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Recent content by JohnClay

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    All about circumcision

    So say David and his men tied up and circumcised 200 Philistines. I don't think it is likely that some Philistines would come along and kill all 200 of them for choosing to be circumcised instead of choosing death. It seems like a scenario where they were taken as prisoners of war. e.g. I found...
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    All about circumcision

    BTW Jesus also was circumcised when he was 8 days old (Luke 2:21) I paid someone to do this illustration for my Christmas book which was based on a painting that didn't hide Jesus' manhood. It also talks about John the Baptist being circumcised on the eighth day... (Luke 1:59)
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    All about circumcision

    He could have threatened them with death then tied them up and collected their foreskins. Most of them might prefer to be tied up and circumcised rather than killed. Though it says the purpose is to take revenge on his enemies and 200 deaths is a higher amount of revenge.
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    All about circumcision

    The king wanted 100 foreskins in exchange for his daughter in marriage. This could have been achieved without killing anyone. But instead of killing 100 people David and his men killed 200 people. Despite this David is said to be a man after God's heart. (1 Samuel 13:14)
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    All about circumcision

    Before they got the foreskins 200 men were killed. That part would involve them feeling pain. Sorry I shouldn't have been talking about those other things.
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    Being embarrassed about Jesus?

    Luke 9:26 / Mark 8:38 If a person is a proper Christian does that mean they're so happy and grateful that they're saved that they want to tell the world about it and save souls, etc? I used to be a young earth creationist (YEC) until I started university (and went straight to atheism like in...
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    All about circumcision

    I think the Bible is an interesting collection of very different things - like those insightful verses about circumcision after 8 days then what seems to be genocide in Deuteronomy 20:16-18 and vulgar parts like Ezekiel 23:20 (both of which I'm making a game about). I haven't read it cover to...
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    All about circumcision

    Then there's this: 1 Samuel 18:25-27
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    All about circumcision

    BTW I found some statistics: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/circumcision-by-country % of men who are circumcised: Israel 91.7% South Korea 77% United States 71.2% South Africa 44.7% Canada 31.9% Hong Kong 28% Australia 26.6% United Kingdom 20.7% China...
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    All about circumcision

    Normally these days it is a choice of your parents - like in my case.
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    All about circumcision

    You mean the male descendants. Though some people do female circumcision ("female genital mutilation")
  12. JohnClay

    All about circumcision

    Apparently circumcision started with Abraham and is part of Abrahamic religions like Judaism and Islam. It also can be a part of Christianity such as part of my Australian Lutheran heritage. I guess it can be an inappropriate topic even though apparently the creator of the universe commanded...
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    Do any Bible verses contradict a flat earth?

    I'm talking about whether passages fit a flat earth better than a globe. What about Christians who say that the Bible is the main reason they believe in a flat earth? Would they still believe in a flat earth if they had never read the Bible (or heard of it)? I think in general the answer is no...
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    Do any Bible verses contradict a flat earth?

    Yeah I didn't think of that. Well that's the closest thing I could find to support for a globe.
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    Do any Bible verses contradict a flat earth?

    Yes. To disprove that I am looking for Bible verses. That video was saying that God knew that the people were wrong about the earth and heavens, etc, but just decided not to correct them. An alternative explanation is that God agreed with the Bible's writers about the nature of the earth and...
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