Just because I don't answer in your time, does not mean that I am running away.
BEAT our offspring
Spankings or discipline is appropriate, otherwise they would turn out like you.
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do
This is taken out of context. This is stupid to think that God WANTS us to sell our daughters to slavery. This is strictly for monetary reasons and not ownership, since after 7 years they can be free.
offspring that curse them, are to be put to death,. . . no incentive NOT TO SIN if you are always forgiven!
Again, context. This is specifically for the nation of Israel. Do you really think that God creates a nation only to have them destroy their children? What child has NEVER back talked to their parents at one point of another. This is clearly in reference to some child who is outlandishly unruly and so far, I have not seen an example of the sentence carried out in the Bible.
As for the always forgive doctrine, again you are clearly pulling this out of context. The idea of confessing your sins is referring to repentance. Repentance is deciding to not do what you did wrong again. In fact if you read the rest of the bible and not cherry pick the passages that soothes your demonic conscience, you would see in 2 Corinthians 7:11 a CRITERIA to be considered repented.
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26) "STOP THIS INSTANCE in loving us now"
Again, such a stupid point of view and an obvious cherry picking of scripture. This can be crossed referenced in Matthew 10:34-39. Jesus is clearly stating that you can't hold the love of your parents above the love of God.
hath a afamiliar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death. . . DavidAZ, what do you think upon the situation?
do you agree with Jesus that we are to murder these people because they are not Christians?
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” (Leviticus 20:13)
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman." (2 Chronicles 15:12-13)
Such foolish arguments. It's as if I'm talking to a dumb teenager.
This again is for the nation of Israel. Jesus does not give this commandment to Christians.
And to give my opinion, as long as the witch or an idolator or a fag is not harming my family or my friends, live and let live. They will get theirs in the judgement day. Who am I to exact judgement? Without God, I would be just like them.
To follow up on the whole idea of is God wicked, I think you have stated your points. You don't like God so therefore everything to you is wicked since it will rub you the wrong way. It's funny because you and others like you who like to shake a fist at God really falls in line with Proverbs:
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
You will demand that God is wicked, but your own actions are not? You will feel high enough to judge a being that can only be good? You are ridiculous! LOL. If it seems God has done something "wicked", it is because we don't understand the reason or because we can't see what he does.
By the way, the whole idea of morality comes from God or religion itself. Without God, there is no standard for you to say if he is wicked or not. So therefore, your atheist view negates the whole premise of you even having the opportunity to say that he is wicked, since God defines morality. No God, no morals. It is playing itself out in the USA right now.