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To: kosta50; Dr. Eckleburg; HarleyD; Agrarian
But what is disturbing is that the baby is dead because it was a child born out of promiscuity of adultery and God killed him to punish David! The God of Life, God Who is Love, kills an innocent child to punish his adulterous parents. Truly merciful

The baby was not conceived in a relationship blessed by God. This is one of the mysteries of marriage and is taught in the bible, from the first union of Adam and Eve, down through every couple that brings about the Plan of Salvation, whether it is Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Leah, to David, the first annointed King. God is a partner in the marriage and this marriage was not holy. Once David was married to Bath-Sheba, then God joined the union and brought Solomon, David's son, and the ancestor of Jesus.

6,396 posted on 05/12/2006 1:20:41 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings
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To: 1000 silverlings
The baby was not conceived in a relationship blessed by God. This is one of the mysteries of marriage

I believe most Protestants deny marriage as a Mystery (i.e. Sacrament), so this is new to me. But nevertheless, the sin was that of David and his adulterous lover, not of his son. If God were to kill every offspirng of adulterous relationships, the earth would be a lot smaller, I am sure. God is a lot more merciful than that!

6,410 posted on 05/12/2006 2:48:01 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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