god

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs-quake-20110319,0,4390890.story

article on the la times about faith and natural disasters...the bible is clear about this...god likes to throw temper tantrums in the form of natural disasters...


The LORD is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and wrath.  He takes revenge on all who oppose him and furiously destroys his enemies!  The LORD is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished.  He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm.  The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet.  At his command the oceans and rivers dry up, the lush pastures of Bashan and Carmel fade, and the green forests of Lebanon wilt.  In his presence the mountains quake, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles, and its people are destroyed.  Who can stand before his fierce anger?  Who can survive his burning fury?  His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.  The LORD is good.  When trouble comes, he is a strong refuge.  And he knows everyone who trusts in him.  But he sweeps away his enemies in an overwhelming flood.  He pursues his foes into the darkness of night.   (Nahum 1:2-8)


the bible has some stupid stuff...here are some others that you probably won't hear on sundays...


No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
(Deuteronomy 23:1 ESV)

If two men, a man and his countryman, are struggling together, and the wife of one comes near to deliver her husband from the hand of the one who is striking him, and puts out her hand and seizes his genitals, then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity. (Deuteronomy 25:11-12 NASB)


most of the bible is just drivel like this...i can't imagine the bible being picked up by any major publisher if it came out as a new book today...a book that allows human sacrifices, murder, incest, slavery, etc