you move the goalposts. And still you cannot score.
Your posts and those of @goout shout the contrary.
Marcionism alert.
