Why does God kill poor innocent animals in plagues?  What did they ever do wrong?? (Zechariah 14:15-18)?
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Because the christian god is a bully who indiscriminately kills whomever and whatever he wishes. We are just all just ants and he is the giant kid with a magnifying glass.
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God-fearing men see in animals part of God’s generous provision for human welfare. Animals have served man as burden bearers, as sources of food and clothing, as sanitation agents, and as helpers in the vital activities of plowing and harvesting. Their variety of form and color has delighted his eye; their habits and instincts have been and still are an extensive field for inquiry into the marvels of God’s creative work. Though animals die in the same manner as man, they do not share his hope of a resurrection.—2Pe 2:12; \n\nAnimals were created with a limited life span, humans had the prospect of living on earth forever. (Genesis 3:22, 23; Psalm 37:29) Jesus Christ said that to enjoy “everlasting life,” we must exercise faith and take in knowledge of God—things that animals are incapable of doing. (John 3:36; 17:3)\n\nGod created animals for the sake of humans. Animals can help them do their work and can serve as their companions or pets. They also serve to magnify God’s love and wisdom.\n\nThe Creator gave life to both humans and animals. But for how long were they to continue to live? Scientists report that humans seem to have the potential of endless life, so that investigators are perplexed as to why man dies. The Bible gives the reason. It says that the Creator gave the first humans the opportunity of living forever. Death came only because they rebelled. (Gen. 2:17; 3:17-19; Rom. 5:12) What, though, of animals? They are not capable of conscious rebellion against God; yet they live only for a length of time and then die. Hence, it is clear that the Creator never purposed that individual animals live forever. For them death was natural.—2 Pet. 2:12.
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Well, if you are asking in terms of god, the Bible says he created the beasts for man to rule over.  In terms of people, certainly they provide us with a source of food, but they also provide plant life with a much needed source of energy.  If all animals died off, it seems likely that humans would die off as well, most likely from disease rather than a lack of food.  If you are going to ask why god created animals, you may as well ask why he or she created plants or planets, or anything else.  Who knows?
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Ok.. here goes. . ." Does God make the "Bad Deer" jump in front of cars on the highway driven by "Bad People" ? I LMAO.\n\nThen the guy gave me best answer, although I really didn't say much !!!
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Thanks for debunking that baby smashing issue.\n\nIt strikes me as odd that the God-haters can find none of this negative text to rant about  in the new testament.\nWonder why that is?\n\nYou suppose its because the ancient world was filled with horrible evil people and God had to be harsh with them because they were downright wicked?   Huge  armies roamed about, plundering and pillaging everything they found. Maybe God knew things were going to become more civilized (at least for a little while) after Jesus came with the new message. \n\nGee, Jesus taught turn the other cheek, pray for your enemies. That doesn't sound like a hateful God to me.\n\nToo bad atheists can't come forward to the 21st century. \nThey accuse Christians of being stuck in the year 1000BC and yet the only part of the bible they care to quote comes from the BC era.  \n\nWonder why that is??\nBile spewing, hatefilled God haters. Sad, so sad.
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Animals are the work of the devil...duh...read your bible!\n\n;P\n\n\n\nApparenlty Hayden Lyfe has never heard of sarcasm before.
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That is a good questions, many people wonder why there are so many tragedys and so much suffering. People of various religions have gone to their religious leaders and teachers to ask why there is so much suffering. Often, the response is that suffering is God’s will and that he long ago determined everything that would ever happen, including tragic events. Many are told that God’s ways are mysterious or that he brings death upon people—even children—so that he can have them in heaven with him. Though, Jehovah God never causes what is bad. The Bible says: “Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly!”—Job 34:10.\n\nDo you know why people make the mistake of blaming God for all the suffering in the world? In many cases, they blame Almighty God because they think that he is the real ruler of this world. They do not know a simple but important truth that the Bible teaches. The real ruler of this world is Satan the Devil.\n\nThe Bible clearly states: “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19) When you think about it, does that not make sense? This world reflects the personality of the invisible spirit creature who is “misleading the entire inhabited earth.” (Revelation 12:9) Satan is hateful, deceptive, and cruel. So the world, under his influence, is full of hatred, deceit, and cruelty. That is one reason why there is so much suffering.\n\nA second reason why there is so much suffering is that, mankind has been imperfect and sinful ever since the rebellion in the garden of Eden. Sinful humans tend to struggle for dominance, and this results in wars, oppression, and suffering. (Ecclesiastes 4:1; 8:9) A third reason for suffering is “time and unforeseen occurrence.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11) In a world without Jehovah as a protective Ruler, people may suffer because they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.\n\nIt is comforting for us to know that God does not cause suffering. He is not responsible for the wars, the crimes, the oppression, or even the natural disasters that cause people to suffer. Still, we need to know, Why does Jehovah allow all this suffering? If he is the Almighty, he has the power to stop it. Why, then, does he hold back? The loving God that we have come to know must have a good reason.—1 John 4:8.\n\nTo find out why God allows suffering, we need to think back to the time when suffering began. When Satan led Adam and Eve into disobeying Jehovah, an important question was raised. Satan did not call into question Jehovah’s power. Even Satan knows that there is no limit to Jehovah’s power. Rather, Satan questioned Jehovah’s right to rule. By calling God a liar who withholds good from his subjects, Satan charged that Jehovah is a bad ruler. (Genesis 3:2-5) Satan implied that mankind would be better off without God’s rulership. This was an attack on Jehovah’s sovereignty, his right to rule.\n\nAdam and Eve rebelled against Jehovah. In effect, they said: “We do not need Jehovah as our Ruler. We can decide for ourselves what is right and what is wrong.” How could Jehovah settle that issue? How could he teach all intelligent creatures that the rebels were wrong and that his way truly is best? Someone might say that God should simply have destroyed the rebels and made a fresh start. But Jehovah had stated his purpose to fill the earth with the offspring of Adam and Eve, and he wanted them to live in an earthly paradise. (Genesis 1:28) Jehovah always fulfills his purposes. (Isaiah 55:10, 11) Besides that, getting rid of the rebels in Eden would not have answered the question that had been raised regarding Jehovah’s right to rule.\n\nLet us consider an illustration. Imagine that a teacher is telling his students how to solve a difficult problem. A clever but rebellious student claims that the teacher’s way of solving the problem is wrong. Implying that the teacher is not capable, this rebel insists that
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Ah, that's adorable! \n\nYou know, no Christian has ever told me what happens to animals after they die. If they do go to heaven, why? How were they judged? Are there especially pious gorillas or tarantulas?\n\nUntil there is unanimous agreement among Christians on what exactly Hell is (because every Christian I've talked has said something different) I'm inclined to believe only in its, let's say, "improbability". It follows that it's highly improbable that those penguins would go to Hell.
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You are correct. God is not capable of simply forgiving someone, as you and I are; he must kill someone in order to do it. In the Old Testament, he required that animals die every single day so that he could forgive the Israelites. This worked just fine for thousands of years, and then one day God just wasn't satisfied. I guess the novelty of animal sacrifices wore off and he needed a human sacrifice. But not just ANY old human sacrifice, this one had to be special, so he sent his Holy Spirit to Earth to impregnate a teenage girl (does that count as sex with a minor?), then he arranged for the resulting offspring--his own son--to die.  Only then was God able to forgive everyone.\n\nOr was he? People are supposedly forgiven for every bad thing they ever did or will do, yet they are required to beg forgiveness, anyway, every time they do something bad. And if they do a lot of bad things, they get sent to eternal punishment...even though God forgave them.
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The bible was written by man and has been interpreted and twisted many times over.  Nobody really knows what the original books looked like.  Some of these things were surely taken out of context.  You can take anything and twist it into something it isn't.  Also lets face it times change.  Many believe the part of the bible (forgive me I cant give you an exact place) that tells you not to eat certain things such as animals with a split hoof (pork) were written for the protection of the people at the time.  Can you imagine what food poisoning rates must have been like before the fridge and stove?  Not to mention the safety practices of the FDA keeping our meat safe for us.  So the church asked us not to eat unsafe things.  Food poisoning still happens but I don't believe that I am going to hell for eating the pork chops in my freezer.  (of course some religions hold this belief very dear...please excuse me no offense intended) With religion you must have faith in what you believe.  God also gave us the wisdom to choose what we believe.  Are you asking us to tell you what to believe?  It sounds like you are having issues with your faith and are unsure where to place your belief.  I suggest you seek counseling within the church.  They can answer these questions for you.
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look at the story. Jebhthah never ask God what to do so in a macho way he delivers up this prayer. since you do not seem to mind reading the old testament how many leaders ask God how to overcome their enemies?but Jebhthah never takes the time to find out what God wants to do and does it his own why. is that what God wanted (His Will) very much doubt it since He destroys nations for sacrificing their children. but Jephthah never took time to find out Gods will.if you do not seek Gods will in your life you can justified every sin, such as this one.
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I generally despise Bible quotes as answers, but I think this one might be appropriate:\n\n(Exodus 32:27-29) and Moses told them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Put your sword on your hip, everyone of you!  Now go up and down the camp, from gate to gate, and slay your kinsmen, your friends and neighbors!"  The Levites carried out the command of Moses, and that day there fell about three thousand of the people.  Then Moses said, "Today you have dedicated to the Lord, for you were against your own sons and kinsmen, to bring a blessing upon yourselves this day."\n\nMoses had 3,000 of his own people executed in one day.  What a wonderful person.  We should all be just like him ...\n\n... or maybe not.
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The Bible does NOT tell us, in the Ten Commandments, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." What it actually says is, "Lo Teer-Tzach," which means, "Thou Shalt Not Murder." There is a difference between Murder (RaTZaCH) and Kill (HaRaG). \n\nIf the Ten Commandments read Thou Shalt Not Kill, then you could not defend yourself in war, or, for that matter, against someone who was trying to murder you. You could not eat meat of any kind, or anything for which an animal had to die to obtain it. But, since it says Thou Shalt Not Murder, meaning to take another's life when it is immoral to do so, then we can claim our dominion over the earth and over all the animals, as we are given in the Biblical Book of Genesis, and take the life of a fly, cockroach, or mosquito. Sometimes we do indeed have to kill an animal, even a mosquito, cockroach, or even a fly. They all spread deadly  diseases and can cause severe allergic reactions, and must be eliminated from our home and other environments in which we live. The problem is knowing when it is right, and moral, to do so, (killing) and when it is wrong, and immoral, to do so (Murdering). Outside the house i do not kill cockroaches, but in my own house, i certainly do. Outside my house, and off of my own property, i do not kill ant-hills, but in my house or on my property, i certainly do.
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The whole Moses/Egypt/slavery thing is BS.  Besides the bible, there is no record of Hebrews in Egypt being held in slavery.\n\nEven if the Pharaoh wished to cover-up his embarrassment over losing to Moses... don't you think that all the other Egyptians that lost their first born sons would put down some record?!?  I mean, that is a monumental event!  Can you imagine how much impact there would be if all the first born male animals and children died in America today?  This would have been an earth shattering event that would be recorded in tons of sources.\n\nLet's imagine that it actually did happen in Egypt though.  Don't you think that instead of covering up the incident (which would be next to impossible), that the Pharoah would instead put a spin on it?  He'd probably say this his god, Amon-Ra, killed all the first borns because the Egyptians weren't faithful enough to the Pharaoh.\n\nBesides the bible, there is no record of the Hebrew's slavery.  \n\nAs to the attacking the land of Canaan... why would a peaceful and loving god wish to have humans attack and kill one another?  Why wouldn't he have Moses just do more miracles and convert the Canannites?\n\n-----\nScheb, you totally ignored my point.  All the first born men and animals killed?  It's not a defeat, it's a disaster.  The plagues should have been recorded somewhere!  Nile river levels, livestock purchases, reduction in the sale of frog legs, something!  By the way, what's with the idea of a benevolent and loving god killing children and animals (like puppies, kittens, and ponies) because a government leader pisses him off?  The people didn't vote him in, they didn't have a choice in who their leader was!  That's divine justice, oh yeah! <-- note sarcasm.
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We don't really know for certain, it may be that to a certain extent animals participate in or are affected by the sins of humanity.  As long as there is sin and violence among humans there will also be some sort of animal equivalent, nature "red in tooth and claw," but the prophecies portray a new heaven and a new earth where "the lion shall lie down with the lamb" and the small child playing with the venomous serpent without harm, also other passages wolf and lamb, and there shall be no violence on all my holy mountain etc.  The Old Testament prophets also picture animals as having a sense of gratitude, Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.\n20 The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,\n21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
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Well, apparently they do not understand the term "personal conviction".  God gave us the animals to not only keep under our domination but also to eat (it is in Genesis...through the rest of the OT you can read about the stuff they weren't supposed to eat).\n\nIn the NT, it specifically states that it isn't what is put INTO the body that makes someone "unclean" - it is what comes out of our heart.  Paul even spoke of eating meat made as a sacrifice to idols.
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who knows the mystery of God, for in Gods foolish mistakes he is still wiser then we are. when God made man he made man in his own image,God also told adam,and eve to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil for in the day that they eat from the tree they would surely die. it was not God intentions to destroy the earth with water, but mans increase in wickedness provoke the wrath of God. God intentions were not to destroy the city of sodom and gommorah with fire,but they were drinking,being married,given to in marriage,men sleeping with men,women with women,children being raped,people sleeping with animals,and people worshipping idol gods.that provoked the wrath of God.furthermore because God is the same God of yesterday,today, and forever more,he knows before hands what destiny he will have planned for the future.as for why the jewish people still have not accepted the messiah is not your concern. what you need to do is find out who God is for yourself then when you do go to him in prayer and ask him.....