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To: P-Marlowe
Thank you PMarlow- And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
28 posted on 09/09/2010 8:54:59 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles
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To: pastorbillrandles
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

When I read that passage it suggests to me that Abraham's father Terah served other gods, but I don't think you can draw the necessary inference that Abraham himself served other Gods. The passages in Genesis that deal specifically with Abraham do not make the inference and this is merely the blanket statement that the fathers of the Children of Israel served other Gods, but unless Abraham is specifically numbered in the passage, then a statement of fact that "Abraham was an idolater" is reading something into the bible which isn't there. He very well may have been at some point in his life an idolater, but clearly we can't state it as a fact. At least not from that passage.

Are there any other passages which make the inference?

I may be wrong but this was the first time I ever saw that assertion and it kinda took me by surprise.

Thanks

Marlowe

30 posted on 09/09/2010 9:05:43 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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