>>17870491
>>17870496
>>17870499
They weren't raped.
Deutoronomy 21:10 has a law for captive women.
If you desire her, you take them to your house, shave her head, trim her nails, and take off the clothes that she was captured in. Then she is to be given a MONTH to mourn her father and mother.
Then you may marry her.

They are NOT sex slaves. You cannot sell her, you cannot touch her.

Sex slavery and rape are NOT part of God's laws. "Take for yourself" here means adoption and integration into society

God called for the extermination of every adult because they partook in the abominable worship of Baal.
There is no indication that boys were slain

>>17867139
Christianity IS modernity
No magic, no mandate of heaven, and no witch hunting

You may not believe this, but these 3 are MAJOR economies that keeps society backed in the muck. Secular education has killed the idea of mysticism, but outside of Christians and Christian-vassal states, it is very much alive, very real, and it is foolish to try and "improve" the place without first laying the groundwork

India is a shithole because the caste system keeps the skilled people out
Africa is a shithole because the witch-hunting keeps the skilled people out
Islamic nations are shitholes because the apostate huntings keeps the skilled people out

>>17864101
This is wrong as it assumes that you are safe when in reality, everyone's already headed towards the cliff and Jesus was just trying to pull us out

Yes, Jesus knocks because you are beating your head on the floor, and he wants to stop you before you get actual brain damage. If you would allow it

>>17853770
First off, No one said that they are in hell
Secondly, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven"

And lastly, to be virtuous is to be like Christ.
Those who know the truth must live by it
Those who do not know the truth must seek it

And if you already know Christ, but chooses to reject him, the question becomes "why" and the answer often always lead to your damnation
It is impossible to hate Christ unless you just hate the fact that he calls you out

>>17834840
This was proven already incorrect

This graph is less about "intelligence between faith" but intelligence between high and low median income

Education increases your IQ
Rich people are more likely to get education
Rich people are more likely to be atheist.

Similarly, Jewish communities have a culture that focuses on monetary income, which also increases their educational attainment.

If you divide this based on income, the Christians actually come out on top.

As such, the better question is
Why are the people most blessed by the God the ones who reject him the most

>>17828398
No. If you will not bow to him, you are a goat.
Go be with your father, the Serpent

>>17825517
>>17825508
The belief that old people are fools is just arrogance. Everyone knows how to ask questions, and everyone understands that, during their time, there is no such thing as fiction or non-fiction.

Instead, every tale is a semi-fictional account of a real event that was turned into a play because only through this can the story be preserved. No one was ever a literalist. In fact, the idea of expecting history to be accurate, reliable, and not turned into propaganda never happened until the 1800's
Everyone had a blatant agenda to promote (even to this day)

>>17812057
We are not a murder death cult
We are a life cult. We save, heal, and protect, even the ones outside of our faith

The fact that we are willing to die for Christ doesn't mean that we are willing to kill for him. No, he would not want that. Or at least not without a proper just system

>>17804569
Yes, yes
The same demonic spin that they tell you
Authoritive figure wanted a strict order without any rights. Righteous Rebel who got damned for speaking

This was the same thing he whispered in your ear since Prometheus, all the way to Lego movie and Ugly Dolls

But in reality, it was more of God enforcing rules that keep everyone safe, and Lucifer is teaching people how to destroy themselves.
Going against God always leads to self-destruction. This is what has always been proven true

It is the lot of you who had to explain why you want to violate the rules designed for your own well-being and that of others

>>17796175
40-60% of Printing presses were Church-funded/owned because they wanted to distribute as many bibles as they could

They even encouraged reading sessions in their own houses.
What they discouraged was trying to administer the sacraments without obtaining the Priesthood

>>17785911
Heaven is not a reward for good works. It is a choice as to whether you want to be with God or not.

Good works is not a work
Your life is not a math problem where doing good is +1 and doing bad is -1.
This is a case of design where God made you for a specific purpose, and you were perfectly suited for it. But instead, you acted like PC that keeps on crashing.
You are not going to be praised for crashing less than your total run time. You have to be destroyed because lots of vital transactions are going to be entrusted to you.

>>17768968
No, he is right
Christianity is not the result of trial and error.
It was the result of a guy telling everyone what to do, and everyone finding ways to apply his words enmass

Things like Equal rights, banning of slavery, and human rights were not products of logic and reason, but of faith. Everyone used Jesus' words as credence for their movement. It was not a math problem but people asking what Jesus wanted

>>17752282
No, the hypothesis comes first then you put it into trial and error
The existence of God can only be a matter of faith because it is impossible to create an objective evidence of his existence using finite means.

Seriously, just try it:
What could possibly be an objective and undeniable evidence of God?
Breaking the Laws of Physics and doing miracles? What if it has always been possible, and our previous assumptions were just wrong? What if he just have advanced tech?

You can't
You absolutely CANNOT prove it objectively

But there are 2 things that you can do
1. Disprove the assumption that he does not exist
2. Prove that his nature is that of truth and love, and you can just have faith in him

He already came in the flesh and proved that he loves us beyond limits. He never spoke a lie and he never harbored ill will. Assuming that he has ulterior motives is exactly what led to the first sin